| With almost 2.6M registered nurses (RN)
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| | the nurse aids childbearing women. It
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| in the United States, nursing is now the
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| | starts during the preconception stage and
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| largest health care profession in the
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| | goes through the prenatal, labor and
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| country. If you think that hospitals are
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| | delivery. Postpartum period care is also
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| the only place a nurse could be found,
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| | included in her duties. The nurse also
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| you are certainly misled. Public health
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| | provides family planning counseling as
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| agencies, communities, ambulatory care
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| | well as gynecological care for women.
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| centers and other places where health
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| | C. Case Manager
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| care services are rendered also commonly
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| | Over time, a nurse can become a nurse
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| have nurses employed.
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| | case manager. In this position, the nurse
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| 1. The Nursing Practice
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| | will be involved in the process of
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| Nursing covers a wide area of practice.
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| | organizing as well as coordinating the
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| It includes
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| | resources and services of an entire group
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| - Childcare
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| | of nurses, such as an entire hospital.
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| - Elderly care
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| | D. Nurse Educator
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| - Services for pregnant women
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| | This is also a position a nurse could get
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| - Services for newborn infants
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| | involved with. Educating people about
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| - Specialty area - injury nursing
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| | proper health care needs and procedures
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| - Specialty area - cancer nursing
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| | would be the basic tasks for this
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| - Specialty area - forensic nursing
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| | position. A Nurse Practitioner on the
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| 2. Choose Your Nursing Program
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| | other hand conducts physical exams on
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| The first step to be a nurse is to
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| | patients, conducts diagnoses and provides
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| graduate from a nursing program. This
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| | treatments. A nurse practitioner could
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| would enable you to take a state
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| | also write prescriptions and could also
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| licensure examination. In the US, more
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| | manage patients with chronic conditions
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| than 1500 nursing programs are offered.
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| | such as diabetics and those with
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| Three of these programs prepare you in
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| | hypertension.
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| assuming different tasks once you
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| | E. Nurse Anesthetist
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| graduate.
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| | A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
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| A. A Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
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| | assists during operations. They give
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| This is a four-year curriculum offered in
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| | anesthesia to the patients before and
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| colleges and universities. A graduate of
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| | after the operation.
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| this course has the advantage of learning
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| | There are also various specialty nursing
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| health care settings that includes
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| | programs that would help you specialize
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| leadership and management. A degree in
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| | in a specific area. Radiology Nursing,
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| BSN is preferred and often required in
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| | Rehabilitation Nursing, AIDS Care
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| many fields of nursing.
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| | Nursing, and Forensic Nursing are few of
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| B. Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
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| | these specialty areas. Radiology Nurses
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| This is a 2 to 3 year program offered in
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| | are concerned with patients that undergo
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| community college as well as in junior
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| | diagnosis in radiology imaging
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| collages. This program prepares the
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| | environments. It also includes
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| student in handling direct patient care.
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| | Ultrasonography, magnetic resonance and
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| C. Hospital Diploma
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| | radiation oncology. Rehabilitation Nurses
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| This is a 2 to 3 year program that is
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| | or Psychiatric Nurses takes on providing
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| based in hospitals.
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| | physical and emotional support both to
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| 3. Nursing Positions
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| | the patient and their families. They deal
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| Now that you've covered the basics, let's
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| | with patients having mental incapacities.
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| take a closer look on some of the nursing
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| | An AIDS Care Nurse manages the physical,
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| positions you can occupy. These positions
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| | psychological, spiritual and social needs
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| are based on your experience and
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| | of a patient suffering with AIDS. A
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| education.
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| | Forensic Nurse works in a different
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| A. Entry-level nursing position
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| | environment with other nurses. They work
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| This is the Staff Nurse Position. The
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| | with the law enforcement officials to
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| nurse takes on making judgments based on
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| | help in the investigation of crimes like
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| scientific knowledge. You have to rely on
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| | sexual assault and accidental death. They
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| procedures and standardized care plans.
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| | also help in the treatment of the victims
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| B. Certified Mid-wife
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| | of these crimes.
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| This is a specialty nurse position where
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