RN Nurse Schools

by: Linda Raye

If you have been considering entering into the healthcare industry as a professional nurse, here are some points to consider….

Nursing careers encompass a wide range of activities related to the field of delivering healthcare. As pure healthcare professionals employed in hospitals and similar other healthcare units, people in nursing careers cater to treatment, safety and recovery of acutely or chronically ill or injured people, health maintenance of the healthy, and treatment of life-threatening emergencies in a wide range of health care settings. Read the rest of this entry »

By: ethan edison

Forensic nursing is an emerging branch of criminal investigation. It integrates medical knowledge with forensic science to produce this new field of study and investigation. Thanks to a lot of media support, forensic nursing has gained a lot of popularity. More and more students now want to pursue forensic nursing education. Read the rest of this entry »

Submitted By: Rita Henry

I just want to give something back,” says one new nurse from a recent graduating class. Unlike your typical newcomer to a nursing career, Steve is not in his twenties and female. Rather, he’s one of the growing number of ‘non-traditional’ nurses who have adopted a nursing career after a lifetime of work in another field. Nursing is growing in popularity as a second career for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that it’s a job that makes you feel good about yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

By Sara Freeland

Are you looking into career options? Wondering if one of many nursing careers is for you? You have come to the right place! We will review the pros and cons of nursing jobs so that you can make an informed decision about nursing education and careers. Whether you are a high school student gathering information about possible futures, a person who would like to make a career change, or looking for a steady job to ease your family into retirement, we’ll help you decide if a nursing career is for you. Read the rest of this entry »

By: Stephanie Larkin

No workplace has escaped the touch of technology, including nursing. Nursing is still, and will always be, a field where technology has had a huge impact on the way that nurses do their job. While some of the technological advances have made the nurse’s job easier, others have been implemented as a price saving measure, and still others are used to improve patient safety. Read the rest of this entry »

By: Stephanie Larkin

If you are considering an advanced education in the nursing field, you probably have a lot of questions about where this occupation could take you. Not all nurses are the same, and choosing just one area for a specialty can be extremely difficult. From long-term care to emergency room nursing and everything in between, learning about different options available is crucial to your search for the nursing specialty that is best suited to your strengths. Here are some tips to help you determine which area of nursing to specialize in: Read the rest of this entry »

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by: Robyn Knapp

In the nursing profession, more now than ever, the ability to think critically is essential. The responsibilities of a Registered Nurse have increased over the years. In correlation with this increase in responsibility comes the additional increase in educational prerequisites and core requisites required to achieve a degree in Nursing. The ANA (American Nursing Association) Standards has set forth the framework necessary for critical thinking in the application of the “nursing process”. The nursing process is the tool by which all nurses can equally become proficient at critical thinking. Read the rest of this entry »

By: Michelle Phillips,Rn

Certified Nursing Assistant Education

A certified nursing assistant (CNA) is a member of a nursing team who provides basic patient care working under the supervision of registered nurses. The nurse assistant performs routine care and treatment of patients, assisting them in their daily tasks. The duties performed may include keeping track of the patient’s all round health, bathing them, serving them meals, taking their temperature, blood pressure, respiration rate, pulse rate, etc. and making observations on the patients and reporting about their condition to supervising nurses. Read the rest of this entry »