Part of Nurses on the Ballot, Nurse.org's research series on the nurses and nursing issues of the 2026 midterm elections.

People often ask how I became a nurse after incarceration. The short answer is education, hard work, and persistence. The ...

The HESI exam is an entrance exam required for many nursing and allied health programs. It's a predictor of nursing student success, and many schools use the exam as a part of the admissions criteria ...

About 4,000 Brigham and Women’s nurses have set an open-ended strike to begin November 12, 2026, after rejecting the hospital’s final offer. If it goes ahead, it would be the largest open-ended ...

The turning points were small and specific: patients renamed "customers," coupons offered to people in distress, and an ...

Direct entry nurse practitioner (NP) programs allow non-nurses to become nurse practitioners without a BSN. These programs tailor their curriculum to fill the educational gaps between non-nursing ...

Surveillance video released in September shows a patient chasing and striking workers in the Jackson Memorial Hospital emergency room on May 30, then repeatedly punching nurse Yanira Eguileor and ...

Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) are the highest-paid nurses and must complete a rigorous educational program to enter the field. If you're here, then you must be considering or on your ...

Although no CRNA program is entirely online, many offer extensive online coursework for increased flexibility and convenience. Regardless of the CRNA program, you can expect to complete clinicals in ...

Nurses don't vote on nursing alone. 61.0% said nursing issues and broader national issues weigh about the same when they vote ...

87.0% of currently working nurses in our survey said they feel they need to keep their political views quiet at work, at ...

44.1% of nurses in our survey said the US healthcare system is in a state of crisis. Gallup's November 2025 poll put the ...