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The healthcare industry has always been foundational to society But in recent years the demand for vocational nurses has skyrocketed driven by a combination of aging populations shifting healthcare ne ...

Churchill County commissioners on Jan. 15 adopted an ordinance amending water dedication requirements and approved two ...

Trustees unanimously approved to continue with the current hiring incentives for the 2025-26 school year of a $2,500 Licensed ...

Sowela Morgan Smith in Jennings will host 430 Jeff Davis Parish high school students, along with their counselors and ...

Four years after a coup, Myanmar remains in a civil war, driving thousands to seek refuge in Thailand, where they struggle to ...

International Education Evaluations (IEE), a leading provider of foreign credential evaluation services, announces the launch of IEE GlobalBridge™ for Nursing Visas, an innovative platform designed to ...

Upon successful completion, students will have met academic requirements necessary to apply to take the NCLEX-RN licensure exam. The LPN to RN Advanced Placement program is a limited-enrollment ...

Attorneys General from 20 states asked a federal judge to grant a temporary injunction halting implementation of changes to ...

The effects of the shortage hurt current working nurses, too. Carter said burnout is at the top of the list of issues nurses ...