While having an associate's degree or diploma is the minimum educational requirement to work as a neonatal nurse, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing recommends the BSN as the minimum degree for nursing practice (www.aacn.nche.edu).
government. 1  the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
A group of people that governs a community or unit. It sets and administers public policy and exercises executive, political and sovereign power through customs, institutions, and laws within a state. A government can be classified into many types--democracy, republic, monarchy, aristocracy, and dictatorship are just a few.