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AMERICANSTRICTLY CLINICAL 2020-2021 Education and Career Guide MyAmericanNurse.com OFFICIAL JOURNAL NURSEJune 2020 2020-2021 Education and Career Guide How to fund your education Innovation as a career path Trending jobs Future of nursing education AMERICAN OFFICIAL JOURNAL NURSEMyAmericanNurse.com June 2020 Editorial Staff Publishing Staff PUBLISHED BY Editor-in-Chief Group Publisher Gregory P. Osborne HealthCom Media Lillee Smith Gelinas, MSN, RN, FAAN 259 Veterans Lane, Executive Editor, Executive Vice President Doylestown, PA 18901 Professional Outreach Steve Ennen Telephone: 215-489-7000 Leah Curtin, RN, ScD(h), FAAN Director of Professional Partnerships www.healthcommedia.com Tyra London Editorial Director Chief Executive Officer Associate Publisher Cynthia Saver, MS, RN Gregory P. Osborne John J. 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MyAmericanNurse.com June 2020 American Nurse Journal • 2020-2021 EDUCATION AND CAREER GUIDE 1 STRICTLY CLINICAL 2020-2021 Education and Career Guide Contents 4 Partnerships and innovation: The future of nursing education By Catherine Spader Collaboration, design thinking, and competencies are critical to prepare nurses to work at the top of their practice. 8 Trending jobs Learn about specialties in demand from nurses in the roles. 12 PhD vs DNP By Erik P. Southard Find fulfillment by making the right choice. page 4 14 Money matters: How to fund your nursing education By Debra A. Wolff Don’t miss out on the many available resources. 19 The new normal: Nurses as innovators By Catherine Spader Nurses are leading the way to healthcare’s future. 22 Midcareer nursing advancement By Keith Carlson Reflect, be objective, and tap into your network 26 The places you can go with a BSN By Mary E. Fortier Answering why, what, and where can enhance your chances for success. 28 Choosing the right NP education By Kathleen Ballman, Dawn Carpenter, Christine Colella, Donna Lynch-Smith, Helen Miley, and Marcia Johansson page 14 Prepare to meet your education and career goals. 32 Forging your career from the start By Susan Rux Begin to map out your future on the first day of nursing school. 34 School survival skills By Debra A. Hrelic How to find success while working full-time and getting your BSN. 38 Should you say “yes” to the job? By Jessica Rhoades Three steps to finding your dream job. 3 7 , 3 9 EDUCATION LISTINGS page 19 BONUS ARTICLES Preparing for a job interview: Nurses as negotiators By Phyllis H. Horton Assess, research, and reflect as you prepare for your next job interview. myamericanurse.com/?p=66985 Using simulation to boost job interview confidence By Randy Hamm Can classroom simulation exercises increase student confidence in answering behavioral-based interview questions? myamericanurse.com/?p=67273 Nursing professionalism begins with you By Luci Bostain All nurses are responsible for maintaining the public’s trust. myamericanurse.com/?p=67426 Set goals to propel your nursing career page 22 By Luis Figueroa Education, certification, teaching, and active association membership are keys to professional growth. myamericanurse.com/?p=67321 © 2020 Healthcom Media. 2 American Nurse Journal • 2020-2021 EDUCATION AND CAREER GUIDE MyAmericanNurse.com STRICTLY CLINICAL 2020-2021 Education and Career Guide Partnerships and innovation: The future of nursing education Collaboration, design thinking, and competencies are critical to prepare nurses to work at the top of their practice. By Catherine Spader, RN ursing education is evolving rapidly to gent investment to accelerate nursing educa- prepare nurses for mounting health- tion. (Visit who.int/publications-detail/nursing- Ncare challenges, including the COVID- report-2020 to read the report.) WHO also 19 pandemic, healthcare inequality, integra- advocates for strengthening leadership so tion of electronic health records, and care nurses have an influential role in developing across various settings. The World Health health policy and decision-making and can Organization (WHO), in its State of the World’s contribute to effective health and social care Nursing Report—2020, is calling for an ur- systems. 4 American Nurse Journal • 2020-2021 EDUCATION AND CAREER GUIDE MyAmericanNurse.com STRICTLY CLINICAL 2020-2021 Education and Career Guide Here’s a look at some of the innovative Creative collaborations solve strategies associations and schools are us- problems ing to ensure future nurses are well pre- Schools of nursing are responding to rap- pared to meet evolving healthcare needs idly changing healthcare demands by de- and work at the top of their licenses. veloping creative new clinical collabora- tions and strengthening existing ones. Covering the essentials “There is an ingenuity happening that is “Unprecedented changes in healthcare de- providing benefits to patients and a great livery needs are accelerating innovative ef- learning experience for nursing students,” forts in nursing education,” says Deborah Trautman says. “These academic-based Trautman, PhD, RN, FAAN, president and teams are helping students learn and ad- chief executive officer of the American As- dressing care needs throughout the coun- sociation of Colleges of Nursing (AACN). try. I believe these partnerships will con- In addition, the 2019 Activating Nurs- tinue to grow and strengthen in the ing to Address Unmet Needs in the 21st future as a result of the pandemic.” Century report by the Robert Wood John- Since 2013, the University of Connecti- son Foundation states that one of the core cut (UConn) School of Nursing in Storrs “The more functions of nursing practice is to build has strategically focused on educating we can get partnerships within and outside the health nursing students in the science of innova- sector to find solutions to today’s health- tion. Initial efforts encouraged undergrad- students care challenges. (Visit uate nursing students to to work bit.ly/36wRQa6 to read work with teams of engi- the report.) neering, business, and together and AACN is taking a big allied health students to think about step into the future by re- take their ideas and solu- envisioning its Essential tions from concept to how to Series, the elements and successful prototype. creatively framework on which to Projects include new develop nursing curricula. products, services, and problem “We are moving from bac- processes that students Tiffany Kelley solve, the calaureate, master’s, and develop and then con- doctor of nursing practice Deborah Trautman duct initial tests in clinical environments stronger we curricula essentials toward or in the simulation lab. will be in competency-based education and assess- “The more we can get students to ment,” Trautman says. The goal of this ap- work together and think about how to uncertain proach is to ensure equitable learning ex- creatively problem solve, the stronger we times.” periences and achieve a consistent level of will be in uncertain times,” says Tiffany competency in domains such as primary Kelley, PhD, MBA, RN, DeLuca Founda- – Tiffany Kelly care, coordination of care, public health, tion Visiting Professor for Innovation and and population health management. New Knowledge at the UConn School of Many of the changes schools of nurs- Nursing. ing have implemented because of the UConn integrates innovation education current public health crisis will likely throughout its curriculum across all degree continue and evolve, including online ed- programs (bachelor of science through ucation and virtual simulation. “Our ex- doctorate). For undergraduates, innova- perience during COVID-19 has shown us tion is introduced in their first semester. high standards can be met with online “We prepare undergraduates to be think- education,” Trautman says. “Before this ing early about care delivery in different crisis, there was some concern about ways,” Kelley says. how well students would accept virtual The school also offers the newly simulation programs,