Feb
27
Registered Nursing Jobs: In Any Setting, Nurses Care
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Rita Henry asked:
By the year 2020, the United States will face a nursing shortage of 800,000 unfilled registered nursing jobs - and very few of those jobs are in traditional hospital settings. These days, a registered nursing job is as likely to take you into a laboratory or someone’s living room as it is to put you at bedside in the recovery room. If you’re just starting your career in nursing, or looking to make a change, take a look at some of the non-traditional settings that have registered nursing jobs available.
Home Health Registered Nursing Jobs
Home health care is one of the fastest growing sectors of the nursing profession. As hospitals and insurance companies struggle to lower the costs of delivering care, they’ve found that providing nursing care in the home makes more than financial sense. Most patients improve faster when they’re in the familiar setting of their own home. Registered nursing jobs that involve home health care include geriatric nursing, visiting nurse jobs and community health nursing. Some popular home health registered nursing jobs include:
- Newborn visiting nurses make home calls on new mothers who have just been released from the hospital. They offer suggestions and assess physical and medical needs of both mother and child.
- Visiting chronic care nurses help keep patients at home who only require a few hours of skilled nursing care per day or week. They may change feeding tubes or start intravenous medications, assess medical needs or change dressings after surgery.
- Early intervention nurses work with families who have young children with medical needs at home. An EI nurse can make the difference between keeping a child at home or choosing institutionalization.
Occupational Health Registered Nursing Jobs
Occupational health is a growing field, and there are many different positions for registered nurses within it. An occupational health nurse may do initial assessments and physical examinations on site, assess medical needs if someone is injured on the job site or provide medical information and advice to employees of a company.
Public Health Registered Nursing Jobs
Do you dream of making a difference on a wide scale? Public health nurses are often involved in making policies that affect the population of entire cities and states. Among the options for work available in the public sector for nurses are:
- Clinic nurses do hands on patient care in a clinic setting. Registered nurses and nurse practitioners deliver care and advice to families and patients on nutrition, health, preventive care, birth control and medical care.
- Nurses working for the Department of Health may be involved in infectious disease control, monitoring compliance with health guidelines and consulting on medical policies for hospitals and other medical facilities.
School Nursing Jobs
School nurses work on site to help manage the medical needs of students. These days the school nurse may float from campus to campus, or be assigned to one school. Many schools now offer on site clinics for students, and a nurse working in a school clinic may be a student’s primary health contact. They’re responsible for doing emergency care, assessing medical needs and providing family contact points for school students.
Hospice Registered Nursing Jobs
Unlike traditional nursing homes, hospices offer round the clock skilled nursing in a homelike setting. Hospice nursing jobs offer the opportunity for a registered nurse to provide a personal touch to severely ill and terminal patients in a less clinical setting. Hospice nurses work under the supervision of doctors, but often have far more autonomy in making medical decisions.
A nursing career opens so many doors that it’s impossible to fit them all into a brief overview. For more information on registered nursing jobs and career opportunities, visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics web site.
BLAIR
By the year 2020, the United States will face a nursing shortage of 800,000 unfilled registered nursing jobs - and very few of those jobs are in traditional hospital settings. These days, a registered nursing job is as likely to take you into a laboratory or someone’s living room as it is to put you at bedside in the recovery room. If you’re just starting your career in nursing, or looking to make a change, take a look at some of the non-traditional settings that have registered nursing jobs available.
Home Health Registered Nursing Jobs
Home health care is one of the fastest growing sectors of the nursing profession. As hospitals and insurance companies struggle to lower the costs of delivering care, they’ve found that providing nursing care in the home makes more than financial sense. Most patients improve faster when they’re in the familiar setting of their own home. Registered nursing jobs that involve home health care include geriatric nursing, visiting nurse jobs and community health nursing. Some popular home health registered nursing jobs include:
- Newborn visiting nurses make home calls on new mothers who have just been released from the hospital. They offer suggestions and assess physical and medical needs of both mother and child.
- Visiting chronic care nurses help keep patients at home who only require a few hours of skilled nursing care per day or week. They may change feeding tubes or start intravenous medications, assess medical needs or change dressings after surgery.
- Early intervention nurses work with families who have young children with medical needs at home. An EI nurse can make the difference between keeping a child at home or choosing institutionalization.
Occupational Health Registered Nursing Jobs
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Occupational health is a growing field, and there are many different positions for registered nurses within it. An occupational health nurse may do initial assessments and physical examinations on site, assess medical needs if someone is injured on the job site or provide medical information and advice to employees of a company.
Public Health Registered Nursing Jobs
Do you dream of making a difference on a wide scale? Public health nurses are often involved in making policies that affect the population of entire cities and states. Among the options for work available in the public sector for nurses are:
- Clinic nurses do hands on patient care in a clinic setting. Registered nurses and nurse practitioners deliver care and advice to families and patients on nutrition, health, preventive care, birth control and medical care.
- Nurses working for the Department of Health may be involved in infectious disease control, monitoring compliance with health guidelines and consulting on medical policies for hospitals and other medical facilities.
School Nursing Jobs
School nurses work on site to help manage the medical needs of students. These days the school nurse may float from campus to campus, or be assigned to one school. Many schools now offer on site clinics for students, and a nurse working in a school clinic may be a student’s primary health contact. They’re responsible for doing emergency care, assessing medical needs and providing family contact points for school students.
Hospice Registered Nursing Jobs
Unlike traditional nursing homes, hospices offer round the clock skilled nursing in a homelike setting. Hospice nursing jobs offer the opportunity for a registered nurse to provide a personal touch to severely ill and terminal patients in a less clinical setting. Hospice nurses work under the supervision of doctors, but often have far more autonomy in making medical decisions.
A nursing career opens so many doors that it’s impossible to fit them all into a brief overview. For more information on registered nursing jobs and career opportunities, visit the Bureau of Labor Statistics web site.
BLAIR
Feb
27
A Variety of Nursing Careers in the Medical Field
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Josh Stone asked:
A nursing career is probably the most humane profession of all. When a patient is sick or inured, and has to be hospitalized, nurses take care of them.
When a nursing career is chosen, right away it is taught that nurses have so many duties to perform in a day; often their shifts extend up to twelve or fourteen hours. They take patient histories, and record symptoms. A nurse changes the bed linen and reports to the doctor anything that occurs with the patient.
Nurses administer medication and some types of tests, operate medical equipment, bathe patients when needed, update charts, and sometimes just hold the patients hand and talk to them.
A nursing career takes a special kind of person. Someone who is above all compassionate. When someone is sick or injured, they are scared to be in a hospital. A smiling face and reassuring voice does wonders for a patient.
