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Nursing
Overview – Preparation – Day in the Life – Earnings – Employment – Career Path Forecast – Resources
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Nurses
Overview:
Nurses Registered nurses (RNs), regardless of
specialty or work setting, perform basic duties
that include treating patients, educating
patients and the public about various medical
conditions, and providing advice and
emotional support to patients' family
members. RNs record patients' medical
histories and symptoms, help to perform
diagnostic tests and analyze results, operate
medical machinery, administer treatment and
medications, and help with patient follow-up
and rehabilitation.
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Overview (continued):
RNs teach patients and their families how to
manage their illness or injury, including posttreatment home care needs, diet and exercise
programs, and self-administration of
medication and physical therapy. Some RNs
also are trained to provide grief counseling to
family members of critically ill patients. RNs
work to promote general health by educating
the public on various warning signs and
symptoms of disease and where to go for
help.
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Nurses
Preparation:
In all States and the District of Columbia,
students must graduate from an approved
nursing program and pass a national licensing
examination, known as the NCLEX-RN, in
order to obtain a nursing license. Nurses may
be licensed in more than one State, either by
examination or by the endorsement of a
license issued by another State. Currently 18
States participate in the Nurse Licensure
Compact Agreement, which allows nurses to
practice in member States without
recertifying.
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Preparation (continued):
All nursing education programs include
classroom instruction and supervised clinical
experience in hospitals and other health care
facilities. Students take courses in anatomy,
physiology, microbiology, chemistry, nutrition,
psychology and other behavioral sciences, and
nursing.
Nurses should be caring, sympathetic,
responsible, and detail oriented.
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Preparation (continued):
In the United States, there are two nursing
organizations that accredit bachelor level
nursing degree programs: the National League
for Nursing Accreditation Commission (ASN,
BSN, MSN) and the Commission on Collegiate
Nursing Education (BSN, MSN). In 2004, 674
nursing programs offered degrees at the
bachelor's level.
More details are on the Sloan Career
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Day in the Life:
Most RNs work in well-lighted, comfortable
health care facilities.
Home health and public health nurses travel
to patients' homes, schools, community
centers, and other sites.
RNs may spend considerable time walking
and standing.
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Day in the Life (continued):
Patients in hospitals and nursing care facilities
require 24-hour care; consequently, nurses in
these institutions may work nights, weekends,
and holidays. RNs also may be on call -available to work on short notice.
Nurses who work in office settings are more
likely to work regular business hours. About
23 percent of RNs worked part time in 2004,
and 7 percent held more than one job.
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Earnings:
Median annual earnings of registered nurses
were $52,330 in May 2004. The middle 50
percent earned between $43,370 and
$63,360. Median annual earnings in the
industries employing the largest numbers of
registered nurses in May 2004 were:
Employment services: $63,170
General medical and surgical hospitals: $53,450
Home health care services: $48,990
Offices of physicians: $48,250
Nursing care facilities: $48,220
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Employment:
As the largest health care occupation,
registered nurses held about 2.4 million jobs
in 2004. About 3 out of 5 jobs were in
hospitals, in inpatient and outpatient
departments. Others worked in offices of
physicians, nursing care facilities, home health
care services, employment services,
government agencies, and outpatient care
centers. The remainder worked mostly in
social assistance agencies and educational
services, public and private. About 1 in 4 RNs
worked part time.
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Career Path Forecast:
According to the U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, job opportunities
for RNs in all specialties are expected to be
excellent.
Employment of registered nurses is expected
to grow much faster than average for all
occupations through 2014, and, because the
occupation is very large, many new jobs will
result. In fact, registered nurses are projected
to create the second largest number of new
jobs among all occupations.
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Career Path Forecast (continued):
Thousands of job openings also will result
from the need to replace experienced nurses
who leave the occupation, especially as the
median age of the registered nurse
population continues to rise.
Much faster-than-average growth will be
driven by technological advances in patient
care, which permit a greater number of
medical problems to be treated, and by an
increasing emphasis on preventive care.
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Resources:
More information about Nurses is available at
the Sloan Career Cornerstone Center,
including accredited university programs,
suggestions for precollege students, a free
monthly careers newsletter, and a PDF
summarizing the field.
Associations:
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American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Nurses Association
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission
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