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This is a list of nursing schools in the United States of America, sorted by state. A nursing school is a school that teaches people how to be nurses (medical professionals who care for individuals, families, or communities in order to attain or maintain health and quality of life).
Netcare Limited is a South African private healthcare company. It operates through a number of subsidiaries and employs just over 21 000 people. The group offers a range of medical services across the healthcare spectrum and operates South Africa’s largest network of private acute care hospitals as well as emergency medical services, primary healthcare, renal dialysis and mental health services.
Certifications generally must be periodically renewed by examination or the completion of a prescribed number of continuing education units (CEUs). This is often called maintenance of certification. Nurses may also hold non-nursing credentials including academic degrees. These are usually omitted unless they are related to the nurse's job.
Annual number of test takers: NCLEX-RN: 358,998 (in 2023) [1] NCLEX-PN: 65,679 (in 2023) [1] Prerequisites: Candidate must be a graduate of an approved nursing school. Fluency in English assumed. Fee: $200 USD or $360 CAD: Used by: State Boards of Nursing in United States and Board of Nursing in 10 Canadian provinces: Qualification rate: NCLEX ...
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Nursing, is a tier one institute of higher education (the only one in South Texas). It is located on the main campus of University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas. The school was ranked 40th nationally in 2010, [2] and 32nd by NIH funding.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA), is a certification body for nursing board certification and the largest certification body for advanced practice registered nurses in the United States, [1] as of 2011 certifying over 75,000 APRNs, including nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists.
Nursing history (9153) online; Judd, Deborah and Kathleen Sitzman. A History of American Nursing: Trends and Eras (2nd ed. 2013) 382 pp excerpt and text search 1st edition; Kalisch, Philip A., and Beatrice J. Kalisch. Advance of American Nursing (3rd ed 1995) ; 4th ed 2003 is titled, American Nursing: A History
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.