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…

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…

Whenever there is a disaster somewhere, at least a dozen e-mails find their way to my inbox from all over the country with the same question: So … you going? Read Sherry Jones Mayo, RN, EMTP, DAAETS’s moving story about her disaster relief experiences…

In response to a recent news article about autism research, an RN explains that generous donors to the autism cause need to know where their money goes. She shares her first-hand experience of working with families of autistic children and points out the problems to come.

Nurses make mistakes like everyone else…except that sometimes, the mistakes can be fatal. This article examines the most common reasons why mistakes happen in the nursing workplace and offers suggestions for how to best handle them when they do.

Nurse assistants are in demand today. Learn how to get into a nurse assistant training course including what skills you will learn, how to become a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant), and find CNA training programs near you.