NPs Have the Best Job In Healthcare
Being a nurse practitioner (NP) is the best job in healthcare, and the physician assistant (PA) is a close second, according to 2024 healthcare job rankings.
Being a nurse practitioner (NP) is the best job in healthcare, and the physician assistant (PA) is a close second, according to 2024 healthcare job rankings.
Nearly one in five US hospital deaths are caused by misdiagnoses, research shows. A study published last month examined 2019 medical records from nearly 2,500 patients in 29 different American hospitals.
It took four tries, but we synchronized the newest episode of Outlander perfectly. Just outside of Philadelphia, I’m watching the same scene in lockstep with my best friend, Corinne, one thousand miles away in St. Louis.
During the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the share of candidates who passed the national licensure exam to work as a registered nurse fell sharply, from 88.2% to 82.5%, for first-time U.S.-educated candidates, with a smaller decline -- from 72.8% to 68.9% -- for all candidates, including internationally educated and repeat test-takers.
Investigators found students from an illegal nurse-licensing scheme were encouraged to take their national nurse board exam in states that allow unlimited attempts.
Colorectal cancer is the deadliest cancer for men under age 50 — and the second deadliest cancer among women in the same age group, behind breast cancer.
Iowa, Kentucky, New Mexico and Wisconsin were the only states with nursing programs that had a perfect score.
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