One Thing that Every Nurse Educator Can Do To Improve Practice Readiness
To address the lack of graduate nurses who are "practice ready", a recent journal article…
Keith RischerApril 25, 2019
A Crisis in Competency. Why Nurse Graduates are NOT Prepared for Practice
Did you know that despite passing the NCLEX, only about 1/4 of new grads are…
Three Things Every Educator Can Do to Close the Academic-Practice Gap Once and for All!
As I have been reviewing the nursing literature working on my literature review for chapter…
Keith RischerJanuary 18, 2019
The One Thing Every Student Must Know About Pharm to Be Safe in Practice
If there is only one thing a student or new nurse must know about medication…
Keith RischerNovember 29, 2018
How to Use Case Studies to Better Prepare Students for the Dilemmas of Practice
How do you prepare students to face the unexpected dilemmas in clinical practice? Learn how…
Keith RischerJuly 26, 2018
How to Strengthen & Develop the Critical Thinking Students Require for Practice
Can critical thinking be taught? I have developed six sequential questions and share them in…
Keith RischerJune 28, 2018
Are Rapid Response Teams the Best Response to Improve Patient Outcomes? (6th in series)
Rapid Response Teams (RRT) can help facilitate critical care intervention in a crisis. But there…
Keith RischerApril 20, 2018
The One Tool Nurses Must Use to Recognize the Need to Rescue
After vital signs are collected, how can the nurse quickly determine if a potential problem…
Keith RischerApril 6, 2018
How to Quickly Get Traction to Improve Practice Readiness in Your Program
What does it take to overcome your fears, student resistance to do things differently and…
Keith RischerFebruary 22, 2018
Why Nursing Education Fails to Prepare Most Students for Practice
There are numerous reasons why nursing education struggles to prepare students for practice. Today's blog…
Keith RischerJanuary 18, 2018
The Most Common Mistake that New Nurses Make (Part 2 of 2)
Students and new nurses are inherently task oriented. This clinical inexperience leads to a common…
Keith RischerDecember 14, 2017
Clinical “Pearls” that will Prepare Nursing Students for Real-World Practice
How are you preparing students for real-world clinical practice in your nursing program? This needs…
Keith RischerOctober 12, 2017