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How Can Board Certification Further Your Nursing Career?

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

Cathy Yeulet/123RF.com Board certification is perhaps one of the most underutilized methods that nurses have available for advancing their nursing careers. Board certifications are issued by professional organizations to nurses who have met the criteria that each particular organization sets to obtain that certification. These certifications focus on individual specialties and sub-specialties of nursing and cover almost every area in which a nurse can work.

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Are PAs & NPs the Answer to the Physician Shortage Problem?

Board Vitals - Nursing

It’s estimated that by the year 2030, the US could be short as many as 120,000 physicians. The latest report shows that number includes nearly 13,800 primary care physicians. The medical community’s hand-wringing over the issue is well-founded; schools aren’t graduating enough physicians to fill the gaps and Baby Boomer-aged physicians are beginning to retire in record numbers.