It is common knowledge we are having a worldwide nursing shortage. In America, the baby boomers are getting set to retire and reach the age in which they require more healthcare services. Due to advanced in medicine, the baby boomers will live longer than previous generations, which is worsening...

Due to economic factors, namely the recession that we are facing and the resulting job losses, and the increasing demand for nurses, many newly laid off workers are looking to do a mid-career shift into nursing. For these mid-career shifters there are many programs, and more are created every...

Prairie View A&M University's staff has caught 11 nursing students who were cheating on their comprehensive exam. This exam takes about four to five hours to complete, and though the students were allowed to take breaks, the students were caught text messaging about exam questions while taking...

The University of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana, has launched a new accelerated Master's program for mid career changers who hold non-nursing Bachelor's degrees. The goal of the program is to be a quick transition for these career changers. In a total of 27 months students of the program...

Like most things that are perfect, they rarely exist in the real world, but are what make our dreams. Well, there is no need to dream to see the perfect nursing home, it exists in reality. Most states carry out surprise inspections on nursing homes to make sure they are doing a good job and serving...

The nursing profession has turned a 100 years old in Canada this year. Nurses there are celebrating by telling others about the diversity of the nursing profession and about careers in nursing. Nursing touches nearly every area of our lives, from our family practice nurses to nurses on oil...

The nursing shortage is not just an American phenomenon, it exists across the world and is quite severe in Norway. This summer, there seems to be a dire shortage in Norwegian nursing homes. In Norway, the number of applications coming in for summer work are at an all time low. Some townships have...

This is really symptomatic of the things to come. As the nursing and staff shortage starts to worsen the service quality of healthcare will start to fall. The Illinois Department of Public Health has fined a Peoria nursing home for not properly monitoring prescriptions and not preparing lab tests...

Many nurses who are at the top of their careers started out as LPNs. This of course makes those who are interested in pursuing an LPN to think whether they want to become an LPN as a first step in a career or do they just want to stay an LPN. The answer to this question really makes a difference in...

Some of you, while doing your research on nursing may have come across the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. It is offered by the Columbia University School of Nursing, a prestigious institute. But, this degree has causes all sorts of controversy ever since it has been introduced. The DNP degree...