Nurses are there for the families of the sick or injured, instructing them what to do when the patient is to go home. Nurses are the emotional backbone of any hospital or medical facility.
When a nursing career is chosen, a specialty field must be chosen also. There are many different fields to choose from. Some nurses are trained in grief counseling, others promote the importance of health through holding clinics and instructing new mothers or the general public on the warning signs of illness and what they should do in case of emergency, a nurse can choose more than one specialty; a nurse can choose to work in the pediatric field, or cardiology. This choice is completely up to the nurse and what his or her preferences are.
Ambulatory care is another choice in a nursing career. This type of nursing care is treating patients on an outpatient basis such as same day surgery when a patient goes home the same day of their surgery. This is done mostly in clinic, but often it can be done in a doctor’s office.
Some nurses provide telehealth, this form of nursing is fairly recent, and is expected to grow. A nurse, through the telephone, conferencing, video, and the Internet, provide health advice to patients, and will also help a sick or injured person find the right doctor.
Critical care nurses is perhaps the most challenging nursing career choice there is. A critical care nurse is stationed in a hospital’s intensive care unit. They monitor every patient. They administer medication; chart all of the progress that is made, and keep the doctors well informed of all aspect of the patients care. They treat patients who have had heart attacks, respiratory failure, and any other life threatening illness or injury. This type of nursing career takes a very strong compassionate person, and often proves to be too much for some, and they end up choosing a different type of nursing career.
A holistic nursing career is different from any other. A holistic nurse treats patient’s physical, mental, and spiritual health. They provide treatment such as aromatherapy, massage and acupuncture.
A home health care field can also be chosen for a nursing career, these nurses provide care to patients in their own home.
For those who are recovering from out patient surgery, childbirth and accident victims. Home health care nurses also provide hospice care for the terminally ill.
There is virtually a nursing career for every aspect of the medical field. A nurse that administers intravenous medication and fluids is called an infusion nurse. They also administer blood transfusions.
A nurse that works in the operating room has a specific title. It is called a perianesthesia, and the duties include all pre and postoperative care. In the operation room, these are the nurses that hand the instrument to the surgeon.
A nurse in the perianesthesia field is also is licensed to work in a Plastic surgeons office.
A nursing career in the radiology field trains the nurse to provide tests that include ultrasounds, x-rays, diagnostic radiation procedures, and MRI’s.
There are so many choices when attending nursing school, and each field has its own specialty training, it can be a difficult to know what type of nursing career to choose, and sometimes it is necessary to use a rotation method to make the decision.
A hospital will allow a student nurse to work in different wards in order to decide which nursing career to choose. There are some nurse careers that do not require any patient contact. Although they do not work with patients directly, they are still required to have a license. For those patients that have been injured, a case manager can assist with all of the patient needs.
A forensic nursing career is possibly the most fascinating aspect to a nursing career. Forensic nursing is a combination of nursing and investigating crime. A forensic nurse works with law enforcement agencies to solve crimes involving child abuse, accidental death, or sexual assault cases in which the victim has died.
A nursing staff is supervised by nurse administrators, these nurse also establish and maintain schedules, supply inventory and work within the budget that established for that department.
Most health care facilities and hospitals have to maintain a certain level of cleanliness. A place that is not maintained or is not clean will be shut down.
The standard working conditions for nurses are sometimes very tough. There are long hours, working holidays, weekends and nights. Sometimes a nurse can work for more than a week without a day off. Their pay rate is not very high, and sometimes it is not very rewarding. But their training has taught them that no matter how bad of a day they are having, the patient is having a worse one. After all, they are the ones that are sick or injured. This usually puts things into perspective and they can get on with their day.
A nursing career is a calling, and is not for everybody. Men can seek a nursing career, although ninety five percent of the nursing community is women.
CLAUDE
A nursing career is probably the most humane profession of all. When a patient is sick or inured, and has to be hospitalized, nurses take care of them.
When a nursing career is chosen, right away it is taught that nurses have so many duties to perform in a day; often their shifts extend up to twelve or fourteen hours. They take patient histories, and record symptoms. A nurse changes the bed linen and reports to the doctor anything that occurs with the patient.
Nurses administer medication and some types of tests, operate medical equipment, bathe patients when needed, update charts, and sometimes just hold the patients hand and talk to them.
A nursing career takes a special kind of person. Someone who is above all compassionate. When someone is sick or injured, they are scared to be in a hospital. A smiling face and reassuring voice does wonders for a patient.
Nurses are there for the families of the sick or injured, instructing them what to do when the patient is to go home. Nurses are the emotional backbone of any hospital or medical facility.
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When a nursing career is chosen, a specialty field must be chosen also. There are many different fields to choose from. Some nurses are trained in grief counseling, others promote the importance of health through holding clinics and instructing new mothers or the general public on the warning signs of illness and what they should do in case of emergency, a nurse can choose more than one specialty; a nurse can choose to work in the pediatric field, or cardiology. This choice is completely up to the nurse and what his or her preferences are.
Ambulatory care is another choice in a nursing career. This type of nursing care is treating patients on an outpatient basis such as same day surgery when a patient goes home the same day of their surgery. This is done mostly in clinic, but often it can be done in a doctor’s office.
Some nurses provide telehealth, this form of nursing is fairly recent, and is expected to grow. A nurse, through the telephone, conferencing, video, and the Internet, provide health advice to patients, and will also help a sick or injured person find the right doctor.
Critical care nurses is perhaps the most challenging nursing career choice there is. A critical care nurse is stationed in a hospital’s intensive care unit. They monitor every patient. They administer medication; chart all of the progress that is made, and keep the doctors well informed of all aspect of the patients care. They treat patients who have had heart attacks, respiratory failure, and any other life threatening illness or injury. This type of nursing career takes a very strong compassionate person, and often proves to be too much for some, and they end up choosing a different type of nursing career.
A holistic nursing career is different from any other. A holistic nurse treats patient’s physical, mental, and spiritual health. They provide treatment such as aromatherapy, massage and acupuncture.
A home health care field can also be chosen for a nursing career, these nurses provide care to patients in their own home.
For those who are recovering from out patient surgery, childbirth and accident victims. Home health care nurses also provide hospice care for the terminally ill.
There is virtually a nursing career for every aspect of the medical field. A nurse that administers intravenous medication and fluids is called an infusion nurse. They also administer blood transfusions.
A nurse that works in the operating room has a specific title. It is called a perianesthesia, and the duties include all pre and postoperative care. In the operation room, these are the nurses that hand the instrument to the surgeon.
