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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10 Most Popular Specialized Nursing Fields
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…
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The Growth and Importance of Online Nursing Programs
America needs more nurses. How serious is the situation? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ employment projections, by 2012-2022 there will be a need for 525,000 replacements nurses in the workforce,…
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Top 15 HBCU Nursing Schools 2019
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…
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Complete Job Description of a Certified Nurse Midwife
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…
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Complete Guide to Becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner
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…
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Top 25 Online RN to FNP Programs 2019
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…
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The Breakdown: NP vs. DNP
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…
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Best 50+ Nursing Podcasts for 2018
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…
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Top 15 HBCU Nursing Schools 2019
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…
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Complete Job Description of a Certified Nurse Midwife
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…
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Complete Guide to Becoming a Family Nurse Practitioner
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…
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Top 25 Online RN to FNP Programs 2019
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…
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The Breakdown: NP vs. DNP
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…
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Best 50+ Nursing Podcasts for 2018
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…
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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 10 Highest Paying States For Registered Nurses
"Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better." -Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing In the world of Nursing, several factors impact…
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10 TV Nurses We’d Love to Work With
Medical shows have been a staple of TV since the earliest days of the medium - after all, nothing's more dramatic than literal life or death situations. From City Hospital (the first…
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The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Continuing Education for Nurses
Continuing ed? Say what? I just completed my degree! Most of the time, we think of a college education as a one-and-done proposition. You get your degree, go out and start your career,…
