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Job Journal
June 18, 2006
Julia Hollister |
Nursing Assistants Job prospects in the U.S. for nursing assistants are expected to be excellent due to increasing demand for long-term care from a retired population -- which is expected to double in the next 20 years.   |
Job Journal
June 24, 2007
Julia Hollister |
RNs Take Their Pick of Perks, Pay & Programs In short supply, RNs enjoy signing bonuses and generous perks. |
Job Journal
July 3, 2005
Julia Hollister |
Nursing: The Pulse of California Healthcare Desperate hospital recruiters up the ante with signing bonuses for RNs and LPNs. In fact, many hospitals, under pressure to lower costs, are using licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) in place of registered nurses wherever allowed. |
Job Journal
April 23, 2006
Julia Hollister |
Prospective Nursing Students Need Patience Demand for nurses is growing, but so are training-school waiting lists. There is hope, however. |
Job Journal
September 24, 2006
Rich Heintz |
Health Careers Present a Bright Prognosis Quick, affordable training can buy you job security in these healthcare careers. |
Job Journal
August 3, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Nurse Practitioner Nurse practitioners are essential to meet the growing need for high-level healthcare. |
Job Journal
October 21, 2007
Julia Hollister |
Quick Study Specialized private schools such as these keep a tight focus on real-world job skills. |
Job Journal
June 22, 2008
Julia Hollister |
Quick Study Private vocational schools can put you on the fast track to a new career. |
Job Journal
October 23, 2011
Arianna Jordan |
Is a Nursing Career Right for You? Healthcare is a high-demand career direction, and nurses are among the industry's key players. Their jobs are diverse, demanding and very rewarding, but definitely not for everyone. |
Job Journal
February 6, 2005
Rich Heintz |
Golden Years Approach for Boomers... and Healthcare An aging population ensures longevity for most healthcare careers, and employment potential in a wide range of healthcare fields should be virtually unlimited. Here is a sampling of some of the more popular choices. |
Job Journal
January 18, 2009 |
Career Snapshot: Registered Nurse Registered nurses have a wealth of career opportunities to choose from. |
Job Journal
May 2, 2010
Arianna Jordan |
Nursing Careers come in Many Settings In sorting out your options for a nursing career, start with where you'd like to work. |
Job Journal
November 5, 2006
Rich Heintz |
Nurses Attract Generous Job Offers `Stat' The exploding demand for RNs is creating unprecedented opportunities. |
Job Journal
June 19, 2005
Rich Heintz |
Hot Jobs Update Career fields that are expected to see a substantial amount of hiring activity. |
Job Journal
May 25, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Personal Attendant & Home Care Aide With health care costs rising and the population aging, the need is growing for skilled personal at-home care. |
Job Journal
August 12, 2007
Julia Hollister |
Home Caregivers Home health aides take a lead role in hospice and companion care for the aged. |
Job Journal
August 15, 2004
Pat Wooten |
Rx from an RN: Of course, nothing can substitute for actual on-the-job experience. But there are simple and inexpensive ways to thoroughly research nursing as a profession. Includes links to some useful websites. |
Job Journal
November 21, 2004
Rich Heintz |
Prognosis Positive The medical field is embarking on an astonishing hiring binge. |
Managed Care
November 2001 |
Hospitals scramble for cutting-edge personnel Aging baby boomers, fewer people choosing the medical field, and early retirements are all helping to shift hospital demand from primary care physicians to specialists, pharmacists and nurses... |
Job Journal
July 11, 2004 |
Quick & Affordable Career Training Offers Jobs with Class Public institutions, such as a local adult school or community college, can provide convenient, affordable and worthwhile career training that leads to gainful employment keyed to the local job market. |
American Journal of Nursing
March 2012
Brewer et al. |
Original Research: New Nurses: Has the Recession Increased Their Commitment to Their Jobs? The purpose of this study was to compare perceptions about job opportunities, as well as key attitudinal variables (such as job satisfaction and intent to stay), in two cohorts of newly licensed RNs. |
IDB America
February 2004
Shirley Emerick Dutra |
Staffing the front lines of health care An innovative program trains thousands of nurses' aides in a bid to end a critical shortage of clinical workers |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2007
Catherine Arnst |
The Right Cure For Ailing Elder Care? Nurse practitioners could save the nation money - while providing quality service. |
Job Journal
July 13, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Medical Assistants With both clinical and administrative skills, medical assistants are just what the doctor ordered. |
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2006
Joe Gose |
A Much Rejuvenated Nursing Home Sector A GE Healthcare/Formation Capital deal signals a renewed interest of institutional investors in nursing homes, which, unlike the independent or assisted living sectors of the seniors housing industry, provide more hands-on care to short-term as well as long-term residents. |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2004
DiMaria & Ostrow |
West Virginia University School of Nursing Makes the Move to Web-Based Learning The school was able to expand their program by offering their courses over the Internet. Here's how they implemented their system. |
Job Journal
May 21, 2006
Rich Heintz |
Career without College Over the next six-and-a-half years, job openings for first-time workers without a college degree are expected to total about 42 million -- more than three times the number of openings expected for workers who have a bachelor's degree. |
