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Nursing Online Career Fair
Register for one of our Online Nursing Career Fairs and prepare for your next step after graduation. Meet and connect with employers to find your next opportunity.
Student Nursing News and Trends
See the latest nursing news, trends, and information to help you succeed in nursing school.
Free 2017 Nurse Salary Report
See how nursing salaries compare by specialty, role, certification, and get a better picture of your true value. This report explores salary comparisons across the US and provides you with key tips on how to position yourself for a higher salary in the future.
Nursing Test Prep
Take our nursing test prep sample questions and test your skills as you prepare for your next exam. Choose test prep questions from 5 specialty areas, including cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, gastrointestinal, and hematological nursing.
New Florida Bill Aimed to Help State Nursing Shortage
Technical schools have been lobbying Florida state legislators so more students can become registered nurses. As a result, Florida House Bill 381 is under review with the Florida House of Representative’s Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee. Language...
The Art of Giving Report
If you ask any nurse why they went into nursing, their response will undoubtedly have a foundation of compassion. Whether it’s an anecdote about a family member, a childhood role model, or a personal experience, a career in nursing starts by caring. And yet, in a...
5 Things Every Nurse Should Know About Health Literacy
Nursing, as defined by the World Health Organization, encompasses care for people of all ages, families, groups, and communities, sick or well and in all types of settings. Nursing includes health promotion, illness prevention, and care of the ill. Regardless of your...
Patients with Pups: Nursing with Service Dogs
Are service dogs allowed in medical facilities, including doctor’s offices and hospitals, in the United States? If so, what is the responsibility of nurses to care for individuals accompanied by a service dog? We ask these questions because there are currently more...
Getting Certified: Is it Worth it?
Many are cognizant of the controversy circulating the topic of nursing certifications. Nurses wonder: Is getting certified worth it? Will I get a raise? How will this benefit me? Does it make a difference? Why are so many hospitals recommending it? In fact, some even...
The Unexpected Challenges in Labor and Delivery Nursing
Many student nurses become enamored with Labor and Delivery nursing and the infectious joy surrounding most births. This specialty, however, is not without its challenges to effective care. It requires nurses to remain vigilant and current on the advances in...
Improving Patient Safety, Part 1: Communicating with Providers
Nurses are always concerned about keeping their patients safe. Besides doing so by being professional with caring directly for them, nurses also need to be aware of how communication—with other health care providers and patients—can either keep patients safe or put...
Participate in our 2019 Nursing Career Survey!
Calling all nurses! Springer Publishing Company has launched the 2019 Nursing Career Survey, and we want to hear from you! This study is designed for professional nurses and nursing students in every stage of their careers. Springer Publishing Company is surveying...
Nursing Salary Trends in the U.S.—How Much Can I Earn?
Nurses are in high demand as baby boomers continue to age, which means there’s a greater demand for nurses in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and rehabilitation centers. Due to the increasing demand for qualified nursing professionals, it’s no...
Critical Care Nursing Certifications: How They Can Help Your Career
Nurses often want to move ahead in their careers, and in order to do that, they need to learn more, understand more, and do more. One way to make this happen is to earn specialty certifications. Throughout the year, we’ll be giving you information about various...
Q&A with Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Dr. Mary Lilly
Recently, we connected with Dr. Mary Lilly to talk about the benefits of being a Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) Nurse Practitioner at VA. Her insights will give you a better idea of what it’s like to be on VA's collaborative, multidisciplinary team,...
Nurse Residency Programs: Future for Post-Acute Care
Katherine Kuren Black, MSN, RN-BC, shares insights from her book The New Jersey Action Coalition, in response to the Institute of Medicine's recommendation to implement nurse residency programs across all practice settings, initiated a statewide program for new...
Considering a Career in Forensic Nursing?
Forensic nursing involves working with the aftermath of violent situations. Violence is both a health care and a legal issue, so this places forensic nurses in a unique leadership position to connect health care, science, and the legal system. Forensic nurses partner...
The Risks of Wrongful Delegation
Although delegating tasks occurs all the time in the workplace, there are often times in which nurses may not effectively delegate to unlicensed personnel. This carries major risk—to the nurse, the staff member, the patients, and the health care facility. Jennifer...
How to Find a New Nursing Job
Searching for a new job can be daunting. With all the options available for nurses out there, even just the idea of getting a new nursing job can be overwhelming. If you are interested in finding a new job for whatever reason, it's important to follow that instinct....
Veteran Luis’s VA Nursing Career Lets Him Serve Other Veterans
Luis considered going to work at a private-sector hospital following military service. But he chose a career as a nurse at VA, in part after benefiting from the care and comradery of VA. “Being a Vet myself, I would like to influence how other Veterans are taken care...
Depressed Nurses Make More Medical Errors
Employee Well-Being Becomes Patient Safety Issue Many years of research has shown that depression among registered nurses is extremely common. One study published last year showed that RNs suffer from depression at almost twice the rate of people in other professions....
Character or Competence in Hiring
Character and competence are two of the most sought after qualities in the workplace. Ideally, an applicant will have both, but hiring managers often find themselves forced to choose between two qualified candidates who each excel in one area only. Thus, determining...
Graduate Student Nurses Face Enrollment Concerns Over a Critical Shortage of Health Care Providers
The United States is facing a critical shortage in all health care professions. With the nation’s baby boomer population approaching retirement age, the issue is twofold: the aging population requires more care, and the nation’s physicians, nurses, and other health...
OPM Recruitment Strategies for Graduate Student Nurses
Online Program Management companies (OPMs) are taking the online nursing education market by storm. As higher education institutions compete to meet student expectations in a digital world, OPMs create, manage, and market education programs for these schools at a...
