Innovation in nursing education is the introduction of new ideas, methods, or devices to improve patient experiences, health outcomes, and nursing practice. It can involve investing in technology to meet unmet needs, such as accessibility, preparation for practice, and program capacity. Some examples of innovations in nursing education include:

• Technology
• Artificial intelligence (AI)
• Simulation

Clinical nursing practice is a model of practice that involves a variety of roles and activities with and on behalf of patients in different clinical settings. The goal of clinical nursing is to provide patient care, and clinical nurses may perform many tasks, including: 

• Ensuring safety
• Collecting data
• Following up
• Practicing infection control

Advanced nursing practice is a general term for a higher level of clinical practice that nurses can perform within their existing scope of practice. It's not a specific role, but rather a process that nurses can use to take on more complex casework and provide greater care to patients.

Nursing leadership and management refers to the additional roles and responsibilities that nurses have when they supervise others, organize work materials, and lead teams while also providing medical care. The two terms have different goals, duties, and requirements, but many of the tasks and positions overlap

Evidence-based nursing (EBN) is a systematic approach to healthcare decision-making that uses the best available research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient values to inform clinical practice. The goal of EBN is to ensure that patients receive the most effective treatments and interventions.

Nursing ethics and professionalism are concepts that reflect the values and behaviors that nurses should have when providing patient care: 

• Ethics: conduct or qualities. marking a professional person.
• Professionalism: conduct or qualities. marking a professional person.

Pediatric nursing is a specialized field of nursing that focuses on the health and well-being of children from infancy through young adulthood. Pediatric nurses work in a multidisciplinary team to provide care and support for children and their families, including.

• Health promotion
• Illness management
• Health restoration
  

Geriatric nursing is a field of nursing concerned with improving and maintaining the health of older adult patients. Nurses in this field undergo specialized education that teaches them how to care for older adult patients and understand their specific health needs.They are also called gerontological nurses..

Mental health nursing, also known as psychiatric nursing, is a specialized field of nursing that involves providing care to people with mental health disorders to help them improve their quality of life and recover. Mental health nurses go beyond addressing symptoms and consider the whole person, including their physical, emotional, and social aspects.

Nursing informatics is the practice of combining nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data and knowledge in nursing. The goal is to improve the health of people and communities while reducing costs. 

Community health nursing, also known as public health nursing, is a practice that combines nursing and public health to promote and protect the health of populations.

CHNs may have many roles in their communities, including:

• Identifying people in need
• Assessing individuals and families
• Providing health services
• Advocating for the community
  

Nurse practitioners (NPs) are registered nurses with additional training, experience, and knowledge who provide a variety of health services to patients. 

NPs have many responsibilities, including:

• Examining patients
  
• Performing procedures
  
• Treating patients
  
• Educating patients
  

• Continuing professional development
• Staff development
• Innovation

In nursing, simulation is a teaching and learning strategy that helps students develop skills and knowledge for clinical practice. It can help students learn cognitive, procedural, and attitudinal skills, and can also help them integrate practical and theoretical knowledge.

Virtual learning is a teaching and learning method that uses digital technology to create interactive experiences outside of a traditional classroom setting. It can be used to connect teachers and students in real-time or to supplement in-person teaching with self-paced learning. Virtual learning can also be used to facilitate entirely online programs

Virtual learning can take place in a variety of environments, including:

• Online platforms
  
• Virtual learning environments (VLEs)
  
• Learning management systems (LMSs) 
  

Patient safety and quality care are concepts in healthcare that emphasize the prevention of harm to patients and the delivery of high-quality care: 

• Patient safety
• Quality care
  
  

Nursing research is a systematic process that uses scientific methods to answer questions about nursing practice and develop professional nursing knowledge. The goal of nursing research is to provide evidence that supports nursing practices and improves health outcomes. 

The nursing research process typically involves these steps:

• Identify a problem or question 
• Collect and analyze data 
• Develop hypotheses 
• Implement solutions 
• Evaluate results

Nursing curriculum development is the process of planning and evaluating the learning experiences for nursing students. It's a key role for nursing faculty, and it involves: 

• Considering the future of healthcare 
• Evaluating the needs of students 
• Defining the knowledge, skills, and behaviors students should demonstrate 
• Articulating what students should achieve by the end of the program 

Nurses are key players in chronic disease management, which is an integrated approach to managing chronic conditions.

Nurses can help patients with chronic disease management by:

• Educating
  
• Supporting self-care
• Leading group programs
  
• Providing individual support
  
• Advocating
  

A WHNP provides quality care to women at nearly all stages of life, from adolescence to adulthood. They are experts in a number of subject areas, namely gynecology, primary care, and prenatal and postpartum care.

Palliative care nursing is a holistic approach that aims to improve the quality of life for patients and their families by relieving suffering. Palliative care nurses work in many settings, including hospitals, hospices, and private practices, to support patients' physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.

Global health nursing (GHN) is a type of nursing work that focuses on health issues that cross borders and seeks to address nursing concerns across borders. GHN also aims to identify and analyze why nursing care can transcend national borders, class, race, ethnicity, and culture.

Infection control in nursing is the practice of implementing procedures to prevent or reduce the spread of infectious diseases in healthcare settings. These procedures aim to decrease the ability of pathogens and germs to spread and infect people.

Some examples of infection control strategies include:

• Standard precautions
• Other guidelines
  

Nursing and health policy can refer to the role of nurses in health policy, their ability to influence policy, and their role in health care systems: 

• Health policy nurses
• Nurses' policy influence
• Nurses in health care systems
  

Telehealth nursing is a type of nursing that provides care remotely using technology, such as videoconferencing, online chats, or email. Telehealth nurses can work from home or while traveling, and can help patients who may not be able to access traditional healthcare services due to distance or disability.

Nursing education technology refers to the use of technology in nursing education, such as e-learning, online learning, and web-based learning.

Some examples of nursing education technology include:

• Motion pictures and films 
• Audio aids 
• Computers 
• Web-based video conferencing 
• Telecommunication 
• Mobile technology

Interdisciplinary collaboration in nursing is a way to integrate the values, hopes, and preferences of patients and caregivers into treatment plans. This can help ensure that patients receive optimal care.

To promote effective collaboration, organizations can make changes such as: 

• Supporting continuity in patient–healthcare professional relationships
• Providing interdisciplinary training
• Allocating time for pre-conversation preparation and post-conversation debriefing

Holistic nursing care (HNC) is a patient-centered approach that considers a patient as a whole person, including their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs. 

HNC can include both conventional and non-conventional approaches to healthcare and medicine, such as:

• Therapy 
  
• Exercise 
• Guided imagery 
• Nutritional counseling 
• Breathing techniques 
• Alternative medicine like acupuncture, herbal remedies, massage therapy, and aromatherapy 
• Relaxation 
• Stress management 
• Subtle energy therapies

Emergency and trauma care nursing involves providing immediate care to patients in critical situations, such as those with acute illnesses or injuries. Nurses in these settings must be prepared to care for patients in need of assistance, and may have to make quick decisions based on well-informed information.

Cultural competence in nursing is the ability to provide safe, effective, and quality care to patients from different cultural backgrounds. It's a lifelong process that involves considering patients' values, beliefs, customs, traditions, health beliefs, religion, and human philosophy.

Cultural competence is important in healthcare because it can help: 

• Reduce healthcare inequalities
• Improve patient trust
• Improve healthcare quality
  

Population health is a broad approach to health that aims to improve the health of a population as a whole, rather than focusing on the health of individuals