30 Most Nurse-Friendly Hospitals in the United States
What are the best places to work as a nurse? TopRNtoBSN has covered the best states to work as a nurse, and the highest-paying cities for nurses, but we can get more…
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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…
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50 Best Nursing Careers Based on Salary and Demand
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…
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Top 25 Scholarships For Nursing Students
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…
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50 Top Nursing Blogs
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…
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30 Countries Most in Need of Professional Nurses
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…
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Essential State-by-State Guide: Nurse Practitioner Prescriptive Authority
A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is really just an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, with responsibilities beyond the standard care offered by a Registered Nurse. This individual medical professional can offer a range of…
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25 Unusual Nursing Certifications for 2020
If your regular nursing job has gotten a little stale, there's no shortage of unusual jobs for nurses that can help you mix things up a little. Nursing certifications give you career…
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25 Best Paying Nursing Fields for the Future
Nursing has traditionally been seen as a woman’s job, and like many such careers, pay for nurses has not always been high. That is changing today, as nurses take on more advanced…
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How are We Solving the Nursing Shortage?
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…
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Nurse Burnout: The Effects of Stress on Nurses
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…
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Top 10 States in Most Need of Nurses
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…
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What Does a Neonatal Nurse Do?
A neonatal nurse is a type of nurse who works with newborn infants in critical condition. What do neonatal nurses do? They work with infants who may be premature with a range…
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25 Alternative Nursing Careers for 2020
As a nurse, you're dedicated to helping others. You may be interested in an alternative career path for nurses that takes you out of the standard nursing profession and into a new field.…
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Career Options for Older Nurses
If you're a nurse who has been in the field for quite some time, you may be ready for a change and would like to try a home health company. Years of…
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Essential State-by-State Guide: Nurse Practitioner Prescriptive Authority
A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is really just an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, with responsibilities beyond the standard care offered by a Registered Nurse. This individual medical professional can offer a range of…
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What is Correctional Nursing?
Around 2.3 million people are held in US prisons, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Correctional nursing is a specialty branch of nursing that supports healthcare in prisons and juvenile correctional…
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25 Unusual Nursing Certifications for 2020
If your regular nursing job has gotten a little stale, there's no shortage of unusual jobs for nurses that can help you mix things up a little. Nursing certifications give you career…
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Essential Guide to Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC)
In nearly all states, the process of becoming a registered nurse is relatively the same: prospective nurses complete their training (a diploma, associate’s degree, or bachelor’s degree being the most common); take…
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25 Best Paying Nursing Fields for the Future
Nursing has traditionally been seen as a woman’s job, and like many such careers, pay for nurses has not always been high. That is changing today, as nurses take on more advanced…
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Guide to Legal Nursing and Nurse Paralegal Career Paths
While we all know nursing specializations like midwifery and anesthetist, many nurses don't realize they have an option like nurse paralegal or legal nurse consultant. Prospective healthcare professionals who are looking into…
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How are We Solving the Nursing Shortage?
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…
