ArticlesClinical TeachingPreparing for Practice A Crisis in Competency. Why Nurse Graduates are NOT Prepared for PracticeDid you know that only 1/4 new grads are "practice ready" according to a recent…Keith RischerMay 17, 2017
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ArticlesPreparing for Practice How to Close the Education-Practice Gap in Nursing EducationThe gap between how nursing is taught and real-world practice persists today. There is one…Keith RischerApril 9, 2017
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ArticlesPreparing for Practice How to Prepare Nursing Students for Practice after the NCLEX®If you could obtain a resource that could strengthen student learning of what is most…Keith RischerNovember 5, 2015
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ArticlesClinical TeachingPreparing for Practice What Nurse Educators Can do TODAY to Better Prepare Students for Real-World Clinical Practice TOMORROWNursing is a practice based profession and everything taught must have relevant application to real…Keith RischerOctober 1, 2015
ArticlesPreparing for Practice One Simple Strategy to help Graduate Nurses Reality ShockWho do you want to be and accomplish as a nurse in practice? In order…Keith RischerSeptember 24, 2015