First Job Workplace Stressors for New Nurse Graduates in Their Own Words: A Secondary Analysis.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to have a better understanding of the experiences of new nurse graduates in their work environment and the perceived stressors during their transition into the role of registered nurse.

Background: The National Student Nurses' Association conducts an annual survey of all its members who are new graduates in the months following graduation.

Method: The study used a qualitative design on a sample of 1,456 responses.

Ethical Dilemmas for Nursing Students and Faculty: In Their Own Voices.

Aim: The aim of this national study was to explore student and faculty personal experiences of ethical dilemmas in nursing education and clinical practice.

Background: Nurses encounter complex ethical dilemmas in practice that can lead to moral distress when they cannot "do the right thing" because of external constraints.

Method: A mixed-methods study via online survey was conducted on senior nursing student members and faculty advisors of the National Student Nurses Association.

Nursing Student Loan Debt: A Secondary Analysis of the National Student Nurses' Association Annual Survey of New Graduates.

The purpose of this study is to describe nursing student loan debt and financial choices from a secondary analysis of the National Student Nurses Association Annual New Graduate Survey. The findings in the secondary analysis show loan debt incurred by nursing students comparable to loan debt reported recently for all new college graduates in general. However, comparing types of programs and types of schools yielded clear variations.

Nursing students make the world a better place through policy development.

Nursing students enter the profession wanting to make the world a better place. To achieve this, members of the National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) practice policy development that contributes to professional formation. The authors use the example of how the rigorous process of writing and submitting resolutions to the NSNA House of Delegates influences policy development at the state and national levels.