Nursing

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...

The healthcare industry provides a wealth of opportunity for nursing specialization, which can help registered nurses earn more money and achieve greater job security. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that 2.7 million...

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...

A career as a registered nurse can offer the perfect combination of good pay, robust employment prospects and great personal satisfaction. Each day, millions of registered nurses (RNs) across the country and around the...

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...

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...

Medical facilities strive to meet the growing needs of patients through research, specialization and technological advances, but patient care remains the top priority. Since registered nurses (RNs) are at the forefront of medical care,...

Nursing ranks as one of the largest professions in the United States, with more than 2.7 million people working in the field. That number is expected to rise to more than 3 million by 2024, according...

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...

While many jobs present a risk of muscle or joint fatigue and potential injury, few come with as many physical demands as nursing. About five in every 1,000 nurses miss work due to injury, according...