American Journal of Nursing
September 2007
Kovner Et Al. |
Newly Licensed RNs' Characteristics, Work Attitudes, and Intentions to Work A better understanding of newly licensed RNs and their employment patterns is crucial to reducing turnover rates. |
American Journal of Nursing
March 2009
Zhong et al. |
Probation and Recidivism: Remediation Among Disciplined Nurses in Six States The researchers sought to determine what factors might affect the outcomes of remediation, including the likelihood of recidivism, among nurses who had been the subject of disciplinary action and had been put on probation by a state board of nursing. |
Nursing Management
January 2011
Dawn Chiarenza |
The CNO/ROI Factor of Accreditation In a time of healthcare reimbursement changes and budget cuts, CNOs seeking Magnet recognition must be able to emphasize benefits to organizational leadership-including return on investment. |
Job Journal
September 11, 2005
Julia Hollister |
Long-Term Healthcare: Only Compassionate Need Apply Calm and compassionate caregivers needed for long-term careers. |
Managed Care
August 2000
Frank Diamond |
Nurse Practitioners Inch onto the Field Thanks, in part, to new federal guidelines, this "invisible player" is starting to be noticed. Can NPs do more than fill niches? |
Nursing Management
September 2005
Richard Hader |
How do You Measure Workforce Integrity? Behavioral hallmarks such as honesty, high ethical standards, and maintained moral principles define workforce integrity. Here, learn methods for integrating them into management practices. |
Nursing Management
August 2006
Bonczek & Woodard |
Who'll Replace You When You're Gone? By planning for your successors, you can provide nurses attractive leadership development opportunities to seamlessly fill your shoes. |
Financial Advisor
June 2012
Stevens et al. |
Economic Good Times Could Be Bad For Your Health Deaths among the elderly may rise in robust economic times because frontline caregivers in nursing homes leave for better-paying jobs elsewhere, which can compromise care given to the elderly in those facilities. |
Managed Care
July 2001
Maureen Glabman |
Provider Shortage Puts HMOs In Bind Increasing demand for physicians and physician extenders is starting to strain the system. To a large extent, this is unexpected bitter fruit of managed care's labor... |
American Journal of Nursing
June 2011
Lisa M. Black |
Original Research: Tragedy into Policy: A Quantitative Study of Nurses' Attitudes Toward Patient Advocacy Activities In 2007 and 2008, 115 patients were found to be either certainly or presumptively infected with the hepatitis C virus through the reuse of contaminated medication vials at two southern Nevada endoscopy clinics. |
Job Journal
January 11, 2004
Julia Hollister |
Temps Working Their Way onto Permanent Payrolls Many prove their worth via temporary assignments. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005 |
The Nurse: Melanie Weigeshoff Why the "laptop-on-a-stick" is a hard-pressed R.N.'s best friend. |
Job Journal
January 14, 2007
Rich Heintz |
Where the Jobs Are Here's a rundown on some of the professions offering top prospects for the new year. |
Nursing Management
October 2011
Edna Cadmus |
Your role in redesigning healthcare We need to rethink how we provide care and to understand the interconnectedness and the structure of healthcare by looking at it as a whole vs. the sum of its parts. As leaders we need to view the evidence as we rethink healthcare together. |
Inc.
January 2008
Elaine Appleton Grant |
Nurses at Your Beck and Call A company that provides temporary nurses is for sale. |
Nursing Management
July 2007
Coyle et al. |
Dealing with Disaster Terrorism and naturally occurring catastrophic events provide fertile ground for nursing emergency preparedness, including deployment strategies. Are you ready to respond? |
American Journal of Nursing
October 2011
Carol Levine |
Supporting Family Caregivers: The Hospital Nurse's Assessment of Family Caregiver Needs It's important to assess and address a family caregiver's needs, strengths, and limitations. Nurses have the training, skills, and opportunities to carry out these assessments. |
Job Journal
January 10, 2010 |
Hottest Jobs 2010 As the threat of further downsizing begins to fade, we can look forward to a slowly improving job market in 2010. Here are some of the occupations most likely to offer abundant opportunities for growth, decent pay, and stability in the years ahead. |
American Journal of Nursing
April 2012
Smeltzer et al. |
Original Research: Interactions of People with Disabilities and Nursing Staff During Hospitalization Inadequate primary health care and screening have been identified as serious issues for people with disabilities, but little evidence exists on the nursing care of this population when hospitalized. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2005
David Braze |
Other Long-Term Care Sources If you need help as you age, where will you get it and how much will it cost? Long-term care insurance may help meet this need, but we each must decide for ourselves what option is most appropriate. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2006
Billy Fisher |
AMN: A Cure-All for the Portfolio The health-care staffing firm may only be in the early stages of a prolonged ascent. However, before purchasing shares of this stock, investors should take into account the stock's recent run-up in price. |
American Journal of Nursing
May 2011
Pusateri et al. |
Original Research: The Role of the Non-ICU Staff Nurse on a Medical Emergency Team: Perceptions and Understanding We sought to determine the nursing staff's familiarity with and perceptions of the Medical Emergency Team at one hospital. |
Job Journal
December 26, 2010 |
Find Your Future Career Training School In most areas, vocational courses have been totally retooled for the 21st century. |
