There are 3.2 million registered nurses in the U.S., and that will not be nearly enough in coming years as the Affordable Care Act kicks in and baby boomers begin to need more care. According to the ...

Nurse walking with senior patient. During the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses played a vital role in providing care and preventing the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. A study published ...

What Is a Nurse Practitioner? A nurse practitioner (NP) is a health care professional who offers a wide range of acute, primary, and specialty care services, either alone or alongside a doctor. The ...

At SNHU, we want to make sure you have the information you need to make decisions about your education and your future—no matter where you choose to go to school. That's why our informational articles ...

The U.S. Department of Education states that Nursing will no longer be classified as professional degree programs which will ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a physician and behavioral scientist at Duke University. Good medical outcomes often depends on good nursing care. When ...

The role of the nurse is to care for others, from support for basic physical needs to development and revision of systems aimed to improve overall care for the communities they serve. A skillful nurse ...