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Why I Can't Say Enough about the Importance of Nursing - 0 views

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  • nurses tend to spend more time in direct contact with patients than physicians do
  • the ability of nurses to affect the perceived quality of care is becoming more significant.
  • how big an impact nursing has on a hospital’s culture
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  • Nursing is going to become even more important in the coming years
  • Nurses will play an enormous role in these lower-cost, higher-touch, prevent-and-manage models, because the emphasis will be on more frequent but less intense levels of care that call for coaching, outreach and simple patient self-measurements like blood pressure—routines that often don’t require much physician involvement.
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Importance of Nurses - Healthcare Community Nurses - 0 views

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  • A nurse is a health care professional who is engaged in the practice of nursing. Nurses are men and women who are responsible (along with other health care professionals) for the treatment, safety and recovery of acutely or chronically ill or injured people, health maintenance of the healthy, and treatment of life-threatening emergencies in a wide range of health care settings. Nurses may also be involved in medical and nursing research and perform a wide range of non-clinical functions necessary to the delivery of health care.
  • "Registered nurses (R.N.s) work to promote health, prevent disease, and help patients cope with illness.
  • ypically there are several distinct levels of nursing practitioner, distinguished by increasing education, responsibility and skills. The major distinction is between task-based nursing and professional nursing.
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  • At the top of the educational ladder is the doctoral-prepared nurse. Nurses may gain the PhD or another doctoral degree such as Doctor of Nursing Science (DNSc) or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), specializing in research, clinical nursing, etc. These nurses practice nursing, teach nursing and carry out nursing research. As the science and art of nursing has advanced, so has the demand for doctoral-prepared nurses.
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If They Do Call You a Nurse, It Is Always a "Male Nurse": Experiences of Men in the Nur... - 0 views

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  • If They Do Call You a Nurse, It Is Always a “Male Nurse”: Experiences of Men in the Nursing Profession
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Disadvantages of a Nursing Career - 0 views

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Why People Choose Nursing As a Career | Chron.com - 0 views

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  • From the satisfaction of helping patients to the above-average pay and the employment security that comes with strong job growth, nursing has much to offer.
  • Nurses have compassion and sympathy for the sick and the suffering, focusing not only on physical needs, but on the emotional, social and spiritual conditions of their patients. Most nurses enjoy counseling patients and their families, and often see themselves as advocates.
  • advantage of dozens of potential career paths.
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  • helping children or the elderly
  • outpaces the 14.3 percent average gain for all jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • midwifery or psychiatric health.
  • Employment of registered nurses will increase 26 percent through 2020,
  • emergency room or in a school
  • oil and gas extraction averaged $80,700 a year
  • at least a bachelor’s degree, as well as advanced practice nurses, will be in the highest demand, especially in underserved urban cores and rural areas.
  • pays above-average wages
  • median annual income for a registered nurse was $65,950 as of May 2011, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • nearly 48 percent higher than the median salary of $34,465 for all U.S. jobs.
  • personal-care services averaged $85,940, according to BLS figures.
  • medical equipment and supplies manufacturing took home $80,290.
  • be in demand for years to come
  • nurses based in California making the most, at an average of $90,860.
  • Massachusetts, at $86,810, and Hawaii, at $83,950
  • flexible scheduling
  • operate around the clock
  • Many nurses prefer to work overnight and have free time during the day, while others want to work weekends and take weekdays off.
  • variety of shifts.
  • flexible scheduling as a perk.
  • work part-time or return to school for advanced training.
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Goals for a Registered Nurse | Chron.com - 0 views

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Penn Nursing Science - Fun Facts :-D - 0 views

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  • Of all students in health professions, half of them are studying nursing
  • There are more than 5.5 million nurses and nurses aides in the United States
  • The average starting wage for a certified Registered Nurse anesthetist is over $50,000
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  • 9.      There are four times as many nurses as doctors.
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American Association of Colleges of Nursing | Your Nursing Career: A Look at the Facts - 0 views

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  • The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment for registered nurses will grow faster than most other occupations through 2018.
  • Federal figures project that if current trends continue, the shortage of RNs will continue to grow throughout the next 20 years.
  • By 2020, more than 800,000 RN positions are expected to go unfilled nationwide, according to the National Center for Workforce Analysis, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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  • Today's intensified hiring of RNs is being spurred by: the mounting health care needs of increasing numbers of elderly; a growing population of hospitalized patients who are older, more acutely ill, and in need of more skilled RNs per patient; the rapid expansion of front-line primary care to many sites throughout the community; technological advances requiring more highly skilled nursing care; and an aging RN workforce. The average age of working RNs in 2008 was 47.0 up from 40 in 1980.
  • The average annual earnings of registered nurses employed in nursing was $60,970 in 2007, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Registered Nurse Salary Information | Best Jobs | US News Careers - 0 views

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  • The BLS reports the median salary for a registered nurse was $65,470 in 2012. The best-paid 10 percent of RNs made more than $94,720, while the bottom 10 percent earned less than $45,040. In 2012, the highest median salaries were earned by nurses working in government, hospitals and home health care.
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Registered Nurse (RN) Salary (United States) - 0 views

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  • A Registered Nurse (RN) earns an average wage of $26.41 per hour.
  • Popular Skills for Registered Nurse (RN)
  • Pay by Experience Level for Registered Nurse (RN)
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  • Related Job Salaries
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How many hours do registered nurses work? - 0 views

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  • working 5-8 hour days, 4-10 hour days or 3-12 hour days per week.
  • RN’s that work 8 or 10 hour days typically work about 40 hours or so per week, however nurses that work 12 hour days may end up working around 36 hours per week.
  • 36 hour and 40 hour work weeks are generally considered full-time work for registered nurses.
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  • hese hours do not include any voluntary/required overtime, which may be common in some health care facilities.
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5 nursing stereotypes debunked | Scrubs - The Leading Lifestyle Nursing Magazine Featur... - 0 views

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  • 1. Nursing is a Female Profession
  • The Nurses Associated Alumnae of the U.S. and Canada had their first meeting in 1898 and later became the American Nurses Association in 1917; no men were allowed until 1930.
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