Nursing homes in need of more direct-care workers have received a big boost from federal regulators. A rule that says new aides cannot work longer than four months without becoming certified has been ...

With the increasing phenomenon of training centers offering short courses in nursing, and marketing them as sufficient ...

Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...

The healthcare industry is experiencing unprecedented workforce shortages resulting from the confluence of rising patient demand, a wave of retirements among an aging healthcare professionals, and the ...

What does it take to be a well-trained nurse? The answer used to be two-year associate's or four-year bachelor's degree programs. But as the nursing shortage deepens, a growing number of schools and ...

Written by Capt. Carmen Williams, Clinical Nurse Transition Program Deputy and Nurse Summer Training Program Site Coordinator, Womack Army Medical Center. FORT BRAGG, NC-- The Nurse Summer Training ...