A seasoned Paramedic provides an amusing glimpse into her experiences, the reasons she decided to become an Emergency RN instead, and discusses Paramedic to RN Transition. Find out if an online Paramedic to RN program is right for you and get program information today.

Advanced nursing education isn’t just about a better salary or more interesting job. It also makes it possible for nurses to take their nursing career in new directions. One such nurse put her education and experience to use advocating for clients and pioneering a new nursing specialty…

Today’s LPNs are finding it harder than ever to compete with RNs for hard-to-find hospital jobs. This article gives an overview of new hospital policies, advances in outpatient services, and the health care settings that are projected to have the greatest employment growth for LPNs in the future.

In a book based on the first national study of nursing education in thirty years, as well as the results of three other national surveys and extended site visits, the authors of Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation call modern nursing education outdated, discuss the future of the nursing profession, and propose revolutionary changes in the education of nurses.

If working nurses had to make the choice between keeping their jobs or pursuing a degree, odds are that we’d see far fewer baccalaureate-prepared nurses in the workforce. Luckily for healthcare, you now have a third choice: online education. Here’s how one busy nurse balanced her education with work and travel.

This National Nurses Week is especially significant since the United Nations has declared 2010 to be the International Year of the Nurse, and because it also marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Florence Nightingale, who is revered for pioneering the foundations of professional nursing. Learn more about the vital role nurses play in health care…