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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
