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Top Nursing Specialties for 2025

Diversity Nursing

GNPs specialize in managing chronic conditions, promoting healthy aging, and coordinating long-term care. Skills Required: Expertise in chronic disease management, communication, and family-centered care. Mental Health/Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Mental health remains a critical area of focus in healthcare.

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Most In-Demand RN Specialties in California: Where to Focus Your Nursing Career

Registered Nursing

Whether you’re a new nursing student or an experienced RN considering specialization, California offers numerous educational pathways to develop expertise in these in-demand areas. Latest Articles & Guides One of the keys to success as a registered nurse is embracing lifelong learning.

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How to Work the Night Shift and Stay Healthy: 12 Essential Tips

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

In many hospitals and long-term care facilities, newly hired nurses, many fresh off of their studies , are asked to work the night shift. While a few true night owls prefer this schedule, working through the night is challenging for most nurses. Instead, consider working out before your shift.

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Best Direct-Entry Nurse Practitioner Programs of 2025

Registered Nursing

Here’s a breakdown of the key stages: Pre-licensure nursing education: This initial phase includes core nursing classes such as pathophysiology, pharmacology, health assessment, and clinical nursing fundamentals. Upon completion, students are eligible to sit for the NCLEX-RN exam.

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Nurses need care too – how curbing self-sacrifice can prevent burnouts

Nursing Review

My research shows that nurses are actively seeking employment to avoid burnout, but this often involves changing employers a decision that is personally and organisationally intense and costly. I argue that, to ensure they remain in the workforce long term, nurses should be trained in setting boundaries and prioritising self-care.

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Rachael’s Reflections: A Recap on ANA Hill Day and Membership Assembly in D.C.

American Nurse

Nurse Faculty Shortage Reduction Act (H.R. 2815): This act proposes a 5-year pilot program through a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) grant to increase faculty at schools of nursing, demonstrating that competitive pay for nursing school faculty can reduce the faculty shortage and ease future nursing workforce challenges.

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Executive Director’s Corner | CNA

American Nurse

I came to CNA with a clinical back- ground in the emergency department and over 15 years of experience in nursing education at the ADN, BSN, and graduate levels, as well as the past two years of working with the Government Affairs and Public Policy committee of CNA.

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