News, advice, and insights for nurses and the people who hire them.
jumdero – Fotolia.com More and more hospitals are requiring that their nurses have at least a bachelor’s degree in nursing, according to this article in the New York Times. Jennifer Matton, for example, is working as a nurse right now. However she is working at a hospital that has the bachelor’s deg...
Read more →Rob – Fotolia.com This article in Forbes questions whether nursing has been overhyped as a career. It concludes, however, that nursing is still extraordinarily strong, even if the ebb and flow of jobs has not progressed exactly as predicted. Many nursing schools increased their enrollments due to pr...
Read more →Minerva Studio – Fotolia.com An article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel points out that nursing may offer may options than many people realize. With nursing projected to grow faster than most other occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more and more people are taking a serious...
Read more →The nursing shortage is not uniform right now, as some geographical areas have plenty of nurses while others don’t, and some fields or specialties are facing shortages while others aren’t. One field that is currently looking for more nurses is mental health. The associate vice president of behaviora...
Read more →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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Medical care is usually easy to access in major metropolitan areas, but can be much more difficult to find in rural areas. And when minor ailments are left untreated, they can escalate into medical crises that require a costly trip to the emergency room. Pasco County in Florida has developed a new M...
Read more →Robin Holte was an interior designer for 25 years. Then she decided to return to college and become a registered nurse. She wasn’t considering job security at the time; she wanted to make more of an impact, helping people and caring for them, she says in this article on the Appleton Post-Crescent we...
Read more →Privilege – Fotolia.com Advanced registered nurse practitioners can see patients, diagnose and treat their problems, and prescribe medication. So it’s not that surprising that sometimes they’re called “doctor” by their patients. Marcia Hillman, a family practice ARNP, gently corrects her patients wh...
Read more →More and more men are taking “pink collar jobs” like teaching and nursing, fields that traditionally have been dominated by women. While the economy definitely has a part, the trend began well before the crash, and is being driven by a variety of factors including financial concerns, quality-of-life...
Read more →Junial Enterprises – Fotolia.com When people talk about violence in the workplace, they don’t often think of the healthcare field. While post offices are the most stereotypical place for violent events, (lending us the phrase “going postal”) other locations that are usually considered to be more vio...
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There was a large protest in Chicago today, coinciding with the NATO meeting there, designed to draw attention to a proposed tax that has been dubbed the “Robin Hood tax.” It would be a .5 percent tax on banks’ transactions, with the money going to help cover the uninsured. Such a tax would yield ab...
Read more →Sergey Khamidulin – Fotolia.com This article in the Chicago Tribune looks at pediatric nursing — the benefits, the drawbacks, and some pointers on how to pursue the specialty if it is something that interests you. People who are drawn to pediatric nursing often cite the opportunities for a more pers...
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