Nursing

With the restructuring of healthcare due to the Affordable Care Act and the shifting demography of the aging American population, health care providers are scrambling to find specialized practitioners to cover the avalanche of...

In honor of National Nurses Week (May 6-12), Healthcare Degrees Online recognizes the vital role nurses play in delivering the best quality care to their patients. Today, we will look at exciting healthcare innovations and how they can benefit nurses

From prenatal to postpartum care, midwives have long been experts on bringing children into the world. Their place in the delivery room, however, has been a topic of debate between doctors and the midwives...

The nation’s workforce will add more registered nurses through 2020 than any other occupation. About 711,000 new RNs will be needed, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projections. That doesn't even include...

When examining healthcare careers, it’s often easy to mistake the roles of a healthcare manager and healthcare administrator. The two careers are similar in many ways, so much so that the terms have become interchangeable...

A career as a male nurse is a well-paying, rewarding and smart option for men interested in healthcare and science.

According to a 2014 Pew Research study, salaries for young professionals who have earned at least a master’s degree are 24% higher than salaries of those who have attained a bachelor’s degree. Graduates with...

What is a Nurse Educator? A Nurse Educator operates within an academic system to help train and develop new nurses. They’re instructors who, depending on the level and area they’re qualified to educate in, might...

Nursing programs across the country are being forced to turn away qualified applicants due to a shortage of qualified instructors. The problem is the result of how quickly the nursing field is growing. With an...

Recent data from the American Cancer Society and the Skin Cancer Foundation indicates that skin cancer is on the rise in younger patients, which is an important fact for nurses to keep in mind...