As mass shootings continue to rise in the U.S., post-traumatic stress disorder is affecting nurses, firefighters other first responders who are called on to handle the carnage. Las Vegas hospital nursing supervisor Antionette Mullan recalls gurneys carrying dead bodies across the triage floor the day a gunman fired into a crowd of more than 20,000 […]
Quality, Most Affordable Nursing Masters Programs Online
Click To A Select List Of Most Affordable Online Nursing Master’s Degree Schools Nursing master’s degrees are for RNs who want to become qualified to move into more senior positions as hospital administrators or nurse educators, or who want to work in advanced clinical areas like informatics, nurse practitioner or nurse midwifery. More Than A […]
Five Things Nurse Practitioners Are Great At
Nurse practitioners occupy a unique and increasingly important place in our healthcare system. Here are some of the things they do better than anyone else: Treating patients in rural and inner city settings where doctors won’t go. The American medical system is increasingly overstretched. Nurse practitioners are now the only practitioners available in local clinics […]
Would You Be Happier as A Doctor or A Nurse Practitioner? Surprising Trends
Once, there was little doubt that becoming an MD was an amazingly attractive career choice. Physicians were paid well, highly respected and, for the most part, acted as their own bosses. But times have changed. College counselors report that as pre-med students finish their undergraduate degrees, a small but growing number of them are making […]
Do Nurse Leaders Really Matter?
There are plenty of managers in this world who aren’t seen as useful by their employees. What about nursing managers? They occupy a unique position where they must influence not only other nurses, but physicians, hospital administrators and patients as well. The job might be described as being the glue that holds all the pieces […]
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