by Tera Tuten on August 30, 2010
Wondering which nursing schools are tops to apply to, work at, or just get an acceptance to?
More to the point, wondering which list of top nursing schools to trust?
Don’t fret: We’ve got you covered.
After analysing more than 30 such rankings, we averaged the lists together, applying editorial common sense and other subjective judgements where of use and benefit in painting a more comprehensive picture of the nursing programs that stand-out.
Who’s top of the top?
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by Tera Tuten on August 30, 2010
Wondering which nursing schools are tops to apply to, work at, or just get an acceptance to?
More to the point, wondering which list of top nursing schools to trust?
Don’t fret: We’ve got you covered.
After analysing more than 30 such rankings, we averaged the lists together, applying editorial common sense and other subjective judgements where of use and benefit in painting a more comprehensive picture of the nursing programs that stand-out.
Who’s top of the top?
[continue reading…]
by Ryan Winter on September 22, 2009
By 2020, the U.S. government predicts that it will be short between 800,000 and one million nurses. (Close to 117,000 short in California alone.)
Before that – 2015 – the U.S. Department of Health projects that 400,000 new nurses will be needed just to fill vacancies left by retirees.
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by Ryan Winter on September 22, 2009
By 2020, the U.S. government predicts that it will be short between 800,000 and one million nurses. (Close to 117,000 short in California alone.)
Before that – 2015 – the U.S. Department of Health projects that 400,000 new nurses will be needed just to fill vacancies left by retirees.
[continue reading…]
by Jennifer Bradford on June 8, 2009
Nurses all over the world work countless hours caring for the sick and wounded, and have done so for years. Though Monastic nuns and prostitutes had performed the duties we commonly associate with nursing since the Middle Ages, many people consider Florence Nightingale the founder of modern nursing. Her contributions to medicine and statistics tremendously changed the way the world looked at nursing, a career once thought to be a “man’s job.” [continue reading…]
by Jennifer Bradford on April 13, 2009
If your hospital or other employer doesn’t know how to motivate nurses, it can be hard to do your job. See how your employer measure up to this list.
With healthcare budget cuts affecting medical institutions across the country, nurses are feeling the crunch every day. Staff reductions make the workload harder for the nurses who remain, and mandatory overtime can add to the stress and physical toll.
Hospitals and other institutions need to know how to motivate their nurses to keep them from burning out in these tough times. A little motivation can go a long way. Check out this list of simple things your employer could be doing to help motivate you, and see how they measure up. [continue reading…]
