How do you find an accredited nursing program? What is an accredited program and Why does it have to be accredited? These are important questions to understand and consider in searching for a nursing program that fits with your own criteria. There are other factors to consider as well. What does impacted mean? Along with the shortage of nurses, we have a shortage of nurse educators and this means that nursing programs are overcrowded and many have long waiting lists. Candidates who are at the top of their game are usually the first ones to get admitted. One way to hedge your bets is to apply to several programs. Find…
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Happy Thanksgiving!
With Thanksgiving just a couple of days away now, the holiday season is upon us whether we’re ready or not. Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and the best of holidays yet to come!! This is never an easy season for nurses. People don’t get well and go home for the holidays. Health care facilities don’t have the opportunity to shut down for a week between Christmas and New Years like my husband’s engineering company always did. In fact, this can be peak season for nurses. Flu season officially starts about mid November and continues well into the new year. Pneumonia seems to run rampant and hospitals fill up.…
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Welcome
Welcome to The Nursing Site. As you may know, About.com is making changes and will disband the Nursing site. They are going to have a health care careers site and incorporate nursing into the site. I encourage you to continue to visit this new site and support About.com. They are a great site and a wonderful company to work for. I will post my articles from that site as soon as I have all rights to them again. This should be in a couple of weeks. Until then you can still access them at nursing.about.com. As I begin to set up a new website for my articles all about nursing,…