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Advice and Resources for New Nurses

Congratulations and welcome to your first year as a new nurse!

Advice & Resources for New Nurses

Building Communication & Teamwork
Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Fostering Clinical Judgement
Ensuring Patient & Family Centered Care
Each patient and each family is unique and as a nurse, you must be open to learning about and incorporating patients’ culture, values and support network into the plan of care.Trauma Patient-Centered Discharge Plan Form: A Pilot StudyJournal of Trauma NursingAI-Powered Patient-Centered Care: A Call to Action for Innovation Journal of Healthcare ManagementNurses' Subjectivity in Patient-Centered Communication for End-of-Life PatientsJournal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing CE Patient-centered Outcomes for Individuals with a Venous Leg Ulcer: A Scoping ReviewAdvances in Skin & Wound CareCE Pain Catastrophizing: A Patient-Centered Approach Nursing2024Challenges to Patient-Centered Care in Home Health Nursing Home Healthcare NowCEMoving Beyond the LGBTQIA+ Acronym: Toward Patient-Centered Care Rehabilitation Nursing JournalCEImplementation and Practice Barriers of Family-Centered Care Encountered by Neonatal Nurses Advances in Neonatal CareCEA Person-Centered Approach Understanding Stroke Survivor and Family Caregiver Emotional HealthJournal of Neuroscience Nursing
Establishing Yourself as a Professional and Developing Leadership Skills
As a nurse, you will never stop learning and growing. Explore these resources as you develop in your professional role and discover other opportunities.  CEHow to Write an Effective Résumé AJN, American Journal of NursingNursing's brand, image, and identity Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!You passed the NCLEX! Time to find the right job Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!Nursing Specialty Certification Lippincott NursingCenterThe Ins & Outs of Professional Liability Insurance for NursesLippincott NursingCenterMindfulness: A necessary leadership competency Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!Wolters Kluwer Society Partners Lippincott NursingCenterNursing Societies and Certification Boards Lippincott NursingCenterLegal Clinic American Journal of Nursing collection**American Journal of Nursing (AJN) collections will open on the AJN website.
Facing Ethical Challenges with Strength and Compassion
Making Collaborative Practice a Priority
Prioritizing Quality and Safety
Understanding Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
Using Informatics to Improve Processes

Clinical and Continuing Education Resources

Guideline SummariesClinical Guideline Summaries

Use these evidence-based guideline summaries to stay up-to-date on current recommendations supported by the latest evidence.

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critical_thinking-(1).jpgNursing Practice Specialties

Learn about specialty career opportunities  and get specialty specific resources.

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Nursing Pocket CardsNursing Pocket Cards

Get quick on-the-unit guidance for 57 essential nursing skills.

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Continuing Education – CEConnectionContinuing Education – CEConnection

Find high quality CE resources that meet your license-renewal needs and continuing education certification requirements. 

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Nursing JournalsNursing Journals

Find articles from nearly 70 trusted nursing journals, including AJN and Nursing2023.

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AJN Back to Basics collectionAJN Back to Basics collection

Brush up on complete blood count components, metabolic findings and sodium and water in the body.

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