The graduate nurse (GN) is a nurse who has completed their academic studies but not completed the requirements to become a registered nurse (RN). Depending...

physicians. The first formal graduate certificate program for NPs was created by Henry Silver, a physician, and Loretta Ford, a nurse, in 1965. In 1971, the...

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...

The CRNA regulates registered nurses, nurse practitioners, certified graduate nurses, graduate nurses and graduate nurse practitioners. The CRNA is mandated...

A nurse anesthetist is an advanced practice nurse who administers anesthesia for surgery or other medical procedures. Nurse anesthetists (NA's) administer...

An advanced practice nurse (APN) is a nurse with post-graduate education and training in nursing. Nurses practicing at this level may work in either a...

Association of Colored Graduate Nurses was a professional organization for African American nurses founded in 1908. In 1906, Connecticut nurse Martha Minerva...

occupation as a nurse (including monthly nurse, sick nurse, trained nurse, nurse girl, midwife, hospital nurse or professional nurse.) 1861 – Sally Louisa...

care and support, nurses educate the public and promote health and wellness. In the U.S., nurse practitioners are nurses with a graduate degree in advanced...

the chief nurse in several countries, including the United Kingdom, and other Commonwealth countries and former colonies. The chief nurse, in other words...