Careers in Nursing Fields

I'm sorry to say that right now we are running for hisinvaluable. This type of program offers a wider range
low on one of our most valuable occupations. Atof learning experiences, in a complete array of
present, we are experiencing an alarming shortage ofhealthcare that in both practice and in theory makes is
trained and licensed nurses to fill the positions that areincredibly flexible nurses a godsend. This is exactly the
critical to quality of care for the healthcare consumer.reason that so many registered nurses choose to
And with an aging population this is becoming a verycontinue on to receive a BSN.
serious problem.The growing trend across some of the more
On every floor in a hospital, nurses are practicing in aprestigious health care institutes is to require that the
wide variety of nursing fields, from an emergencynurse has a BSN. The next level is a master of
room nurse assessing a heart attack victim, to thescience in nursing (MSN) degree. This is ideal for the
nurse that provides education and skill polishing to thenurse that has a great deal of experience in the field
whole nursing and medical staff. Nurses were aand like to do even more, for example, nurse
variety of hats, far removed from what we are allanesthetists, nurse practitioners, and nurse
used to seeing in those old movies. Nurses areadministrators. A Ph.D. or doctorates level and nurse
advocates for their patients, and are greatlycan pretty much to whatever is needed short of being
responsible for the level of care received by thea physician themselves.
patient, and their lasting memory of the experience.An entry-level graduate nurse will receive a longer
Nurses number one priority is the care and treatmentorientation, usually six weeks, and one particular area
of the patient, not what the treatment as to how wellof the health care facility, usually a doctor's office or
they are treated. You can find nurses in so manyhospital. The nurse will work under a graduate license
more places than just hospitals now. The work isuntil he or she has studied sufficiently and passes the
extended out in too many facets of everyday life.board test for full RN licensure. You can see this is
Nurses can serve in the military, work for publicalmost a probationary period to find a house skillful the
relations firms or health insurance companies, be anurse is.
school nurse, an entrepreneur, a nurse educator, aAt the end of the orientation period, the new nurse and
home health nurse, a public health nurse, there is nosupervisor meet to evaluate the nurse's proficiency
end to how and where nurses can affect others.and to dress in the areas in which the nurse may be
Nurses can start out with an entry-level traininglacking. Once the nurse gets by this initial stage and it's
program and progress through PhD level if so desired.really up to them how far they want to go in their new
An associate's degree is a two-year registered nursecareer. The student pondering a career in healthcare
(RN) program that focuses primarily on the skills thatshould should give a long hard look at the various
nurses will require when they go out to the field andnursing fields, a holistic approach to provide care and
treat patients. The next level is a four-year degreesupport in an ever changing and progressive field.
program that awards a bachelor of science in nursingThere are so many nursing fields now that they're
(BSN). This is obviously in more time-consuming andsurely has to be one that is a perfect fit for you.
committed way of going but the extra education is an