Interprofessional education (IPE) using simulation strategies is a rewarding way to promote teamwork and interprofessional collaboration. The benefits of collaboration far outweigh the challenges that arise from differences in educational culture and scheduling logistics.

The clinical nurse specialist (CNS) functions as an expert clinician to disseminate knowledge and apply evidence-based practice in his or her role. The framework of CNS practice competencies (patient, nurse, and system) reflects an opportunity to advocate for disadvantaged and underserved populations when providing care. Strategies, techniques, and tools to advance CNS practice in the primary care setting are discussed.

Despite the increasing importance of evidence-based practice for the nursing profession, some nurses remain unable to use scientific evidence in their clinical practice to support their critical thinking and nursing skills. PERL (Print, Electronic, Resource Persons, and Location) is an acronym that nurses can use to categorize available resources to practice evidence-based nursing, thereby enhancing patient outcomes.

In the United States, discussing end-of-life wishes and preferences has been taboo ever since death and dying moved from a stage of life to a medical condition. This article describes the transformative nature of a Minnesota health care initiative, Honoring Choices Minnesota (HCM). As the world’s largest nongovernmental, voluntary community-centered initiative, HCM is changing the culture around speaking of death and dying, one conversation at a time.

Because culture affects virtually every aspect of life, including health beliefs, customs, and practices, it is imperative that nursing students recognize and value its critical importance to the people whom they will care for as clients/patients. Hence, the notion of culture must be introduced early on in nursing programs and threaded throughout the entire curriculum.

In health care, efforts have been aimed at reducing medication errors rates; yet, medication errors continue to affect approximately 5% of hospitalized patients. In health care education, simulation provides nursing students a safe opportunity for hands-on medication administration, often including dosage calculation. However, the safety checks associated with medication administration—including the Five Rights—are frequently overlooked. Although the efforts aimed toward increasing medication safety include external factors (such as environmental measures and electronic resources), recent observations in simulation suggest a different problem. When medication orders are incorrect, many students do not know whom, how, or what to question to correct the mistake. This article describes two semesters with senior undergraduate nursing students in simulation and provides explanations, in their own words, for why they did not correct the mistake but caused a medication error instead. By recognizing and overcoming the barriers that inhibit questioning, educators can teach students how to form questions, whom to question, and when to ask questions.