http://nursingschoolprograms.com Your one-stop information source about nursing school programs, nursing schools online, and student loans for nurses. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:42:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are a lot of searches on the internet for the term "Online LPN school". Unfortunately - or maybe fortunately - there is no such thing. Online nursing programs are geared towards Licensed Practical Nurses who have already gone through a year of school, done clinicals, interacted with patients under the ... http://nursingschoolprograms.com/online-nursing-school.html When you're applying to nursing school, you can't control how many other applicants are applying for the same slot - and these days, that number will be HIGH. You will be facing some stiff competition if you are applying to a community college or traditional four-year degree program. However, here are ... http://nursingschoolprograms.com/these-two-tips-increase-your-chances-of-getting-into-nursing-school.html Parade Magazine recently discussed the nursing shortage, citing the very same reason that I've frequently mentioned here on this site: not enough nursing teachers. Which means not enough nursing classes. Which means not enough students can graduate from nursing school to replace all of those registered nurses who are leaving ... http://nursingschoolprograms.com/nursing-shortage-makes-it-into-parade-magazine.html Pensacola Junior College has received a grant from several partners and is expanding a number of its programs. They will be accepting more paramedic to RN students ( a two-year associate's degree program.) Recently many paramedic students suffered a big letdown when Florida's Board of Nursing decided that they were not ... http://nursingschoolprograms.com/paramedic-to-rn-in-florida.html The nursing shortage in some ways benefits nurses, because it means that nurses are highly sought after by employers,  but it can be hugely stressful for them as well. When hospitals can't hire enough nurses, the nurses that they do have end up working a lot of overtime, which is physically ... http://nursingschoolprograms.com/how-the-nursing-shortage-affects-nurses.html Once you graduate from nursing school you will have a wide variety of places to look for nursing jobs. Where do most nurses end up working after graduation? According to a survey by the Department of Health and Human Services, hospitals are by far the biggest employers of nurses. 56.2 ... http://nursingschoolprograms.com/where-do-most-nurses-find-employment.html It's almost the end of January 2008, so if you are thinking of applying to nursing school for the fall semester of 2009, now's the time. Some schools start nursing classes several times throughout the year; traditional schools start in the fall. Here's what you need to do: Get together your list ... http://nursingschoolprograms.com/aspiring-nursing-students-start-your-engines.html Most people these days realize that there is a severe nursing shortage and that it's only going to get worse, but not everyone realizes why this is so. Here are five reasons why hospitals, doctor's offices, schools, clinics, and other employers all across America, in small towns and big cities, are ... http://nursingschoolprograms.com/five-reasons-theres-a-nursing-shortage.html A professor at the University of Central Florida Health Services Administration just did a study which shows that hospitals with higher RN staffing levels have lower patient mortality and less post-operative complications than hospitals with lower nurse to patiant ratios. Go figure, eh? Florida, unfortunately, is not one of those states that ... http://nursingschoolprograms.com/nurse-patient-ratios.html The Chamberlain College of Nursing has announced that it will open a Phoenix, Arizona campus in March. This new nursing school will offer a Bachelor's of Science program, which apparently can be completed in three years. They also offer RN to BSN programs, which can be completed in ... http://nursingschoolprograms.com/new-nursing-school-opens-in-arizona.html