Nursing Careers Blog

This feature is under development and will be available soon. The Yakima Valley’s three nursing schools are cranking out graduates, and almost all of them find jobs.

The University of Maryland School of Nursing turned away 150 qualified students last fall seeking entry.

FAYETTEVILLE | When Katie Wylie tells her grandchildren about her trials and tribulations during the Great Recession of ‘09, they might fall asleep.After all, it’s unlikely Wylie will go hungry, or even be forced to cut back. She’ll have no tales of wandering from state to state, looking for a job, any job.

The Fayetteville Observer reported that while people in other professions worry about losing their livelihoods, the Department of Labor estimated that nearly a million additional nurses would be needed between 2006 and 2016.

A job in high demand during recessionFayObserver.com, NC - 2 minutes ago… said most of their nurses come straight from the clinical programs offered in the hospital by nursing schools in the region, including UNC-Pembroke. …

A job in high demand during recessionWRAL.com, NC - 11 minutes ago… said most of their nurses come straight from the clinical programs offered in the hospital by nursing schools in the region, including UNC-Pembroke. …

Keep the FaithADVANCE for LPNs, PA - 24 minutes agoIn Philadelphia , the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) says it is "expediting" the processing of applicants for whom the …

Matriculation FrustrationADVANCE for LPNs, PA - 25 minutes agoBy Mark E. Dixon Nursing schools may be reaching their limits on how far they can expand enrollment and, thereby, help reduce the nation's shortage of …

Joy is tempered by memories of a segregated past

Black Vermonters savor moment in historyBurlingtonFreePress.com, VT - 3 minutes agoFor Phyllis Palm’s husband, Kenneth, 57, the memories include his mother’s failed efforts to win admission to whites-only nursing schools; his uncle’s …