Summary:With almost 2.6M registered nurses (RN) in the United States, nursing is now the largest health care profession in the country. If you think that hospitals are the only place a nurse could be found, you are certainly misled. Public health agencies, communities, ambulatory care centers and other places where health care services are rendered also commonly have nurses employed.  1....

Summary:HSRP seems simple enough, but there are a lot of options you need to know to pass the CCNP exams!  Learn how to get started with HSRP from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933. Keywords:ccnp, cisco, certification, hsrp, hot, standby, routing, protocol, pass, free, mac, standby, router Article Body:Defined in RFC 2281, HSRP is a Cisco-proprietary protocol in which routers are put into an HSRP...

Summary:A midwife by definition is a person who assists women in childbirth. A midwife is required to complete the prescribed course of studies in midwifery and to acquire the necessary training to be registered and or legally licensed to practice midwifery. Keywords:nursing degree, nurse career, online nursing degree, college degrees, nursing school, RN school, RN program Article Body:A...

Summary: Putting together a Cisco home lab is a great idea, but sometimes choosing the right cabling can be a little confusing. Learn the details from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933. Keywords: ccna, ccnp, home, lab, cable, router, switch, crossover, dte, dce, serial, direct, pass, free, exam Article Body: More CCNA and CCNP candidates than ever before are putting together their own home labs, and...

Summary:As a CCNA and CCNP, you've got to be ready for the unexpected.  In the field, sometimes you can use the same command on two different devices and get very different results.  Learn why, and how to handle this situation, from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933. Keywords:ccna, ccnp, bsci, bcran, free, exam, tutorial, span, tree, protocol, router, switch, ios, 5000 Article Body:As a CCNA...

  Summary:Learn how and why BPDU Skew Detection works to prevent unnecessary STP recalculations from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933. Keywords:ccnp, bcmsn, bpdu, skew, detection, exam, pass, certification, switch, cisco, stp, recalculation Article Body:You may look at that feature's name and think, "What is a BPDU Skew, and why do I want to detect it?"  What we're actually attempting to...

Summary:Cisco PortFast gives you an important warning when you configure it, but someone may ignore it.  Learn how BPDU Guard works with PortFast from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933. Keywords:cisco, ccnp, certification, bpdu, guard, portfast, port, fast, switch, err-disabled, exam, pass Article Body:In your CCNA studies, you learned about PortFast and the trouble it can cause if configured on...

Summary:STP timers are an important part of your CCNP studies and working with STP in real-world networks.  Learn the details of these timers and how to change them from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933. Keywords:ccnp, bcmsn, certification, exam, pass, free, stp, spanning, tree, protocol, forward, delay, timer Article Body:In your BCMSN / CCNP exam study, it's easy to overlook some of the details...

Summary:How many STP port states are there? It depends on who you ask.  Learn the details you need to pass the BSCI exam from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933. Keywords:cisco, ccnp, certification, spanning, tree, stp, protocol, bcmsn, disabled, listening, learning, blk Article Body:As a CCNP candidate and a CCNA, you may be tempted to skip or just browse the many details of Spanning Tree...

Summary:To become a CCNP, you've got to master the details of STP and root bridge elections.  Learn this vital information from Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933. Keywords:ccnp, bcmsn, stp, root, bridge, election, spanning, tree, secondary, vlan, priority, default, 32768 Article Body:Your BCMSN and CCNP studies will include mastering the details of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP). While you learned...