Nursing Specialties

Make your intuition work for you

Ever get a hunch about a patient’s condition but can’t put your finger on why you feel the way you do?

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Changes

Next week I start a new job. I am making a complete change in what I will be doing in nursing.

If you are going to make a change, I say make it a big one. That’s what I am doing. I am having problems at work right now, I am not at liberty to say, but I will as soon as I know what is happening to me. So this week I have been interviewing [...]

Midwifery Modernization Act

Around the country, advanced practice nurses are pushing for independent practice. Should New York state allow nurse-midwives to practice without a physician-signed practice agreement?

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Quiz: The latest nurse specialties

Jackie? Mercy? HawthoRNe? The media usually shows only the most traditional forms of nursing. We know there’s a lot more to nurses than what hits the screen. See what you know about the latest nursing specialties.

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The LPN work and salary review

LPN’s traditionally practice in the long-term care setting, but career options for LPNs are expanding. Take a look at the salary and career opportunities available for licensed practical nurses.

International Day of the Midwife

Around the globe, millions of women and babies die in childbirth each year. Enter the midwives!

Want to know other nurse’s salaries?

Here are the survey results for California and Nevada nurses. See how salaries have changed in the past 12 months and how these nurses’ pay stacks up to yours.

Mentoring new nurse faculty

Whatever you thought of your nursing instructors, they played an important role in getting you where you are today. See how one nursing society is nurturing the next generation of nurse educators.