Nursing

Neonatal nurses are specialists who work with newborn infants who are born with issues that require them to remain in the hospital for extended periods of time. Nurses can assist babies with a variety...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Psychiatric-mental health nurses (or PMHNs) are healthcare professionals who work with individuals and families suffering from psychiatric disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, dementia and schizophrenia. Work Environment PMHNs can work in a variety of locales,...

Nursing is a unique field with countless areas of focus and specializations. The flexibility to work in multiple areas of medicine is one of the draws to the position, which currently employs more than...

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...

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...