A nurse in the perianesthesia field is also is licensed to work in a Plastic surgeons office.
A nursing career in the radiology field trains the nurse to provide tests that include ultrasounds, x-rays, diagnostic radiation procedures, and MRI’s.
There are so many choices when attending nursing school, and each field has its own specialty training, it can be a difficult to know what type of nursing career to choose, and sometimes it is necessary to use a rotation method to make the decision.
A hospital will allow a student nurse to work in different wards in order to decide which nursing career to choose. There are some nurse careers that do not require any patient contact. Although they do not work with patients directly, they are still required to have a license. For those patients that have been injured, a case manager can assist with all of the patient needs.
A forensic nursing career is possibly the most fascinating aspect to a nursing career. Forensic nursing is a combination of nursing and investigating crime. A forensic nurse works with law enforcement agencies to solve crimes involving child abuse, accidental death, or sexual assault cases in which the victim has died.
A nursing staff is supervised by nurse administrators, these nurse also establish and maintain schedules, supply inventory and work within the budget that established for that department.
Most health care facilities and hospitals have to maintain a certain level of cleanliness. A place that is not maintained or is not clean will be shut down.
The standard working conditions for nurses are sometimes very tough. There are long hours, working holidays, weekends and nights. Sometimes a nurse can work for more than a week without a day off. Their pay rate is not very high, and sometimes it is not very rewarding. But their training has taught them that no matter how bad of a day they are having, the patient is having a worse one. After all, they are the ones that are sick or injured. This usually puts things into perspective and they can get on with their day.
A nursing career is a calling, and is not for everybody. Men can seek a nursing career, although ninety five percent of the nursing community is women.
CLAUDE
Feb
21
What nurses are there that take care of newborns and their mothers?
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JeffsBabyGurl asked:
I want to be a registered nurse. I am going to go to college for 2 years for an associate degree in nursing. I would really love to work with the newborns and mothers. I do not know what hours I would have to work, and what kind of nurse would I be? Do registered nurses work in different fields? I know I want to work with people, take care of people, and learn about health. I am just confused about some aspects of nursing and what I want to do in nursing! Help me out as much as you can! Thank you!
KIETH
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I want to be a registered nurse. I am going to go to college for 2 years for an associate degree in nursing. I would really love to work with the newborns and mothers. I do not know what hours I would have to work, and what kind of nurse would I be? Do registered nurses work in different fields? I know I want to work with people, take care of people, and learn about health. I am just confused about some aspects of nursing and what I want to do in nursing! Help me out as much as you can! Thank you!
KIETH
Feb
15
What kind of nurses are the ones who work in the newborn baby nursery?
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trackfodder asked:
are they RNs? certified nurses, can nursing aids work there? what are all the titles that can work inside a baby nursery, i want to know, because i watched my new neice being bathed and taken care of in there and that atmosphere was like being in the middle of all these little miracles, and i want to be apart of that, what position/title must i hold to work there?
SAUL
are they RNs? certified nurses, can nursing aids work there? what are all the titles that can work inside a baby nursery, i want to know, because i watched my new neice being bathed and taken care of in there and that atmosphere was like being in the middle of all these little miracles, and i want to be apart of that, what position/title must i hold to work there?
SAUL
Feb
14
Nursing: Know All About This Hallowed Institution
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Nilutpal Gogoi asked:
TRACING THE ROOT OF NURSE
Take for instance the word ‘nurse’. A nurse is a person trained to care for the sick or infirm and assist doctors or dentists. One also refers to a nurse as a nursemaid. The singular verb form of the word ‘nurse’ means to work as a nurse or to attend to a sick person. The other verb forms of the term mean feeding or to be fed at the breast; to hold or to treat carefully. The word also means a foster (mother); The term also means to promote the development of something. Yet another meaning is to harbor a grievance etc.). The root is from the Latin term pointing to nourish.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
British nurse Florence Nightingale established the foundations of modern nursing with her treatment of the sick and injured during the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856. Once back in London after the war, she founded the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses using money donated in tribute to her services. The school marked the beginning of professional education in the nursing field. Her book Notes on Nursing became the first definitive textbook for the field.
THE ROOT OF SCRUB
The keyword ‘scrub’ also has several meanings. As a verb it refers to the cleaning process especially with a hard brush and water. The medical connotation is different of course. The word scrub is usually followed by the subject who uses it, as for instance, a surgeon; in this sense the term means the apparatus used by a surgeon to clean and disinfect the hands and arms prior to operating. The colloquial meaning is to scrap or cancel. The noun form of the term is to use water to remove impurities, say from gases etc. Another noun meaning of the term is scrubbing or being scrubbed. The root of the word is traced to Low German or Dutch.
There is another noun connotation which points to a brushwood or a stunted forest growth. It also refers to any land covered with this type of shrub. Yet another attribute of the term is a small or a dwarf variety of the scrub pine). The adjective form is scrubby.
WHAT EXACTLY IS NURSING SCRUB?
Nursing scrub means the different types of equipment used in the medical institutions. This article aims at providing a one-window stop for any person wishing to find anything about nursing scrub. Significantly, even the web does not have a proper answer to the queries pertaining to nursing scrub.
A nursing scrub is a vital means to bring in hygiene in the hospitals. Nursing scrub is used for disinfecting purposes either before or after any operation process. The term nursing scrub is a combination of two terms, viz., nurse and scrub. Hence, it would be pertinent to first know the various meanings of these two terms. It would also be helpful to also trace the roots of these two terms.
MERCANTILE VALUE OF NURSING SCRUBS
In the recent times, various companies have come up to manufacture, and market the nursing scrubs. Taking into consideration the immense potential market for nursing scrubs and its never saturating prospect, nursing scrub manufacturing and marketing have combined to form a viable industry.
SURFING FOR NURSING SCRUBS
When one surfs the internet for the nursing scrubs, one will definitely get the feel of the huge mercantile impact of this ancillary medical sector. Be it the quality or the material or the price, one would have to patiently log on to the different sites dealing with nursing scrubs to get the best among them. Of course, patience will ultimately pay off. You would ultimately lay your hands on the reasonably priced quality nursing scrubs.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF NURSING SCRUB
Nursing scrubs vary in shape, size, color and material. Nursing scrub can be a simple safety pin and can also be a pair of scissors or a pair of gloves for that matter. The only connecting links among these various nursing scrubs are that they are sterilized and ready to use.
WHERE TO FIND NURSING SCRUB
The internet is the ideal place to find for answers to immense queries of mankind. However, with reference to nursing scrub, the different sites provide very limited scope. One can, of course, find the lists of various sites selling with the nursing scrubs or their prices. But then, one has to keep on constantly move form one site to another to seek the apt answer. This becomes rather tedious and cumbersome.
