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RESOLVE TO MOTIVATE I am driven with the passion to do well and help people care for their own health. We interviewed Meshack W. Otewa, a...

RESOLVE TO BE TENACIOUS If you are interested in becoming an early career nurse educator, stay focused on your goal but be flexible about...

RESOLVE TO LISTEN AND LEARN We all make the right decision at the right moment given what we know at that moment—there are no right or...

“Cultivating an individualized practice of nursing education, yields a collection of your best ready for harvesting.” –The Ignite Letter:...

With the transition to online modes of teaching and learning during the pandemic come new challenges to assessment and evaluation...

Competency and Spirit of Inquiry Compositions of positive characteristics that compliment both inherent and acquired skills are often...

Do you appreciate your qualities? Do you feel that you can rely on your own abilities? Certainly we have all witnessed what it looks like...

Nursing practice in today’s 21st century healthcare climate involves increasingly complex healthcare information and communication...

Dear Ignite Readers, We have been immersing ourselves in discussion that revolves around the image of nursing more than usual lately....

As you may have read in the Spring 2019 edition of The Ignite Letter (subscribers), we are focused on bringing in content on expanding...

Review of research information provides support for change. Information literacy can act as a catalyst for changing not only practice,...

If you are looking for a new way to ignite learning and create engaging material, Animoto is your new best friend! This-user friendly...

After assessing a need for staff development for a priority area of learning within your department or organization, you may find...

The National League for Nursing describes required essentials of competent nurse educators working to improve the nursing profession....

In considering overall nursing performance and ways to effectively optimize our efforts and wellbeing, providing staff education on...

In our concept analysis series regarding the application of Patricia Benner’s theory of novice to expert, we touched on the premise of...

The theory of Novice to Expert can be applied to the nurse educator’s journey. Nurse educators should model caring in their teaching,...

As the theory of novice to expert is applied to nursing practice, it could be argued that an expert nurse is able to contribute to the...

In this three part series we will review the theory, identify how it can be used for the developing nurse with particular focus on the...

The philosophy of a nursing program is built on the values and beliefs of the program and the program’s framework. Multiple educational...