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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Top 25 Nursing Podcasts for 2021
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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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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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. According to an…
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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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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
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The Ultimate Guide to Understanding Continuing Education for Nurses
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The Ultimate Guide to Nursing School Admissions
Navigating the Admissions process for Nursing School takes time, skills and perseverance. The biggest mistake people make when it comes time to apply to nursing school is talking about applying to nursing…
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Post BSN Nursing Residency Programs by Region
Many nurses acquire work experience before they enter a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program; traditionally, nurses have begun working as an RN with just an associate’s degree or hospital diploma,…
