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2. Nursing - Wikipedia

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   Nursing A nurse checks a patient's blood pressure. Occupation Activity sectors Nursing Description Competencies Caring for general and specialized well-being of patients Education required Qualifications in terms of statutory regulations according to national, state, or provincial legislation in each country Fields of employment Hospital Clinic Laboratory Research Education Home care Related ...

3. Registered nurse - Wikipedia

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   Above: Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. A registered nurse (RN) is a nurse who has graduated or successfully passed a nursing program from a recognized nursing school and met the requirements outlined by a country, state, province or similar government-authorized licensing body to obtain a nursing license.

4. Licensed practical nurse - Wikipedia

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   By contrast hospitals are phasing out licensed practical nurses. [7] While LPN jobs were expected to decline, in 2010 the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported the job growth rate of Licensed Practical Nurses as 22%, far above the national average of 14%. Median annual salary was reported as $44,090 per year, and hourly salary was reported as $19 ...

5. Nursing shortage - Wikipedia

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   Nursing shortage is a problem in several districts of Norway.This nurse is employed at a nursing home.. A nursing shortage occurs when the demand for nursing professionals, such as Registered Nurses (RNs), exceeds the supply locally—within a healthcare facility—nationally or globally.

6. Nurse practitioner - Wikipedia

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   The present-day concept of advanced practice nursing as a primary care provider was created in the mid-1960s, spurred on by a national shortage of physicians. [7] The first formal graduate certificate program for NPs was created by Henry Silver, a physician, and Loretta Ford, a nurse, in 1965. [7]

7. Bryce Hospital - Wikipedia

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   ISBN 0-87249-840-9, the letters of Andrew Sheffield giving details of a woman's life at Bryce at the end of the 19th century. Bill L. Weaver (January 1996) "Survival at the Alabama Insane Hospital, 1861-1892," Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. 51, pages 5–28.