The journey to becoming a registered nurse is rigorous, requiring dedication, education, and successful completion of the NCLEX (National Council Licensure Examination). However, there's a growing debate about allowing nursing graduates to practice before passing the NCLEX Recently, Rhode Island passed a law allowing nurses to begin practice prior to taking the NCLEX. As the healthcare industry evolves and faces increasing demands, this discussion gains even more relevance. L

Little Rock, Arkansas nurse Amber Nelson had been caring for a patient she had previously known when, for some reason, she chose to reveal the patient’s MyChart on the social medium, Snapchat. There are all kinds of misinformation out there about this case, including the patient whose confidential information was disclosed. I'm not sure exactly when this happened and there is a little information about the event. Regardless, nurses on TikTok are outraged! This was a blatant d

When we hear that 22 U.S. hospitals and emergency departments closed in 2025, we imagine empty hallways, dwindling patient loads, maybe policy failures. But that’s not the whole story. The real killer wasn’t a lack of patients — it was a lack of nurses. Hospitals are bleeding out financially, not because the waiting rooms are empty, but because the break rooms are. $5.7 million. That’s what nurse turnover costs the average hospital each year. Not from some rare accounting tri

Most nurses who cross a scope-of-practice line don’t do it out of arrogance, recklessness, or a desire to overstep. They do it because they’re trying to help. They do it because a patient needs something now , the unit is short, and someone says, “Can you just…?” And in that moment, it doesn’t feel like crossing a line. It feels like being a nurse and wanting to help. That’s what makes scope-of-practice issues so dangerous —  the nurses who get into trouble rarely think they’

Most nurses think about malpractice insurance the way we think about crash carts — important, but something we hope we never have to use. License protection? That’s more like oxygen. You don’t notice it… until suddenly, you can’t breathe. The 2025 NSO/CNA Nurse Professional Liability Claim Report (5th Edition) offers a sobering but empowering look at what actually happens when nurses face State Board of Nursing (SBON) investigations — and why license defense coverage is no lo

Right now, nursing labor disputes across New York, California, and Hawaii feel less like isolated events and more like a system-wide stress test. When multiple regions are striking or preparing to strike at the same time, it’s not just a contract dispute anymore when nurses are already stretched thin.   In New York, the strike is no longer theoretical. As of mid-January 2026, thousands of nurses represented by the New York State Nurses Association walked out of multiple hospi

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