HOSPITAL ROOT
Since nursing scrub is used in hospitals, it would now be necessary to know the meaning of the word ‘hospital’. It basically points to an institution providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for ill and injured people. Its root is ‘hospice’ - a Latin term meaning playing host to somebody. The noun form ‘hospitality’ means friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests or strangers. The verb form ‘hospitalize’ or ‘hospitalise’ or hospitalizing or hospitalising means to send or admit a patient to a hospital. The noun form is hospitalization.
WHO EXACTLY IS A SCRUB NURSE?
The scrub nurse performs a vital function in any operation theatre. The nurse scrub, for instance, readies all operation instruments, ensures the sterility of the surgical field, and anticipates when instruments will be needed by the surgeon.
The circulating nurse makes sure the operating room is adequately supplied and provides any additional supplies to the scrub nurse during the operation. Depending upon the hospital, surgical assistants, physician assistants, surgical residents, medical students, and nursing students may also attend an operation.
PRACTICAL & REGISTERED NURSES
The practical nurse has an education and license very different from that of the registered nurse. The program for practical nurses takes approximately one year and includes classroom work and practical training in a hospital. Such programs are usually offered through vocational or technical schools, and graduates must also take a licensing examination in order to practice. The test, however, is different from that taken by Registered Nurses. After passing the examination, these graduates may use the initials LPN (licensed practical nurse) or LVN (licensed vocational nurse) after their names. These nurses practice under the supervision of the registered nurse.
DELVING DEEP INTO NURSING
Nursing has a broad purview. Nursing, in general, is the process of caring for, or nurturing, another individual. More specifically, nursing refers to the functions and duties carried out by persons who have had formal education and training in the art and science of nursing.
Professional nurses combine many different disciplines, including aspects of biology and psychology, to promote the restoration and maintenance of health in their clients.
There are two major categories of nurses: licensed practical nurses and registered nurses. In recent years, efforts have been made by several professional nursing organizations to designate two categories of registered nurses, technical and professional, that basically reflect the educational preparation of the individual.
A HALLOWED ORGANISATION
The ANA is the professional organization for nurses in the United States of America. Only registered nurses are admitted to its membership. It is made up of state and local organizations, and its major purposes are to promote high standards of nursing care, to improve the quality and availability of health care, and to foster the professional development of nurses.
Another organization supporting the profession is the National League for Nursing (NLN); its membership includes nurses, persons from other health professions, and interested laypersons. One major function of the NLN is the accreditation of educational programs in nursing. It also offers testing and consultation services.
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a worldwide organization established as a federation of national nursing organizations. The ANA represents the United States in this council. In addition to the above organizations, a variety of professional groups focus on particular nursing specialties. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is such an organization.
HISTORY OF NURSING
In earlier centuries, nursing care was usually provided by volunteers who had little or no training—most commonly men and women of various religious orders. During the Crusades, for example, some military orders of knights also provided nursing care, most notably the Knights Hospitalers.
Toward the end of the 18th century nursing was considered an unsuitable occupation for “proper” young women, undoubtedly due to the fact that hospitals in those days were dirty and pestilent places where patients usually died. As a result, those who provided nursing care were commonly persons who had been imprisoned for drunkenness or who could not find work elsewhere.
MODERN NURSING
Modern nursing began in the mid-19th century with the advent of the Nightingale training schools for nurses. In the United States, the Spanish-American War and, later, World War I established the need for more nurses in both military and civilian life. As a result, nursing schools increased their enrollments, and several new programs were developed. In 1920 a study funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and known as the Goldmark Report recommended that schools of nursing be made independent of hospitals and that students must no longer be exploited as cheap labor. Following the publication of this report, several university schools of nursing were opened.
During the depression of the 1930s, many nurses were unemployed, and the number of schools declined. World War II, however, brought about another increased demand for nurses. The Cadet Nurse Corps, established in 1943, subsidized nursing education for thousands of young people who agreed to engage in nursing for the duration of the war.
Since the end of World War II, technological advances in medicine and health have required nurses to become knowledgeable about sophisticated equipment, to learn about an increasing number of medications, and to design nursing care appropriate for the health care delivery system during a period of rapid change.
FORMAL NURSING EDUCATION & NURSING SCRUB
Formal nursing education in the United States had its antecedents in Europe and England. One of the first formal training programs for nurses was begun in 1836 in Kaiserswerth, Germany, by Pastor Theodor Fliedner for the Order of Deaconesses. Other religious orders were also providing formalized training for nurses in Europe at that time, but Fliedner’s school is noteworthy for having given the British nursing reformer Florence Nightingale her formal training. Her experience at Kaiserswerth gave her the impetus to organize nursing care on the battlefields of the Crimean War and, later, to establish a nurse training program at Saint Thomas’s Hospital in London. In the late 1800s training schools patterned after this model were established in the United States.
HUMBLE BEGINNING
Originally, nurses received little or no classroom preparation. Most of the training was based on apprenticeship, with older students teaching the younger ones how to care for patients. All programs were directed by hospitals, and nursing students provided low-cost service to the institutions; upon graduation, most of them worked as private-duty nurses in patients’ homes. Hospital-based programs still exist today and are known as diploma schools of nursing. They offer a sound educational background for nursing practice in a program that contains both theoretical information and practical experience, but the diploma they grant is not an academic degree.
DIPLOMA NURSING SCHOOLS
Most diploma schools, however, are affiliated with a college where the nursing students can take courses for academic credit. In recent years, some hospitals have applied to their state boards of higher education for permission to award an associate degree in nursing. This trend has sparked debate within the nursing profession over the question of whether a hospital can qualify as an institution of higher education. The major focus of diploma education is to prepare nurses to give direct bedside care in hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutional settings. Graduates of these programs are eligible to take the licensing examination in the state in which they wish to practice. Upon passing, they may legally practice nursing and are allowed to use the initials RN (registered nurse) after their names.
Many diploma schools closed after 1965, when the American Nurses’ Association (ANA) published a position paper stating that all nursing education should take place in institutions of higher learning. The organization also recommended two levels of nursing practice: professional and technical; the professional nurse would have a baccalaureate or higher degree, the technical nurse would have an associate degree, and the technical nurse would work under the direct supervision of the professional nurse.
ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAMS
Associate degree nursing programs were introduced in the United States in 1952. They are primarily offered by community colleges, although a number can be found in four-year institutions. It is a two-year program that strongly emphasizes technical skills supported by a basic foundation in biological and behavioral sciences. The associate degree graduate also takes the state licensing examination and can practice nursing using the initials RN. Baccalaureate degree programs in nursing are found in colleges and universities throughout the United States. The program takes four years to complete and provides a strong base of liberal education in the arts, sciences, and humanities. These programs also emphasize bedside patient care, and provide courses in community health nursing, leadership and management, and nursing research. Graduates take the same licensing examination as other graduates and also receive the RN designation.
MASTER’S & DOCTORAL DEGREES IN NURSING
Master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing usually require the applicant to be a graduate of an accredited baccalaureate nursing program. The emphasis of graduate programs is primarily on research, advanced clinical practice, and the preparation of nursing educators and administrators.
CONCLUSION
All in all, nursing today is a highly paying and professional vocation. A well-versed nurse can be the first step to the recuperation of a patient. The care and expertise that are the hallmarks of a well-trained nurse are the vital points that go a long way in the treatment of any individual suffering from any ailment. The psychological backup coupled with the medical knowledge has made this tribe a vital component of the medical industry.
SONNY
TRACING THE ROOT OF NURSE
Take for instance the word ‘nurse’. A nurse is a person trained to care for the sick or infirm and assist doctors or dentists. One also refers to a nurse as a nursemaid. The singular verb form of the word ‘nurse’ means to work as a nurse or to attend to a sick person. The other verb forms of the term mean feeding or to be fed at the breast; to hold or to treat carefully. The word also means a foster (mother); The term also means to promote the development of something. Yet another meaning is to harbor a grievance etc.). The root is from the Latin term pointing to nourish.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
British nurse Florence Nightingale established the foundations of modern nursing with her treatment of the sick and injured during the Crimean War of 1853 to 1856. Once back in London after the war, she founded the Nightingale School and Home for Nurses using money donated in tribute to her services. The school marked the beginning of professional education in the nursing field. Her book Notes on Nursing became the first definitive textbook for the field.
THE ROOT OF SCRUB
The keyword ‘scrub’ also has several meanings. As a verb it refers to the cleaning process especially with a hard brush and water. The medical connotation is different of course. The word scrub is usually followed by the subject who uses it, as for instance, a surgeon; in this sense the term means the apparatus used by a surgeon to clean and disinfect the hands and arms prior to operating. The colloquial meaning is to scrap or cancel. The noun form of the term is to use water to remove impurities, say from gases etc. Another noun meaning of the term is scrubbing or being scrubbed. The root of the word is traced to Low German or Dutch.
There is another noun connotation which points to a brushwood or a stunted forest growth. It also refers to any land covered with this type of shrub. Yet another attribute of the term is a small or a dwarf variety of the scrub pine). The adjective form is scrubby.
WHAT EXACTLY IS NURSING SCRUB?
Nursing scrub means the different types of equipment used in the medical institutions. This article aims at providing a one-window stop for any person wishing to find anything about nursing scrub. Significantly, even the web does not have a proper answer to the queries pertaining to nursing scrub.
A nursing scrub is a vital means to bring in hygiene in the hospitals. Nursing scrub is used for disinfecting purposes either before or after any operation process. The term nursing scrub is a combination of two terms, viz., nurse and scrub. Hence, it would be pertinent to first know the various meanings of these two terms. It would also be helpful to also trace the roots of these two terms.
MERCANTILE VALUE OF NURSING SCRUBS
In the recent times, various companies have come up to manufacture, and market the nursing scrubs. Taking into consideration the immense potential market for nursing scrubs and its never saturating prospect, nursing scrub manufacturing and marketing have combined to form a viable industry.
SURFING FOR NURSING SCRUBS
When one surfs the internet for the nursing scrubs, one will definitely get the feel of the huge mercantile impact of this ancillary medical sector. Be it the quality or the material or the price, one would have to patiently log on to the different sites dealing with nursing scrubs to get the best among them. Of course, patience will ultimately pay off. You would ultimately lay your hands on the reasonably priced quality nursing scrubs.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF NURSING SCRUB
Nursing scrubs vary in shape, size, color and material. Nursing scrub can be a simple safety pin and can also be a pair of scissors or a pair of gloves for that matter. The only connecting links among these various nursing scrubs are that they are sterilized and ready to use.
WHERE TO FIND NURSING SCRUB
The internet is the ideal place to find for answers to immense queries of mankind. However, with reference to nursing scrub, the different sites provide very limited scope. One can, of course, find the lists of various sites selling with the nursing scrubs or their prices. But then, one has to keep on constantly move form one site to another to seek the apt answer. This becomes rather tedious and cumbersome.
HOSPITAL ROOT
Since nursing scrub is used in hospitals, it would now be necessary to know the meaning of the word ‘hospital’. It basically points to an institution providing medical and surgical treatment and nursing care for ill and injured people. Its root is ‘hospice’ - a Latin term meaning playing host to somebody. The noun form ‘hospitality’ means friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guests or strangers. The verb form ‘hospitalize’ or ‘hospitalise’ or hospitalizing or hospitalising means to send or admit a patient to a hospital. The noun form is hospitalization.
WHO EXACTLY IS A SCRUB NURSE?
The scrub nurse performs a vital function in any operation theatre. The nurse scrub, for instance, readies all operation instruments, ensures the sterility of the surgical field, and anticipates when instruments will be needed by the surgeon.
The circulating nurse makes sure the operating room is adequately supplied and provides any additional supplies to the scrub nurse during the operation. Depending upon the hospital, surgical assistants, physician assistants, surgical residents, medical students, and nursing students may also attend an operation.
PRACTICAL & REGISTERED NURSES
The practical nurse has an education and license very different from that of the registered nurse. The program for practical nurses takes approximately one year and includes classroom work and practical training in a hospital. Such programs are usually offered through vocational or technical schools, and graduates must also take a licensing examination in order to practice. The test, however, is different from that taken by Registered Nurses. After passing the examination, these graduates may use the initials LPN (licensed practical nurse) or LVN (licensed vocational nurse) after their names. These nurses practice under the supervision of the registered nurse.
DELVING DEEP INTO NURSING
Nursing has a broad purview. Nursing, in general, is the process of caring for, or nurturing, another individual. More specifically, nursing refers to the functions and duties carried out by persons who have had formal education and training in the art and science of nursing.
Professional nurses combine many different disciplines, including aspects of biology and psychology, to promote the restoration and maintenance of health in their clients.
There are two major categories of nurses: licensed practical nurses and registered nurses. In recent years, efforts have been made by several professional nursing organizations to designate two categories of registered nurses, technical and professional, that basically reflect the educational preparation of the individual.
