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Brian Short RN
Founder of allnurses.com May 10 - May 16 Hottest New Topics  The MS in Management/Healthcare Administration (MSHA) Online program from New England College prepares nurses to advance their career in healthcare. Complementing existing nursing experience, the MSHA teaches students management skills needed in higher positions. The MSHA is a combination of core business and healthcare topics that outline how business fundamentals (such as marketing and economics) are used in the healthcare industry
Offered fully online, this program caters to the hectic schedule of today's nurse. Learn at your own pace where and when it is convenience for you. No GRE or GMAT required; tuition assistance is available for all start dates and best of all, you can graduate in less than 2 years. Click here for your FREE information brochure Articles There have been many threads recently on AN along the lines of nursing: love it or hate it. I think about this often, and have realized that my responses to these threads are colored by the events of the day. So, here is a true account of how I feel about nursing, for anyone who is interested.
Read More Staff Blog Having worked in a country which has socialised medicine I can certainly see the pit falls and the benefits. What I dont understand is the fear behind having socialised medicine In my opinion socialised medicine has more positive benefits than negative benefits.
Read More How many of you have felt helpless or guilty when caring for a seriously ill or dying patient? How many become overwhelmed with emotion after a particularly "bad death", or the death of a patient you have allowed yourself to become attached to? What should nurses do to avoid the pain that such circumstances often cause? Or are there appropriate ways to deal with these feelings?
Read More Topic I keep reading about new nurses saddled with $100,000 worth of student loan debt. I'm curious about this. Are these students using their loans to live off of while they attend school or are they attending very expensive schools? You could almost buy a house for that amount. How common is that level of debt?
Read More Student Discussion Hi everyone. I am 46 years old (or young, however you want to look at it) and decided last year that it was time to go back and finish something I started back in 1984. Now, none of my credits are any good so I'm truly starting over. I was all excited last fall and took my Psych 101 - aced it. Then chickened out and decided I was too old for nursing school. I still went ahead and took a full load this semester - aced all four classes. This has been a dream I've buried for a long time. Any thoughts on older students getting accepted to a program and then even being able to find a job after graduation? Or just any encouragement...discouragement?
Read More Ok. Easy question. I've read course descriptions, and I've definitely worked around nurses. However, I can't really get a feel for what nursing school is teaching. I read course descriptions for classes and see things like "care for, empathize, nursing theory," etc, but I'm not actually seeing what that is.
Read More Regional Discussion - Texas I just got a job offer from a busy dept in a Baylor hospital in Dallas. $27.5/hour for my 4.5 yrs experience. I I feel it is a low pay. What you think? I don't live in Dallas. I need inputs from locals. Thank you
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