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Congratulations - you’re a qualified nurse practitioner! An exciting world of challenges and opportunities awaits. From your first day to the months ahead, there’s much to look forward to. At the same time, leaving the familiarity of school and facing new hurdles can be a daunting premise. Your education has equipped you with the necessary knowledge and skills, but there are many more things that you’ll need to learn to get through the first year successfully. Every aspiring nurse’s experience is different, depending on the leadership and people they work with, which is to say that there’s no one way of correctly moving forward. However, there are a few guidelines that can help you go from surviving to thriving as you lay the foundation for your career. These strategies will accel...

Nursing is one of the oldest jobs in the world. Since the earliest days of human society, we have needed empathetic and motivated people to care for the sick and injured, and we will need them for many years to come. Medical knowledge, technology, and treatments are evolving all the time, and a knock-on effect of this is that nursing has become even more varied and challenging. The potential career paths for nurses are numerous, as is the opportunity for advancement and higher earning potential. The key to success and nursing progression lies in continued education and certification, which enables nurses to hone their skills and focus on their interests. Here are 15 of the possible career specialties and certifications available to Registered Nurses. 1. Hospital Ward ...

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