A HALLOWED ORGANISATION
The ANA is the professional organization for nurses in the United States of America. Only registered nurses are admitted to its membership. It is made up of state and local organizations, and its major purposes are to promote high standards of nursing care, to improve the quality and availability of health care, and to foster the professional development of nurses.
Another organization supporting the profession is the National League for Nursing (NLN); its membership includes nurses, persons from other health professions, and interested laypersons. One major function of the NLN is the accreditation of educational programs in nursing. It also offers testing and consultation services.
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a worldwide organization established as a federation of national nursing organizations. The ANA represents the United States in this council. In addition to the above organizations, a variety of professional groups focus on particular nursing specialties. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) is such an organization.
HISTORY OF NURSING
In earlier centuries, nursing care was usually provided by volunteers who had little or no training—most commonly men and women of various religious orders. During the Crusades, for example, some military orders of knights also provided nursing care, most notably the Knights Hospitalers.
Toward the end of the 18th century nursing was considered an unsuitable occupation for “proper” young women, undoubtedly due to the fact that hospitals in those days were dirty and pestilent places where patients usually died. As a result, those who provided nursing care were commonly persons who had been imprisoned for drunkenness or who could not find work elsewhere.
MODERN NURSING
Modern nursing began in the mid-19th century with the advent of the Nightingale training schools for nurses. In the United States, the Spanish-American War and, later, World War I established the need for more nurses in both military and civilian life. As a result, nursing schools increased their enrollments, and several new programs were developed. In 1920 a study funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and known as the Goldmark Report recommended that schools of nursing be made independent of hospitals and that students must no longer be exploited as cheap labor. Following the publication of this report, several university schools of nursing were opened.
During the depression of the 1930s, many nurses were unemployed, and the number of schools declined. World War II, however, brought about another increased demand for nurses. The Cadet Nurse Corps, established in 1943, subsidized nursing education for thousands of young people who agreed to engage in nursing for the duration of the war.
Since the end of World War II, technological advances in medicine and health have required nurses to become knowledgeable about sophisticated equipment, to learn about an increasing number of medications, and to design nursing care appropriate for the health care delivery system during a period of rapid change.
FORMAL NURSING EDUCATION & NURSING SCRUB
Formal nursing education in the United States had its antecedents in Europe and England. One of the first formal training programs for nurses was begun in 1836 in Kaiserswerth, Germany, by Pastor Theodor Fliedner for the Order of Deaconesses. Other religious orders were also providing formalized training for nurses in Europe at that time, but Fliedner’s school is noteworthy for having given the British nursing reformer Florence Nightingale her formal training. Her experience at Kaiserswerth gave her the impetus to organize nursing care on the battlefields of the Crimean War and, later, to establish a nurse training program at Saint Thomas’s Hospital in London. In the late 1800s training schools patterned after this model were established in the United States.
HUMBLE BEGINNING
Originally, nurses received little or no classroom preparation. Most of the training was based on apprenticeship, with older students teaching the younger ones how to care for patients. All programs were directed by hospitals, and nursing students provided low-cost service to the institutions; upon graduation, most of them worked as private-duty nurses in patients’ homes. Hospital-based programs still exist today and are known as diploma schools of nursing. They offer a sound educational background for nursing practice in a program that contains both theoretical information and practical experience, but the diploma they grant is not an academic degree.
DIPLOMA NURSING SCHOOLS
Most diploma schools, however, are affiliated with a college where the nursing students can take courses for academic credit. In recent years, some hospitals have applied to their state boards of higher education for permission to award an associate degree in nursing. This trend has sparked debate within the nursing profession over the question of whether a hospital can qualify as an institution of higher education. The major focus of diploma education is to prepare nurses to give direct bedside care in hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutional settings. Graduates of these programs are eligible to take the licensing examination in the state in which they wish to practice. Upon passing, they may legally practice nursing and are allowed to use the initials RN (registered nurse) after their names.
Many diploma schools closed after 1965, when the American Nurses’ Association (ANA) published a position paper stating that all nursing education should take place in institutions of higher learning. The organization also recommended two levels of nursing practice: professional and technical; the professional nurse would have a baccalaureate or higher degree, the technical nurse would have an associate degree, and the technical nurse would work under the direct supervision of the professional nurse.
ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAMS
Associate degree nursing programs were introduced in the United States in 1952. They are primarily offered by community colleges, although a number can be found in four-year institutions. It is a two-year program that strongly emphasizes technical skills supported by a basic foundation in biological and behavioral sciences. The associate degree graduate also takes the state licensing examination and can practice nursing using the initials RN. Baccalaureate degree programs in nursing are found in colleges and universities throughout the United States. The program takes four years to complete and provides a strong base of liberal education in the arts, sciences, and humanities. These programs also emphasize bedside patient care, and provide courses in community health nursing, leadership and management, and nursing research. Graduates take the same licensing examination as other graduates and also receive the RN designation.
MASTER’S & DOCTORAL DEGREES IN NURSING
Master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing usually require the applicant to be a graduate of an accredited baccalaureate nursing program. The emphasis of graduate programs is primarily on research, advanced clinical practice, and the preparation of nursing educators and administrators.
CONCLUSION
All in all, nursing today is a highly paying and professional vocation. A well-versed nurse can be the first step to the recuperation of a patient. The care and expertise that are the hallmarks of a well-trained nurse are the vital points that go a long way in the treatment of any individual suffering from any ailment. The psychological backup coupled with the medical knowledge has made this tribe a vital component of the medical industry.
SONNY
Feb
14
Continuing Nursing Competency
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ROBYN KNAPP asked:
For those student nurses who are about to graduate, their main priority is to pass the NCLEX-RN examination. The practice of nursing is regulated according to licensing authorities in each state jurisdiction.
Each jurisdiction must ensure that each nurse has the minimum competency to practice nursing in their state. In order to ensure such requirements, the National Council of State Boards of Nurses, Inc.
(NCSBN) has developed a comprehensive examination entitled, National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). The NCLEX test plan occurs in several steps. The first step is to conduct a practice analysis. This is used to collect data on the practice of entry level nurses. By collecting this data the board can design NCLEX test questions that will be applicable to the majority of graduate nurses.
For instance, it has been found that the majority of new graduate nurses find work on medical/surgical units. The majority of the new graduates surveyed also indicated their primary responsibility was in the delivery of direct patient care. (1) Therefore, questions regarding the care of patients on medical/surgical units is pertinent and important for graduate nurses to know. Although some graduate nurses will tell you that they had more questions on psychiatric nursing or maternity nursing on the NCLEX, this is not the norm.
