Preparing Today's Student Nurses for Tomorrow's Careers - NurseZone

With the health care system evolving, new delivery models coming to the fore and a transition to a more collaborative team-based focus, nursing remains a career full of opportunities, albeit in different settings and with varying responsibilities. And nursing schools are busy preparing students for the changes to come.

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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing, in Lubbock, has incorporated curriculum content to prepare student nurses for the future, including courses about quality improvement, risk management, legal and ethical issues, diverse patients and perspectives, informatics, and population health, which covers caring for homeless and other groups in the community, reported Melinda Mitchell Jones, MSN, JD, RN, associate professor and chair of the school’s department of non-traditional undergraduate studies.

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