American healthcare is facing a number of crises on multiple fronts, but none of them affect nurses quite as much as the current and growing shortage of qualified caregivers. The numbers are stark and unambiguous. In some hospitals, major departments …
The fact that NPs and other APRNs are in short supply these days has made the profession a lot more attractive and a lot more lucrative. The demand has been spurred by a national shortage of doctors combined with the …
The almost constant demand for nursing talent around the country – and around the world, for that matter – means that any RN can take advantage of opportunities to pick up and relocate for a while without a lot of …
You’re already well aware of the fact that the medical industry is facing a dire shortage of providers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects we’ll see a shortage of somewhere around a million nurses by 2024. According to the Association of …
If you’ve been working in medicine for very long, you already know that the field has been a little slow on the uptake when it comes to adopting new technologies. And by slow, we mean “molasses at the North Pole” …
The fight to allow advanced practice registered nurses to practice to the full extent of their training, education and certification saw a major victory late last year when the Veteran’s Administration announced amendments to its provider regulations that would allow …
As one of the country’s preeminent nursing organizations, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is in an excellent position to guide nurses who want to obtain a graduate degree. In a brochure on graduate nursing programs, the AACN …
As a part of becoming a nurse practitioner, you will have to gain hands-on experience by working with a preceptor. However, many graduate nursing students find locating a preceptor to be a challenging task. Healthcare facilities receive no money for …
When Ali Baghai MS, CRNA, chose psychology as his major in college, it was influenced by the fact that his mother had been mentally ill. He wanted to help people and this seemed to be the best way. But after …
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Health Resources and Services Administration recently allocated more than $2 million dollars in federal grants to Francis Marion University Health Sciences in Florence, SC. The grants come at a time when states …
