Education

Celebrate National NP Week: Transition from RN to APRN

If you work as a nurse, chances are you love using your skills, and your compassion, to care for others. Perhaps you have thought about expanding your skills and...

Exploring the Path to Becoming an FNP: Is a Post-MSN FNP Certificate Your Next Step?

In our ever-evolving world of healthcare, opportunities for growth are always knocking. And for many nurses with an...

Nursing Resume Do’s and Don’ts: How to Craft a Strong Resume

It's time to find a nursing job, and the first step is making sure your resume is top-tier. But...

Quiz: What Nursing Career Matches Your Personality?

For almost 20 years, Americans have rated the honesty and ethics of nurses the highest of all professions. Nursing is...

DNP vs. Ph.D. in Nursing: What’s the Difference?

As more nurses prepare to further their careers and advance their education, the choice between a Doctor of Nursing...

Top 10 Reasons You SHOULD NOT Be A Nurse

We’ve been talking a lot about lists lately. Lists on specific types of nurses. Everything from specialty nurses, student nurses, and even a couple...

Six (Clever!) Everyday Nursing Tips

In nursing school we learned ‘by the numbers’. We were taught each skill step-by-step, one-by-one. We graduated and moved on to ‘real world’ nursing and...

Why Did You Become A Nurse?

Or, alternately, “Why do you want to be a nurse?” This is one of those ‘character’ entrance questions most of us get when we apply...

Top New Grad And Student Nurse Questions, Answered!

Walking in our shoes is not an easy job by any means. Those who need us, know us. And those who know us know...

4 Things I Wish I Had Known As A Student

There is what they teach you in nursing school, and then there is what you learn in the ‘real world’ of nursing. Sorry my fellow...

The Nursing Career Opportunity

We had a high school student visit our department (some time ago). She spent a couple hours with us and other areas of interest...