Leadership Program for Nurses Led to Lower Costs and Higher Patient Satisfaction
Nurse-led initiatives in Indiana saved their organizations more than $5.2 million while improving patient outcomes, according to preliminary results from a 16-month training program launched in 2012 by the Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). The...
Nursing Faculty Needed to Meet Increased Demand for Nursing Programs
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...
Survey Shows More Than Half of Nurses with a Bachelor’s Degree Have Job Offer...
Survey results from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) find that nurses with a bachelor’s degree (BSN) or master’s degree (MSN) are having an easier time finding work after graduation than graduates...
The Evolving Role of a School Nurse in Today’s Diverse Educational Settings
A generation ago, most school nurses had limited, but important roles in the school community. Students visited their school nurse to take medicine, get triage attention for schoolyard mishaps and rest on cots when...
6 Popular Nursing Specializations
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...
An Introduction to the Field of Nursing
The era of modern nursing started a decade before the Civil War when Florence Nightingale treated British soldiers during the Crimean War in 1854 and later began the evolution of the profession, establishing the...
Guide to the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses
You’ve made it through years of classes and clinical training, late night cramming and high anxiety testing, but there is one more large hill to climb before becoming a registered nurse—the National Council Licensure...
NLN Reports Latest Top Trends in Nursing
Nursing is one of the most lucrative and competitive fields today. The recently published Top Trends in Nursing by the National League for Nursing (NLN) offers insight into areas of nursing that will remain...
Advanced Practice Nurse Job Description and Salary Data
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...
Male Nursing Career: A Financial and Emotionally Rewarding Option
A career as a male nurse is a well-paying, rewarding and smart option for men interested in healthcare and science.