The web is teeming with dire reports of mass layoffs and rocketing unemployment rates. Although nursing may not have been hit as hard as other professions, it’s still scary to contemplate the recession-pocked job market that awaits after graduation...

Burned-out nurses cite many reasons for quitting: stress, lack of respect from other health care professionals, and poor working conditions are a few of the most common. Rarely do nurses say that they just got bored with nursing or that they stopped...

Capella University, an accredited online university that has built its reputation by providing quality education for adults, announced that it has expanded its public service leadership offerings. They include a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)...

For this teenage mother, it’s her worst nightmare. Her prematurely-born daughter is struggling with pneumonia. The nurses around her babble in incomprehensible English, shaking their heads. The mother can see the nurses are trying to tell her...

What effect is this recession having on nursing school applications? When everyone from new grads to experienced workers is digging deep to pay their bills, nursing schools typically see an upswing in the number of applicants. As of December 2007, when...