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Nurses With DNP Degree Are Sorely Needed in Health Care and Education

Nurse.com

Nurses have many points of entry into the nursing profession — and, ultimately, to a Doctor of Nursing Practice, including entering as licensed practical nurses (LPN) or licensed vocational nurses (LVN). The Push to Move APRNs to a Terminal Degree. And salaries are an average $102,230 for informatics nurses in the U.S.

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Improving hypertension using virtual modalities

American Nurse

Current primary care panel sizes range from 700 to 1,400 veterans; some led by advance practice RNs (APRNs). The ideal panel size for an APRN is between 700 and 900 patients. Before the virtual clinic, enrolled participants received virtual video connect education from the PACT licensed pract­ical nurse (LPN) or RN. Fact sheet.

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Nurse Recruiters Share Top Tips for Negotiating Salary

Nurse.com

More than 2,500 nurses from all 50 states, working in a wide range of settings, responded to online survey questions in late 2021. Although APRNs (52%) and LPNs (41%) were more likely to negotiate their salaries, only 31% of RNs said negotiating salary is something they do all or most of the time.

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Nursing Scholarships Aren’t as Elusive as You May Think

Nurse.com

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the cost of tuition in 2020–2021 for undergraduate students ranged from $14,900 to $26,000 per academic year at four-year public universities. The cost of public two-year colleges was slightly lower, ranging from $9,700 to $19,600.

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Four Different Types of Jobs in Nursing

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

3 #2 Licensed Practical Nurses (or Licensed Vocational Nurses) Like CNAs, Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) typically work under the supervision of RNs, physicians or other medical professionals. LPN training programs take approximately a year to complete and require state licensure. had a median salary of $123,780 in 2021.

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Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation: The first 5 years

American Nurse

2021 HNHN convened an Advisory Committee, a deliberative body of experts focused on providing guidance to the HNHN team as well as making resource and growth recommendations. We partnered with Headspace to provide HNHN participants with a free 1-year subscription to Headspace PLUS. We set statistical significance to p=0.05.