Six thousand or more newly licensed registered nurses are asked about the frequency and priority of performing more than one hundred and fifty care activities. These activities are analyzed in relation to the impact on patient care, safety and client settings where they are performed. It is in this framework that NCLEX test questions are designed to be applicable in real world settings, thus requiring graduate nurses to be knowledgeable of such practices.
The second step in the NCLEX test plan is to develop a method to test behaviors regarding the content formed in step one. The NCLEX-RN, Test Plan, provides a focused summary of the concepts to be tested. It serves not only to delineate what content to cover and the method of presenting the test questions but also serves to assist in developing a study guide in preparing those who will take the test. The NCLEX assesses the graduate nurse’s knowledge of required skills to practice nursing safely and competently.
Beliefs about people and nursing underlie the NCLEX-RN test plan. People are finite beings with varying capacities to function in society. (2) Each person is a unique and special individual existing in a system that they exert some control over, such as their beliefs, social systems, family systems, health customs. It is in this underlying theory of each individuals beliefs that the nursing process guides in the intervention to promote psychological and physical wellness.
Nursing is an art as much as it is a science, founded on a scientific body of knowledge that has been tested and proven effective in meeting the goals of each individual. The cognitive learning domain is a integral part of the NCLEX test plan. The use of Bloom’s taxonomy is the basis for writing and coding items (Bloom,e tal.,1956: Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001) Since the practice of nursing requires application or higher levels of cognitive ability, it becomes imperative to test graduate nurses complex and abstract reasoning.
The framework of Client Needs was selected for the NCLEX due to its all encompassing body of nursing knowledge that must be applied to successfully meet these needs. There are four distinct categories of Client Needs that are integrated into the exam, with two of the four categories subdivided to more adequately cover all subject matter. The categories are as follows:
A. Safe and Effective Care Environment
1. Management of Care
2. Safety and infection control
B. Promotion and Maintenance
C. Psychosocial Integrity
D. Physiological Integrity
1. Basic Care and Comfort
2. Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies 3. Reduction of Risk Potential 4. Physiological Adaptation
Integrated concepts and processes are fundamental to the nursing practice and are applied to the various and categories of client needs.
These integrated concepts are as follows:
A. The nursing process- a scientific problem solving approach to client care that includes, assessment, analysis, planning, implementation and evaluation.
B. Caring- interaction between the nurse and client that provides for a nurturing, positive, and helpful environment whereby the client feels special and important knowing that the relationship that develops between themselves and the nurse will provide the needed assistance in their achieving a higher level of psychological and physical wellness.
C. Communication and Documentation- verbal and or nonverbal interactions between the nurse and client, significant others and multidisciplinary health teams. Validation either through written and or electronic entry which reflects that what has been done is documented and is within the scope of the nurses educational and licensure level as well as meeting the policies of the hospital or other client care environment.
D. Teaching-Learning- facilitating the acquirement of further knowledge which will lead to a more informed and skilled nurse with the application of the newly learned material.
The distribution of content and the percentage of test questions assigned to each Client Needs subcategory in the NCLEX test plan is based on the results of the Report of Finding from the 2005 RN Practice
Learn how you can pass the NET the first time the the Nursing Entrance Test Study Guide.
TONY
For those student nurses who are about to graduate, their main priority is to pass the NCLEX-RN examination. The practice of nursing is regulated according to licensing authorities in each state jurisdiction.
Each jurisdiction must ensure that each nurse has the minimum competency to practice nursing in their state. In order to ensure such requirements, the National Council of State Boards of Nurses, Inc.
(NCSBN) has developed a comprehensive examination entitled, National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). The NCLEX test plan occurs in several steps. The first step is to conduct a practice analysis. This is used to collect data on the practice of entry level nurses. By collecting this data the board can design NCLEX test questions that will be applicable to the majority of graduate nurses.
For instance, it has been found that the majority of new graduate nurses find work on medical/surgical units. The majority of the new graduates surveyed also indicated their primary responsibility was in the delivery of direct patient care. (1) Therefore, questions regarding the care of patients on medical/surgical units is pertinent and important for graduate nurses to know. Although some graduate nurses will tell you that they had more questions on psychiatric nursing or maternity nursing on the NCLEX, this is not the norm.
Six thousand or more newly licensed registered nurses are asked about the frequency and priority of performing more than one hundred and fifty care activities. These activities are analyzed in relation to the impact on patient care, safety and client settings where they are performed. It is in this framework that NCLEX test questions are designed to be applicable in real world settings, thus requiring graduate nurses to be knowledgeable of such practices.
The second step in the NCLEX test plan is to develop a method to test behaviors regarding the content formed in step one. The NCLEX-RN, Test Plan, provides a focused summary of the concepts to be tested. It serves not only to delineate what content to cover and the method of presenting the test questions but also serves to assist in developing a study guide in preparing those who will take the test. The NCLEX assesses the graduate nurse’s knowledge of required skills to practice nursing safely and competently.
Beliefs about people and nursing underlie the NCLEX-RN test plan. People are finite beings with varying capacities to function in society. (2) Each person is a unique and special individual existing in a system that they exert some control over, such as their beliefs, social systems, family systems, health customs. It is in this underlying theory of each individuals beliefs that the nursing process guides in the intervention to promote psychological and physical wellness.
Nursing is an art as much as it is a science, founded on a scientific body of knowledge that has been tested and proven effective in meeting the goals of each individual. The cognitive learning domain is a integral part of the NCLEX test plan. The use of Bloom’s taxonomy is the basis for writing and coding items (Bloom,e tal.,1956: Anderson & Krathwohl, 2001) Since the practice of nursing requires application or higher levels of cognitive ability, it becomes imperative to test graduate nurses complex and abstract reasoning.
The framework of Client Needs was selected for the NCLEX due to its all encompassing body of nursing knowledge that must be applied to successfully meet these needs. There are four distinct categories of Client Needs that are integrated into the exam, with two of the four categories subdivided to more adequately cover all subject matter. The categories are as follows:
A. Safe and Effective Care Environment
1. Management of Care
2. Safety and infection control
B. Promotion and Maintenance
C. Psychosocial Integrity
D. Physiological Integrity
1. Basic Care and Comfort
2. Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies 3. Reduction of Risk Potential 4. Physiological Adaptation
Integrated concepts and processes are fundamental to the nursing practice and are applied to the various and categories of client needs.
These integrated concepts are as follows:
A. The nursing process- a scientific problem solving approach to client care that includes, assessment, analysis, planning, implementation and evaluation.
