Carolyn Dickens receives funding from UIC research innovation grant. I am a board member of a federally qualified health care center. Imagine being a dentist, and your clients roll their eyes at you, ...

For years, families assumed that if a loved one lived in a nursing home, someone qualified was always watching. Not just anyone, either — a registered nurse. Someone trained to recognize a change in ...

The Trump administration’s plan to redefine what constitutes a professional degree would exclude nursing and limit access to student loans — outraging national health care groups and leaving nursing ...

A proposal from the Trump administration would exclude nursing from a list of professional degrees, a move that has drawn outcry from nursing advocates, who warn it could worsen the nation's nurse ...

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare is partnering with Quinnipiac University to launch a two-year, part-time educational program aimed at helping mid-career professionals transition into nursing. The ...

Nursing organizations are “deeply concerned” after the occupation has been “excluded” by definition as a “professional degree” by the Department of Education. The decision is part of the sweeping cuts ...

“I don’t know why we would take this away,” said the president of one of several organizations to speak out about the change Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Washington, D.C. – U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in health care rankings and consumer advice, today announced the 2026 Best Nursing Homes ratings. The new edition evaluates nearly ...

Nearly 60% of California counties face nursing shortages. Nurses blame management-driven staffing crises and poor working conditions, while hospital administrators cite skyrocketing costs and federal ...

Students practice with a mannequin simulating a patient at the Mt. San Antonio College campus in California. The shortage of clinical placements for nursing students has led some educators to argue ...

The Joint Enrollment Pathway is for students who are interested in earning their BSN while still enrolled in their associate degree program. This allows students to earn both degrees at the same time ...

The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing created the first practice doctorate in nursing in 1979. Since 2004, the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) has been recognized by the American Association of ...