Image courtesy of DIAC Images via Flickr The question of whether nurse practitioners should be allowed to practice independently is being debated in Nebraska. Many nurse practitioners argue that there are many benefits to being able to work without physician oversight. Meanwhile, many physicians are...
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Image courtesy of kathryn Weigel via Flickr Military Nurse Certification United States Military nurses serve the healthcare needs of both military and civilian populations throughout the world. In fact, according to the Military Health System (MHS), military nurses must be prepared to carry out the...
Read more →Is specialty nursing certification necessary? What are the benefits? Must an RN be certified to compete for jobs? These are some of the questions addressed in this article on Nurse.com. There is no question that specialty nursing certification has become increasingly popular. The American Nurses Cre...
Read more →Physicians are resisting legislation that is geared towards allowing advance practice registered nurses (APRNs) like nurse practitioners to practice independently. This has been proposed as a solution to the problem of increasing health care costs. The main objection stated by physicians has been th...
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Registered Nurses are required to obtain Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in order to renew their licenses. Many nurses are going beyond the bare minimum and seeking certification in various specialties, enabling to put more letters after that “RN.” The process of receiving certification varies acr...
Read more →An organization is helping foreign nurses get certification quickly so they can begin to practice in Canada. The organization, called the CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses, has been around for about a decade. Even nurses who have had a complete education and plenty of experience have h...
Read more →Nurses earning their doctorates are causing headaches for some in the medical profession. After years of study and successful defense of their dissertation, nurses who want to be called ‘doctor’ are getting push back from physicians who believe that title belongs only to someone who has earned a med...
Read more →Before the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), practicing physically or electronically in more than one state meant having to apply for an RN or LPN/VN nursing license in every state in which you practiced. This was a costly and time consuming process. Thanks to the Nurse Licensure Compact, having to app...
Read more →The American Heart Association (AHA) has issued some revised guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for both lay and professional rescuers. The recommended sequence of CPR steps is changing from airway-breathing-compressions to compressions-airway-breathing. This change will apply to adu...
Read more →Here are some of the main titles in nursing, each reflecting a different set of educational requirements: Nurse Practitioner (NP) Director of Nursing (DON) Registered Nurse (RN) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) Nursing Assistant. (NA) Registered Medical Assistant (RMA)...
Read more →Many nurses speak disparagingly about free nursing CEUs as less than optimal training classes for new procedures or information pertinent to their practice as a nurse. True, some of the free CEU classes offered by our employers seemingly have nothing to do with the type of nursing we practice, but i...
Read more →You’ve worked hard to obtain your healthcare license and are therefore, very protective of it. Certain actions such as drug use, negligence or criminal actions can cause it to be suspended or revoked. But what does the government have to say about it when it comes to filing your taxes? According to...
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