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NCLEX: Lab and test results pop quiz!

Student nurses, test your smarts. RNs, you passed the NCLEX once. Could you do it again?

Nursing Blogs

5 things I’ve learned as an NP student

My time as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner student on a busy trauma ICU was full of "absorbable information." Here are a couple ...

By Scrubs EditorDecember 130

Nurse's Station

Student life: The walking dead

I’m still wrestling with the “Oh my gawwd” thoughts and the “I know nothing” fears. Oh yeah, and didn't a holiday just pass ...

By Scrubs EditorDecember 100

Nurse's Station

What working as a nurse’s aide taught me

Having started at the bottom of the ladder, I've learned a thing or two about being an effective mentor...

By Nurse ReneJuly 300

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Field of dreams

Choosing a specialty is a very personal matter. Some nurses take a direct route, but for others, it’s a long and winding road.

By Theresa Brown, RNJuly 190

Nurse's Station

Do you agree with the eight-year initiative?

For as long as I have been a nurse, there has been a huge debate over educational requirements for basic RN licensure, AKA ...

By Nurse ReneJuly 50

Nurse's Station

The real skinny on becoming an NP

I’ve finally discovered the employment conundrum Nurse Practitioners have that other advanced practice providers do not...

By Scrubs EditorJune 10

Nurse's Station

What’s my incentive to acquire a DNP?

Are there pay rate changes to the DNP as opposed to the MSN? What are some other benefits of acquiring a DNP? Get ...

By Scrubs EditorApril 300

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“Have you heard the one about the nurse who…?”

Stories about nurses are as old as the profession itself. Here, the truth and nothing but the truth about eight oft-told tales.

By Donna Wilk CardilloApril 240

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Second acts: Nursing as a second career

When he said, “There are no second acts in American lives,” F. Scott Fitzgerald may have been rightâ€”at the time. No more, as ...

By Catherine EttlingerApril 240