Nursing career guides

Short, plain-English guides for every step: getting licensed, picking a path, and getting hired.

• How to become a registered nurse (RN)The two school routes, the NCLEX-RN, getting licensed, and what your first job search looks like.
• LPN vs RN: what’s the difference?Training time, what each one can do, and the pay gap, side by side.
• How to become a CNAThe fastest way into nursing: training hours, the state exam, and where CNAs work.
• Travel nursing, explainedHow contracts, stipends and agencies work, and what you need before your first assignment.
• How to become a nurse practitioner (NP)From RN to NP: graduate school, board certification, and how practice rules differ by state.
• What is home health nursing really like?Visit nursing vs one-to-one shifts, what a day looks like, and who it suits.
• Nursing interview questions (and what to ask back)The questions nurse managers actually ask, how to answer, and the questions that tell you if the job is any good.