Developing and continual growth as a professional is an important part of most careers, but it plays a pivotal role if you’re a registered nurse (RN). Depending on the state you practice in, ...

VOL: 97, ISSUE: 22, PAGE NO: 36Steve Page, MSc, BA, RGN, is head of risk management and professional development at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust and practice development programme ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago used to rely on paper competency checklists in its nursing professional development. Using paper checklists was challenging and inefficient to ...

My personal and professional growth is intertwined with the decision I made more than twenty years ago to become a nurse educator - "a nurse who is responsible and accountable for staff education and ...

Standardization is key to efficiency and buy-in for nurse residency programs, says this nurse leader. This year, the current state and future of nursing education sparked discourse among many CNOs who ...

Current arrangements allow for training in one setting only, either dental hospital or dental practice, with little or no exposure to other settings. However, the vast majority of potential employers ...

His column is not called ‘Devil’s Advocate’ for nothing. Consultant occupational health (OH) physician Dr Richard Preece’s comments in Occupational Health’s April issue on the role of OH nurses (or ...