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Nursing School and Salaries: Differences Between RN and BSN
If you’re considering going to school to embark on a career in nursing, then you probably have a few questions. What kind of nursing degree should you get? What’s an RN’s salary? What about a BSN’s? And what exactly is the difference between the two? There are a lot of similarities between a registered nurse ...
The 7 Highest-Paying Nursing Specialties
When you first decided to become a nurse, you might have thought of nursing as a general job title in a high-paying field. As you go through nursing school, you realize nurses can choose from a range of specialities, from midwifery to teaching. There are many specialization options, each with unique benefits, which is why ...
What Are the Top 5 Personality Traits Needed in Healthcare?
Some personality traits, like respect, patience, and punctuality are valuable skills at work and in life. And other traits, like inflexible thinking and emotional whimsy, make any job harder. Healthcare is different. A very specific personality profile seems to shine brightest. It’s not for everyone. People who have specific personality traits see the most ...
9 Facts About Our Online RN-BSN Program [E-Book]
Thanks for your interest! You may have determined that you don’t want to work the floor forever. You already know that going back to school and completing your BSN leads to higher pay, leadership opportunities, and greater job prospects. And you have a lot of great options for getting your BSN. Ameritech is for nurses, ...
National Handwashing Awareness Week
In short, washing hands saves lives. If you had given birth or been born in 1847 in an overcrowded hospital in Vienna, Austria, you’d probably agree. The infant mortality rate was 26 percent at the time, and the average life expectancy was less than 40 years. A young Viennese physician, Ignaz Semmelweis, was recently ...
How to Improve Clinical and Lab Communication
Good communication comes in handy a hundred times a day, but in a healthcare setting, it’s a matter of life and death. Decades of studies have shown a clear and significant correlation between a clinician’s ability to explain, listen, and empathize with biological and functional health outcomes — not to mention patient satisfaction. With ...
6 Ways to Approach Problems Holistically
Whether you’re the kind of person who loves a splash of drama or you avoid conflict at all costs, obstacles are a fact of life. You can worry about them or pretend they don’t exist, but what you’re really trying to do is take control of your life. You want that complication gone! But ...
10 Reasons To Get Your Bachelor’s Degree In Nursing
We all had our own reasons for becoming an RN. Perhaps you desired a more meaningful career. Maybe it was the allure of a profession that keeps us on our toes. Some look to travel or to have greater job security. It certainly wasn’t for shorter working hours or a less stressful environment!