Nursing certifications validate specialized knowledge and expertise, helping nurses provide higher-quality patient care while increasing professional confidence and credibility. Earning a certification can open doors to career advancement, leadership opportunities, and higher earning potential across a wide range of nursing specialties.
Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts -- at least for now -- after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower limits.
Anyone who’s spent time in a hospital knows that the heart of a patient’s care team is the nurse. That’s who shows up at any hour to adjust an IV, answer panicked questions, or simply sit at the bedside while a patient tries to make sense of what’s happening to their body. That proximity—physical, emotional, and constant—turns into something powerful: trust.
During the pandemic, Street suffered a stroke that required him to retire from bedside nursing. He decided to return to a beloved hobby, crafting, for fun — and demand for his goods grew. Today, Street continues to build the business, which sees six-figure annual sales.
Data was gathered from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Health Resources and Services Administration’s National Center for Health Workforce Analysis to understand how pay, employment, projected growth and projected shortages stack up across the seven nursing positions the BLS tracks.
The federal indictment against a Sarasota nurse practitioner goes beyond allegations of a $118 million Medicare fraud scheme, detailing what prosecutors describe as "lavish lifestyles" funded by the proceeds.
At least 17 nurses in the same unit at one Ohio hospital are all expecting babies this year, breaking a previous record set by the staff at Dayton's Miami Valley Hospital. The previous record saw the same unit have 11 staffers expecting babies at the same time, according to a Miami Valley news release.
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