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• Take Your Career on the Road
Are you curious about travel nursing--the benefits, how it works, if it's for you? With RN.com you can complete just one application to apply to one or all of our staffing partners. Learn more about the assignments and other benefits our partners offer and how they can best help you meet your personal and professional goals. Read more
• Access Jobs, Articles, Advice Forums and More!
Are you interested in rating and reviewing facilities, schools and cities? Would you like to explore jobs across the nation? Meet nurses in your area? If so, check out NurseConnect--a professional networking site for nurses. It's free. And, it's a great resource for staying informed. Take a tour now!
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• NursesRx: Travel Nursing Customized for You
At NursesRx, we understand what a healthcare professional looks for--and we do everything we can to make your travel career enriching and rewarding. How? By offering thousands of assignments across all 50 states, providing highly skilled, knowledgeable recruiters, offering excellent pay and benefits and ensuring personal service and support each step of the way. Read more
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Check out our recently updated courses:
Sickle Cell Anemia
This 1 contact hour course for nurses provides information about sickle cell anemia and the multiple complications that can result from the disease. View course content
Diabetes Overview
This 2 contact hour nursing CE course provides an overview of the complex disease of diabetes, including information on type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes. View course content
• Sample our FREE Course. RN.com's free course gives you the opportunity to sample our course content and format. Click here for details.
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• Pink October: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This year, NBCAM (The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month) celebrates its 25th anniversary. NBCAM represents a partnership of national public service organizations, professional medical associations and government agencies working together to promote breast cancer awareness, share information on the disease, and provide greater access to screening services. Read more
• H1N1: Keep Your Eye on this Moving Target
Since it was first identified in April, the 2009 H1N1 flu strain, also known as swine flu, has infected more than 1 million Americans and killed nearly 600, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates. Read more
• Getting the Flu Vaccines? Potential Employers Want to Know!
Staffing executive Marcia Faller, MSN, RN, talks about the importance of H1N1 and seasonal flu vaccines for job-seeking travel nurses. Read more
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• Too Much of a Good Thing
Tylenol (acetaminophen) has been in the news lately. Did you know that acetaminophen appears not once, but twice in the top 10 list the American Association of Poison Control Centers of substances linked to the highest number of fatalities? It has appeared at #4 as "acetaminophen in combination" and at #8 as "acetaminophen alone." Read more
• Understanding the Connection: Neural Tube Defects and Vitamin B
Children born to women who had low levels of vitamin B12 in their blood shortly before and after conception may have an increased risk of a neural tube defect, according to the Irish National Institutes of Health. It has been documented that women with the low B12 levels are five times more likely to have a child with a neural tube defect than women with the higher B12 levels. Read more
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• Know What You Hear: A Basic Review of Pulmonary Auscultation
A comprehensive pulmonary assessment is an incredibly valuable tool nurses have in their arsenal of skills. A thorough and skilled assessment allows you to obtain descriptions about your patient’s symptoms and discover any associated physical findings that will aid in the development of differential diagnoses. Read more
• T.I.M.E. to Act: Cardiac Survival Plan
Coronary artery disease is the leading killer of both men and women in the United States. Each year, about 1.1 million Americans suffer a heart attack. About 460,000 of these heart attacks are fatal. Death and disability from cardiac arrest can be reduced with prompt thrombolytic therapy, ideally administered within the first hour after symptoms begin. Yet, many Americans delay seeking help. Read more
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With 30 FREE credits with your active RN license and transfer credits that never expire we make going Back to School easier! Earn both your BSN and MSN degrees in ½ the time and ½ the cost of traditional programs with the Regis University (AACN-CCNE) accredited RN to MS in Nursing via The College Network™ with No Waiting List, and Local clinicals. RN to BSN, Diploma RN to BSN, MSN programs also available. Visit: http://www.college-net.com/rncom
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