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…
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…
The most common nurse practitioner specialization, Family Nurse Practitioners are also a crucial part of the American healthcare system. In the 21st century, with skyrocketing healthcare costs and a shortage of doctors…
A career in nursing opens up doors of opportunity to work in unique and challenges fields. By working in a specialized field, nurses have an opportunity to learn new skills and help…
Education plays a vital role in any career. Nursing education offers different paths for a long-term career. An option for students in nursing is getting a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, or…
In the field of nursing, it’s possible to explore two different terminal degrees, and one of them is your Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). The purpose of this degree is for equipping…
For people who are already working as dedicated nurses, jumping from the role of RN to DNP can be straightforward and rewarding. After all, it is the full and fast-paced nature of…
Nursing - medicine in general, really - is full of letters. ASN, BSN, MSN, DNP; LPN, RN, PA, NP; FNP, WWF, OPP, QWERTY - and unless you’re a very experienced nurse, you…
Telemetry nursing is one of the most critical, and in many ways one of the best nursing careers, in the field. Telemetry nurses are responsible for using specialized equipment and machines with…
Podcasts are an excellent way for working professional nurses to stay current on topics that interest them - especially when your schedule doesn't leave a lot of time for reading the nursing…
Although nurses are needed everywhere, when it comes to pay, benefits, workload, and opportunity, location is everything. There’s talk all over the US about the growing nursing shortage, and there are few…
