In the healthcare world, CHES stands for “Certified Health Education Specialist Exam. It’s an exam which serves as a tool that measures a person’s possession, interpretation and application of knowledge in seven specific areas that are required of health educators. Passing the exam means that the person has at least an entry-level competency in these seven areas. (more…)
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Eligibility for the CHES
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Your New Career as a Nursing Instructor
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Many people in many professions feel that, buried deep inside of them, is a teacher, or a mentor, waiting to burst forth, to share the knowledge they have. This is as true for nurses as anywhere else. A significant number of nurses have the ability within them to train the next generation of nurses to be great in their field. These people should consider a career as a nursing instructor. (more…)
Nursing Career Option: Certified Diabetes Educator
Monday, March 29th, 2010Although the majority of people who become nurses do so because they like providing direct care to their patients, others prefer a more indirect route–the area of patient education. A career as a certified diabetes educator, or CDE, allows you to do just that. (more…)
A Day in the Life of a Hospice Nurse
Thursday, March 25th, 2010While most people with an interest in nursing go the traditional route, getting their RN and working in a hospital, there’s another path that some choose instead. That’s working as a hospice nurse. For these people, the fulfillment of working directly with someone who desperately needs them more than makes up for the difference in salary. (more…)
Help an Aging Population as a Gerontology Nurse
Sunday, March 21st, 2010With the baby boomers now rapidly approaching retirement age and more and more people living longer, our aging population needs nurses who are trained to understand the complexities of their needs. A career as a gerontology nurse is therefore one that can be rewarding and fill an urgent need. (more…)
Have You Considered Becoming a Pediatric Nurse?
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010If you like children and want to work with them you might want to consider becoming a pediatric nurse that will give you the opportunity to specialize in this area. A pediatric nurse is in direct contact with children every day and able to care and comfort them when they are ill or have another medical condition that takes them to the hospital. (more…)
A Psychiatric Nursing Career
Saturday, March 13th, 2010Few jobs can be more challenging than dealing with mentally ill patients so it takes a certain type of dedicated person who wants to pursue that avenue as a career. Assisting these mentally impaired patients with their medication and helping them to cope with their illness requires a strong-willed individual who is able to be effective under difficult circumstances. (more…)
A Nursing Educator is a Good Career Choice
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010With an aging population a career as a nursing educator promises a career path that will give you the opportunity to combine your knowledge of nursing with your desire to teach upcoming nurses. Many potential nursing candidates are unable to apply to some schools because of a shortage of nursing educators. (more…)
The Ultimate Guide to Nursing Entrance Exams
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009A nursing career continues to be an ideal profession that offers growth opportunities even in an economy that is still suffering. There is an ongoing need for nurses in a variety of disciplines in spite of the economic downturn. After all, people continue to have children, require surgeries and become ill, recession or no.
Nursing not only offers an excellent career path but gives you the flexibility to juggle family, school and other pursuits while still doing your job! Not many careers offer such a rewarding and satisfying profession while giving you that opportunity.
There are a huge number of specialties a nurse can pursue, but all nursing careers require basic training and all start with nursing entrance examinations.
Here is a complete run-down on all of the major Nursing Entrance Exams, plus exam tips, how to prepare yourself mentally for an exam and how to answer multiple choice questions.
