Saturday, November 23, 2024
Social Media Healthcare

How Healthcare Pros Can Effectively Use Social Media

More people use social media than ever. Interest in social media has increased across all age demographics, although it is particularly strong with Millennials. That means that hospitals and other healthcare organizations have a great...
Registered Nurse BSN

New Licensed Registered Nurses Must Now Earn a BSN in New York

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law the “BSN in 10” mandate on Monday, requiring newly licensed registered nurses to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing within a decade of their licensure. Currently...
Nursing Careers

7 Nursing Careers Outside of the Hospital

Almost 3 million people now work as nurses. Contrary to the most common image of a nurse, not all of them work in hospitals. The expansion and specialization of the nursing profession over the years...
Nurse Injury

Protecting Nurses, Protecting Patients

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...
Healthcare Administrator

How to Become a Healthcare Administrator or Manager

Healthcare continues to top the list of fastest-growing industries in the nation. The number of jobs within the industry – a seasonally adjusted 19.745 million as of February 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau...

Interdisciplinary Training is Key for an Evolving eHealth Workforce

The healthcare industry faces a talent shortage that is set to get worse as members of the Baby Boomer generation reach retirement age. From nurses to physicians to eHealth specialists, finding people ready and...
Healthcare Jobs

Healthcare Sector Adds 19,000 Jobs in February

The healthcare sector in the United States maintained a steady pace of growth in February, adding 19,000 jobs, according to the latest employment report issued Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The employment...
Alarm Fatigue

How Nurse ‘Alarm Fatigue’ can Affect Patient 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...
Nurse Practitioner

How to Progress from RN to Nurse Practitioner

Working as a registered nurse continues to be one of the most popular professions in the United States, and with good reason. The pay is good, the jobs are plentiful and the challenges rewarding...
St. Jude

Healthcare Companies Well-Represented on Glassdoor’s Annual ‘Best Places to Work’ List

Glassdoor’s 2018 Best Places to Work list of companies with 1,000 or more employees included 14 healthcare organizations among the top 100. The list was published on Dec. 5. The highest-ranked healthcare company was previously...