The training and orientation period varies in length, depending on experience and skill set. The role of a nurse comes with significant responsibilities, regardless of the area of healthcare in which ...

Health care facilities like Roper scrambled to find nurses to meet the surge in patients as COVID swept across the country. Travel nurse agencies, those offering nurses short-term contracts of a few ...

Nursing is a second career and a calling for Sara Dean of Mt. Juliet, Tenn. Dean loved her work at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital. But then the pandemic hit and she saw how much nurses were getting ...

Racquel Stephen explores how travel nurses fill health care gaps and shares their experiences. Host Racquel Stephen examines the trend of using travel nurses to fill gaps in health care systems and ...

CHILDBIRTH AT HOME. BABY DARCY IS ALL SMILES, SNUGGLED IN MOM’S LAP IN THEIR WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, HOME. HOME IS WHERE MOM EXPERIENCED A HEALING HAND. BE ABLE TO GET HOSPITAL LEVEL CARE, BUT IN ...

Cory Turner / NPR Barb Ibrahim, a nurse of more than 30 years, unpacks in Matt and Amber Luman’s kitchen, in rural Jefferson County, Ore. Ibrahim pulls a baby scale from a bottomless, black bag she ...