Preparing nurses for tomorrow's reality. Strategies from an honors program

The healthcare environment is changing at an unprecedented pace. To be prepared adequately to respond to these demands in healthcare, nurses must exhibit flexibility, creativity, independence, critical thinking, leadership, and collaboration. The authors describe an honors program and the teaching strategies used to enhance several of these characteristics. These strategies can be tailored for students in non-honors programs to develop the attributes required of baccalaureate nursing graduates.