B. Caring- interaction between the nurse and client that provides for a nurturing, positive, and helpful environment whereby the client feels special and important knowing that the relationship that develops between themselves and the nurse will provide the needed assistance in their achieving a higher level of psychological and physical wellness.
C. Communication and Documentation- verbal and or nonverbal interactions between the nurse and client, significant others and multidisciplinary health teams. Validation either through written and or electronic entry which reflects that what has been done is documented and is within the scope of the nurses educational and licensure level as well as meeting the policies of the hospital or other client care environment.
D. Teaching-Learning- facilitating the acquirement of further knowledge which will lead to a more informed and skilled nurse with the application of the newly learned material.
The distribution of content and the percentage of test questions assigned to each Client Needs subcategory in the NCLEX test plan is based on the results of the Report of Finding from the 2005 RN Practice
Learn how you can pass the NET the first time the the Nursing Entrance Test Study Guide.
TONY
Feb
12
How does a nurses job fit in with the people they work with?
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Melissa W asked:
I am doing a job profile on nurses in school and i need this information quickly.
MOHAMMED
I am doing a job profile on nurses in school and i need this information quickly.
MOHAMMED
Feb
8
Who makes more money, nurses or attorneys? How long does it take to become an attorney, what are the steps?
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College Student asked:
I am assuming here that an attorney is the same thing as a lawyer, but I don’t know how to become one. I do know enough about nurses so no need to reply with that info.
BILLY
I am assuming here that an attorney is the same thing as a lawyer, but I don’t know how to become one. I do know enough about nurses so no need to reply with that info.
BILLY
Feb
5
The Perks of Travel Nursing
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Andri Irawan asked:
Travel nursing is nursing that allows a nurse to work for a few months in one hospital before moving on to another hospital that is in a different part of the country. Hospitals and medical facility’s use travel nurses because they feel that they can benefit from the travel nurses expertise, to help get a new facility up and running, and to act as a mentor for a novice staff. But why would anybody become a travel nurse.
A huge reason nurses pursue travel nursing careers is the money. Travel nurses make significantly more money per hour then their contemporaries who work in just one hospital. Travel nurses do not get paid directly by the hospital they are working for. Typically the travel nursing agency collects and hands out the travel nurses salary.
Travel nurses love traveling. Through their jobs they can not only visit different parts of the country they can actually live and work in various parts of the country. They get to see how medical services differ from one part of the country to the next.
Travel nurses know that if and when they meet a co-worker that they don’t get along with, they know that it isn’t a big deal. They will only have to deal with them for a few months and then they will be moving onto a different location.
Travel nurses make lots and lots of new friends all over the county.
The average travel nurse enjoys excellent medical and dental benefits. In most situations agencies that specialize in travel nurses offer these medical and dental benefits to lure travel nurses to their agency. Some nursing agencies also have 401K plans.
Working as a travel nurse is an excellent way to build a fantastic resume. The things a nurse learns during their experience as a travel nurse will go a long way to obtaining a successful job in a home hospital when the nurse is ready to cease their nomadic ways. The people you meet working as a travel nurse will be valuable references, before completing a work assignment make sure you keep a record of names and phone numbers that you can use as references when you are ready to find a permanent nursing position.
Some travel nursing agencies offer their nurses an additional way to make some extra money by offering a bonus each time the nurse makes a successful referral. Because the travel nurse is constantly working at hospitals and medical facility’s that are full of brand new nurses the opportunity to encourage referrals is endless. Some agency’s also offer their travel nurses a completion bonus when a job has been finished.
Some times friends who have gone through nursing school together decide that travel nursing is something they can do together. Working in tandem means that the travel nurse always see familiar face no matter where they go.
Some travel nurses enjoy the experience of working in various parts of the country they decide to further their traveling careers by offering to work at missionaries and hospitals all over the world.
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GIL
Travel nursing is nursing that allows a nurse to work for a few months in one hospital before moving on to another hospital that is in a different part of the country. Hospitals and medical facility’s use travel nurses because they feel that they can benefit from the travel nurses expertise, to help get a new facility up and running, and to act as a mentor for a novice staff. But why would anybody become a travel nurse.
A huge reason nurses pursue travel nursing careers is the money. Travel nurses make significantly more money per hour then their contemporaries who work in just one hospital. Travel nurses do not get paid directly by the hospital they are working for. Typically the travel nursing agency collects and hands out the travel nurses salary.
Travel nurses love traveling. Through their jobs they can not only visit different parts of the country they can actually live and work in various parts of the country. They get to see how medical services differ from one part of the country to the next.
Travel nurses know that if and when they meet a co-worker that they don’t get along with, they know that it isn’t a big deal. They will only have to deal with them for a few months and then they will be moving onto a different location.
Travel nurses make lots and lots of new friends all over the county.
The average travel nurse enjoys excellent medical and dental benefits. In most situations agencies that specialize in travel nurses offer these medical and dental benefits to lure travel nurses to their agency. Some nursing agencies also have 401K plans.
Working as a travel nurse is an excellent way to build a fantastic resume. The things a nurse learns during their experience as a travel nurse will go a long way to obtaining a successful job in a home hospital when the nurse is ready to cease their nomadic ways. The people you meet working as a travel nurse will be valuable references, before completing a work assignment make sure you keep a record of names and phone numbers that you can use as references when you are ready to find a permanent nursing position.
Some travel nursing agencies offer their nurses an additional way to make some extra money by offering a bonus each time the nurse makes a successful referral. Because the travel nurse is constantly working at hospitals and medical facility’s that are full of brand new nurses the opportunity to encourage referrals is endless. Some agency’s also offer their travel nurses a completion bonus when a job has been finished.
Some times friends who have gone through nursing school together decide that travel nursing is something they can do together. Working in tandem means that the travel nurse always see familiar face no matter where they go.
Some travel nurses enjoy the experience of working in various parts of the country they decide to further their traveling careers by offering to work at missionaries and hospitals all over the world.
Natural Health, Weight Loss and Fitness Blog
GIL
Feb
4
When does the New Graduate Program for Nurses usually start in hospitals?
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takeisha asked:
I want to find a job as an entry-level nurse in a hospital here in San Fernando Valley in California. I would like to know when the New Grad Program usually start.. I heard they have it twice a year like Kaiser Permanente. But I would like to know when exactly..
I want to find a job as an entry-level nurse in a hospital here in San Fernando Valley in California. I would like to know when the New Grad Program usually start.. I heard they have it twice a year like Kaiser Permanente. But I would like to know when exactly..
And please.. what hospitals offer a great New Grad program for nurses? Thanx!
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