The Nontraditional Path - Nursing Career Flexibility, Precepting, and Mentorship

SUMMARY:
Nursing offers more career flexibility than many nurses realize. This course explores that flexibility through an interview with an ICU nurse and educator who entered the profession through LPN school and a bridge program before earning a BSN, then developed experience in bedside critical care, precepting, and mentorship.

The activity addresses four practical areas for nurses at any stage: nontraditional nursing career pathways, structured shift-to-shift handoff communication, foundational precepting techniques for onboarding new graduates, and self-care and boundary-setting practices that may help reduce burnout risk. Learners will consider strategies they can apply in clinical and educational settings.

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Series: The Nontraditional Path - Nursing Career Flexibility, Precepting, and Mentorship

The Art of Tough Conversations: Communicating With Patients and Families During Serious Illness

SUMMARY:
Nurses routinely encounter difficult conversations with patients and families involving serious illness, prognosis, goals of care, and emotionally charged decisions. This podcast explores communication as a clinical competency and examines practical strategies for responding with honesty, empathy, active listening, and patient-centered communication. Participants will learn approaches for navigating uncertainty, managing challenging reactions, engaging the interprofessional team, and strengthening confidence in difficult conversations.

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Series: The Art of Tough Conversations: Communicating With Patients and Families During Serious Illness

From Bedside to Broadband: Exploring Virtual Nursing

SUMMARY:
Virtual nursing is emerging as an important model for extending nursing expertise, supporting bedside clinicians, and improving care delivery across a variety of healthcare settings. In this podcast, Dr. Katie Boston-Leary discusses how virtual nursing differs from traditional telehealth, common applications of virtual nursing, and the relationship between virtual and bedside nurses. The discussion also addresses implementation challenges, patient relationships, privacy and safety considerations, workforce implications, and opportunities for virtual nursing in areas such as medical-surgical care, maternal health, and rural healthcare.

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Series: From Bedside to Broadband: Exploring Virtual Nursing