| Qualified nurses are in highly demand in the health | | | | well, not only in the hospital environment but also in |
| care market. Throughout the years, the field of | | | | the community setting such as attached to a health |
| nursing has brought millions and millions of people | | | | centre or in nursing homes. An inherent part of the |
| above the average paying jobs. There has never a | | | | role of an adult nurse is the promotion of health |
| more exciting time to join the nursing profession. As | | | | through education, the prevention of disease and the |
| a nurse it is possible to work in, among others, | | | | care, sustenance and rehabilitation of adults |
| hospitals, clinics, nursing and residential homes, | | | | undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic regimes. You |
| occupational health services, voluntary organizations | | | | may take extra courses to specialize in areas such as |
| that run hospices or residential care and the | | | | cancer care, women's health, accident and |
| pharmaceutical industry. Nurses also work in the | | | | emergency, critical care, practice nursing, health |
| prison service, university education, on leisure cruise | | | | visiting or school nursing. |
| ships or for the armed forces. | | | | Children's Nursing |
| Nurse Qualification | | | | If you specialized in children nursing, you will work to |
| It is possible to take either a diploma or degree | | | | take care of children and young people, from |
| course to qualify as a nurse. You can choose to go | | | | newborn to adolescence. Because children react to |
| to traditional class-based courses or getting your | | | | illness in a very different way to adults, your trained |
| diploma or degree online through online nursing | | | | skill in children nursing will help you to understand their |
| program. You will learn the basic principal in nursing in | | | | particular needs. |
| first year; you will then specialize in an emphasis field | | | | Learning Disability Nursing |
| such as adult, children's, mental health or | | | | As a nurse specialized in learning disability nursing, you |
| learning disability nursing. Diploma courses will normally | | | | will help those with learning disabilities to live |
| take 3 years to complete and a degree nursing | | | | independent and fulfilling lives. You will need to work |
| courses may need 3 to 4 years. | | | | with a group of people with learning disability, living |
| Receive Licensure As Registered Nurse | | | | together and provider 24 hours support to this group. |
| Once you graduate from nursing college or university, | | | | Mental Health Nursing |
| you are required to undergo an examination before | | | | Trends in modern living have increased pressures for |
| receiving licensure as a registered nurse in the United | | | | many members of society that may cause may of |
| States. The examination is called NCLEX-RN or the | | | | mental health issues. You as a mental health nurse will |
| National Council Licensure Examination for Registered | | | | need to work with psychiatrists, social workers and |
| Nurses, this examination has been developed to test | | | | others to co-ordinate the care of people suffering |
| your competence in the profession of nursing before | | | | from mental illness. |
| practicing. | | | | In Summary |
| Nurse Career Fields | | | | As a registered nurse specialized in your field of |
| Once you are qualified as registered nurse, you can | | | | interest, you have a wide variety of career |
| start your career in various nursing fields based on | | | | opportunities to start with. The health market is |
| your specialization, among the common nursing fields | | | | always in demand for nurses, that mean your have a |
| are: | | | | bright career future once your get your qualification |
| Adult Nursing | | | | as a nurse. |
| Adult nursing involves caring for adults, both sick and | | | | |