Archive for the ‘Careers’ Category
Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Tony Jacowski asked: Home Health Care BasicsHome health care nursing is a growing industry, with a large number of patients and their families opting for home-based health care. Today there are specific academic programs to train nurses in home care. There are also a number of agencies that place home ...
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
ROBYN KNAPP asked: NCSBN (National Council of the State Board of Nursing) does not have established guidelines for graduating students as to when to register. However, registering for the NCLEX examination and licensure during the month of the student's graduation is common. Note that registering to take the examination and ...
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Josh Stone asked: Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families and communities in attaining, re-attaining and maintaining optimal health and functioning. Modern definitions of nursing define it as a science and an art that focuses on promoting quality of life as defined by persons and families, throughout their ...
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Sunday, December 6th, 2009
Grant Eckert asked: Travel nursing is a wonderful way to merge the nursing profession that you love, with a fondness for travel, meeting new people, and gaining new experiences. You can travel to and work in different locations and medical facilities around the country as a travel nurse or as ...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
A Nutt asked: Travel nurses are healthcare professionals such as registered nurses or therapists who travel to various locations to work for certain portions of the year. They usually work up to four travel jobs per year. A travel nurse can work in any region in the United States and ...
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Stephanie Larkin asked: The nursing shortage in the United States is estimated between 340,000 to over a million nurses. Many of the nurses that are leaving the field are management and faculty nurses needed by nursing schools for training the new crop of nursing graduates. Many of these upper level ...
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Craig Elliott asked: General Outlook for NursesThe outlook for individuals considering entering the nursing field is excellent. Registered nurses, or RN's, make up the largest number of health care workers in the country. In addition, registered nurses will make up one of the fasted growing population of workers in all ...
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
Rita Henry asked: Quick, name the city in the United States that offers nurses the most career opportunities. If you guessed New York City, you hit the nail on the head. In 2005, there were nearly 70,000 jobs for skilled nurses in New York City. But there's more to the ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
Josh Stone asked: The medical field has always offered great career opportunities and provides not only job security but favorable incomes. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Registered Nursing is the number 1 Career in the Top Ten Occupations with the Largest Job Growth.Nurses promote health, prevent disease, and ...
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Sunday, September 20th, 2009
Kris Koonar asked: The all time noble and respectable profession of nursing is fast becoming a lucrative career. The last decade has witnessed a huge deficit in the supply of trained nurses to the increasing demand in different health establishments. Nursing as a full fledged profession provides job satisfaction and ...
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