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 government is the political administration of a country or state. A state is the geographic entity that has a distinct fiscal system, constitution, and is sovereign and independent from other states as recognized by them. It is where a government can exercise its powers.