Diversity is an important issue across all industries—nursing included. Historically, nurses have been predominately white and female, according to census data reviewed by the American Journal of Nursing. Diversity in healthcare is…
Along with the medical field in general, the role of a nurse underwent significant changes over the course of the 20th century, as the field professionalized and the duties of a nurse…
Nursing scholarships, grants, and other financial aid are a necessity for financing an RN or BSN program. Let's face it, nursing school is expensive. Between rising tuition, textbooks, flashcards, clinical scrubs, and…
An important component of good blogging is telling stories and/or informing the reader. So it's not surprising that some of the best such writing comes from nurse bloggers. Why? Because they've been…
One of the greatest dangers facing worldwide public health is the global nursing shortage that faces not only the Third World, but many major world powers as well. Nurses are the first…
Over 2.5 million nurses are practicing nationwide, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), making nursing the largest workforce within the U.S. healthcare industry. And even that number might not be…
Skeptics argue that the nursing shortage hype is nothing more than a nursing shortage myth. Unfortunately, these disbelievers fail to see the truth about nursing shortage statistics. The reality is that the…
Because of the nationwide shortage of nurses, and resulting challenges with staffing, the most insidious danger to the healthcare system today is nurse burnout. Healthcare professionals and industry pundits agree that staffing…
Much has been made of the current and future shortage of qualified, experienced nurses in the healthcare system. All over the US, states are expecting the next decade to bring a mass…
Diversity is an important issue across all industries—nursing included. Historically, nurses have been predominately white and female, according to census data reviewed by the American Journal of Nursing. Diversity in healthcare is…
Men have been part of the nursing profession throughout the history of nursing, but American culture still considers men such a rarity in the field that “male nurse” is often worthy of…
Before the 1960s, in much of the US, HBCUs with nursing programs were the only places that black nurses could be trained. Today, nurses from a minority background have all options available…
The demand for African-American RNs, and well as other minority nurses, is at an all-time high and is set to keep rising for the next few years. According to the most recent…
Before the 1960s, in much of the US, HBCUs with nursing programs were the only places that black nurses could be trained. Today, nurses from a minority background have all options available…
With the growing cost of college tuition, students find it challenging to attend higher education opportunities without having unsurmountable student loan debt. Many minority nursing students are forced to work long hours…
Almost everyone these days must go into at least some debt to attend college. Trade schools like RN nursing programs can ease these pressures, as they are a lot less expensive than…
The employment projections of a Certified Nurse Midwife is expected to rise over the next several years. In fact, in 2016, there were roughly 6,500 CNM professionals employed in the U.S. This…
To become a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM), there are several steps before earning the credentials and title to work in the field of Midwifery. The CNM career path is categorized as an…
A Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) is a registered nurse with at least one year of experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) and then a 2-4 year midwifery training program. A CNM will…
Nurse midwifery is, quite simply, one of the most critical roles in modern healthcare. While to many people “midwife” may sound old-fashioned or even historical, nurse midwives are definitely not a thing…
Nursing informatics - also called healthcare informatics - is one of the newest and most in-demand specializations in the nursing field, but many working nurses who would excel in the job may…
One of the qualities that make for great Registered Nurses is a passion for treating patients. Obviously, everyone in healthcare treats patients in some way or another, but the defining trait of…
