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While the COVID-19 pandemic has upended the routines of many people’s lives, nursing students and faculty are no different. While many of America’s workers and students were able to switch to learning and working completely remotely, for those whose daily schedules require in-person tasks — like nursing students — adjusting to the new normal has …

Fostering Student Success and Addressing Disparities in an Online Learning Environment Read More »

Throughout the last few months, COVID-19 and the attempts to slow its spread have drastically altered every aspect of day-to-day life for not only Americans, but across the globe. From working from home measures to restaurants closing down to social distancing and required mask-wearing; no segment of the population has been unaffected.  Educational institutions, and …

Higher Education in an Online Setting: Reflecting Back on Nursing Education in Spring 2020 Read More »

According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “resilience” is defined as “an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change.” For nurses, resiliency is an especially important quality. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses often juggle inconsistent schedules, excessive work hours, and adjustments in the workplace. Many also choose to add the challenges of returning …

IACN – Resiliency in Nursing Read More »

What is leadership in nursing and how will it change? It’s a difficult question to answer because to everyone, it is different. To Tina Decker, Chair of the Department of Nursing at Trinity Christian College, “Leadership looks like applying the nursing process (through assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementing, and evaluating) at a macro level with patient …

IACN Looks Forward: The Future of Nursing Leadership Read More »

With the rise of COVID-19, telehealth visits to medical providers since March 2020 have skyrocketed. The available data showing this includes a report issued in July by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services which “found that in April, nearly half (43.5%) of Medicare primary care visits were provided through telehealth compared with less …

IACN Supports Telehealth Read More »

The NCLEX exam, or the National Council Licensure Examination is a standardized test that every state regulatory board uses to determine if a candidate meets eligibility requirements to become licensed as a nurse. Administered by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, there are two levels of NCLEX exams, and which test you take …

IACN: How COVID Affected NCLEX Scores Read More »

Despite the fact that over 500,000 lives have been lost to the coronavirus, the United States is seemingly turning a corner. New infections and deaths are down across the nation and the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine appears to be going smoothly in many states.  While many different groups were responsible for the creation and …

IACN: Strengthening Nurse Presence in Public Health Read More »

While there are many facets to being a nurse — and learning how to be a nurse — one that is particularly top of mind today is public health advocacy. The World Health Organization defines advocacy as “a combination of individual and social actions designed to gain political commitment, policy support, social acceptance and systems …

Public Health Policy: Empowering Students Read More »

Even before COVID-19, being a nurse was a demanding position. Working long, unconventional hours has resulted in nursing being one of the top professions for burnout. Even worse, these stressors have been accentuated by the pandemic.  Here at the Illinois Association of Colleges of Nursing, we understand the stress that nurses are under and the …

Shifting Demands of Nurses in the Age of COVID-19 Read More »