Everything You Need to Know About Becoming a Home Health Nurse
Not every nurse works in a busy hospital or clinic—some work directly in the homes of their patients! Learn more about home health nurses and what it takes to become one.
Articles tagged with professional nursing
RN vs. Physician Assistant: Diagnosing the Differences
If you’re searching for a job in the medical sector, you may have come across various abbreviations and been confused. What’s the difference between an LPN and an RN? What does a CNA do? What about an NP or a PA? While sorting this out may seem overwhelming, we’re here to help.
How to Become a Registered Nurse: Your Step-by-Step Guide
Knowing how to become a registered nurse (RN) is the first step in fulfilling your career aspirations. This guide will help you figure out each step you need to take so you can earn your degree faster and begin the RN career you’re seeking.
What Can You Do with an Associate's Degree in Nursing?
Nurses have a wide variety of career options regardless of what type of education they earn. But what exactly can you do with an associate's degree in nursing? Learn everything you need to know about these careers.
What I Wish Someone Told Me BEFORE Becoming a Registered Nurse
It’s not easy to get a clear picture of a career without speaking to those who’ve walked the walk. So to help, we rounded up nursing experts to tell you what they wish they’d known BEFORE becoming an RN. Read their advice and find out a few lessons they learned along the way.
ADN vs. BSN: Your Guide to Help You Decide on a Nursing Degree
Graduates from ADN and BSN programs both become registered nurses — RNs — upon graduating and passing the NCLEX exam. But what differences come with these degrees? And which degree path is best suited for you? Join us as we explore the ADN vs. BSN debate and see if it sets your wheels in motion.
LPN vs. RN: The Advantages of Being a Registered Nurse
Many students like the idea of becoming an RN, but aren’t sure if they can justify the extra effort, time and money required when an LPN track would put them in the workforce faster. If you’re looking for some tangible reasons to go down the RN path, you’re in luck because there are plenty! We combined government data and expert insight to identify four facts that suggest this is the right route for you.
The Fast-Track to Becoming a Nurse: Why an Associate Degree in Nursing is Right for You
There are many paths to a rewarding nursing career, though different paths can offer different experiences and their own set of benefits. Here, learn about an associate degree in nursing (ADN) and why it’s the right choice for you!
What is it Really Like to Be a Neonatal Nurse?
Your passion for your own children (or any baby you pass by in the supermarket, for that matter) is drawing you toward a career in neonatal nursing. But it takes more than a love of infants to succeed in this specialty. We gathered the facts about this rewarding position so you can decide if it's the right choice for you.
The Truth About Nursing: What Experts Want You to Know
Before you venture into a new career, see what those who’ve gone before you have to say about what nursing is really like. Here are some of the hot topics our panel of pros want you to know about.
Ft. Myers Nursing Graduate Finds 'True Calling' in Second Career
Typically, the results of personality or career aptitude tests should be taken with a grain of salt. But, Rasmussen College graduate Patrick Joyce can look back on the results of an aptitude test he took while attending school to become a police officer as a clear sign of his true calling. According to the test results Joyce's top occupational suggestion was nursing, while police officer was around fifth.
Green Bay Nursing Student Begins New Career Despite Life Challenges
Green Bay, Wis., professional nursing student Dana Hainer is more than ready to start her nursing career. She enrolled in nursing school years ago but received a last-minute phone call that would dramatically change the course of her life. The adoption agency she'd been working with for months was calling to tell her that her application was approved and that she could adopt her first child. "I chose to pursue the adoption and put my career on hold," Hainer says. "Little did I know it'd be a long stretch before I could get back to it."
