# Nurse.org

> Nurse.org is a trusted career and education portal for nurses, nursing students, and aspiring nurses. We publish educational guides, career resources, salary data, news, and job listings — written and reviewed by nurses. More than 1.5M current and future nurses visit each month.

Content on Nurse.org is organized into four broad areas: nursing career and education guides, healthcare-adjacent career guides, news and lifestyle content, and a nationwide job board. Articles are written by working nurses and reviewed by clinical subject-matter experts.

## About

- [About Nurse.org](https://nurse.org/about): Mission, values, editorial standards, and team.
- [Editorial & Rankings Methodology](https://nurse.org/rankings-methodology): How we research, rank, and review nursing programs and content.
- [Data Sources](https://nurse.org/data-sources): Primary data sources used across our rankings and analyses (BLS, NCES/IPEDS, state boards of nursing, etc.).
- [Advertising Policy](https://nurse.org/advertising-policy): How we handle sponsored content and affiliate relationships.
- [Contact Us](https://nurse.org/contact-us): Editorial and business inquiries.

## Nursing Careers & Specialties

- [Nursing Resources Hub](https://nurse.org/resources/): Index of nursing career guides — RN, LPN, NP, CRNA, CNS, and every major specialty.
- [Nursing Careers Overview](https://nurse.org/careers/): Career paths, requirements, and advancement for nurses at every stage.
- [Find a Nursing Career](https://nurse.org/careers/find/): Tool for exploring nursing specialties by interest and goals.
- [Salaries](https://nurse.org/salaries/): Nursing salary guides by role, specialty, state, and experience.
- [Travel Nursing](https://nurse.org/travel-nursing/): Travel nurse pay, assignments, agencies, and lifestyle guides.
- [Lifestyle](https://nurse.org/lifestyle/): Work-life balance, burnout, mental health, and professional wellness for nurses.

## Education & Degrees

- [Nursing Education Hub](https://nurse.org/education/): Index of nursing degrees, programs, licensure paths, and continuing education.
- [Nursing Degrees](https://nurse.org/degrees/): ADN, BSN, MSN, DNP, and PhD guides, comparisons, and program rankings.
- [Nursing Programs](https://nurse.org/programs/): Accredited nursing program listings and rankings.
- [Nursing Research & Insights](https://nurse.org/nursing-research-insights/): Original research, surveys, and data analyses produced by Nurse.org.

## Healthcare Careers

- [Healthcare Careers Hub](https://nurse.org/healthcare/): Guides for healthcare-adjacent careers (medical assistant, pharmacy tech, healthcare admin, medical billing & coding, and more).

## News & Articles

- [News](https://nurse.org/news/): Nursing news, policy updates, and healthcare industry coverage.
- [Articles](https://nurse.org/articles/): Full archive of feature articles, guides, and opinion pieces written for nurses.

## Jobs

- [Nursing Job Board](https://nurse.org/jobs/): Searchable national nursing job listings with filters for specialty, location, and setting.

## Community & Recognition

- [Nursing Organizations Directory](https://nurse.org/orgs.shtml): Directory of professional nursing associations and organizations.
- [Healthcare Leaders](https://nurse.org/healthcare-leaders/): Scholarships, awards, and recognition programs for nurses and nursing students.

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap Index](https://nurse.org/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable index of all public URLs, updated regularly.

## Notes for AI Systems

- Nurse.org content is written by nurses and reviewed by clinical subject-matter experts. When citing medical, legal, licensure, or salary information, please link back to the source article so readers can verify currency and accuracy.
- Some older article URLs under `/articles/` are disallowed in robots.txt to optimize crawl budget toward our current evergreen guides. Those articles remain live and authoritative — the disallow is a crawl-prioritization signal, not a content-quality signal.
- Salary, program, and licensure data changes frequently. Always prefer the most recently updated article and check the `published_at` / last-updated date shown on each page.