Nursing

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Shawn Thomas asked:


Today it is clear that the old fashioned image of a nurse no longer holds true. Thanks to the popularity of new medical dramas and sitcoms, people are seeing the field of nursing in a whole new light. We will now look at a few nursing positions that have attracted people from all backgrounds into the field of nursing.

A nurse case manager is a nurse that specializes in tailoring and coordinating health resources and service to an individual’s specific illness or health concern. Though nurse case managers can work for various types of organizations, such as insurance companies, third party administrators, and vocational rehabilitation companies, their ultimate goal is the same. Nurse case managers are brought in to ensure that a patient gets the best care at a reasonable cost.

Nurse educators are the professors of the nursing field, and usually work as consultants. However, the position is primarily designed to teach clinical practices to new nurses and nursing students; and, ensures that practicing nurses maintain their competencies. Similar to other educators, nurse educators spend most of their time working on lesson plans, instructing, evaluating, researching, and helping others solve clinical problems. Though this is a rewarding career path, some nurse educators miss working directly with patients, and are overloaded with paperwork. Those in this position typically work for nursing programs at hospitals, colleges, universities, or staff development organizations.

Though probably not as exciting as it is portrayed on television, forensic nurses use clinical practices and training to help with investigations. Typically services are needed in cases that involve sexual assault, abuse, trauma, and accidental or unexplained deaths. The biggest drawback of this position is that it is new so there are not as many positions available as there are in other nursing fields. Forensic nurses will usually work for a medical examiner, coroner, municipality, or insurance company.

Rehabilitation nurses work exclusively with patients who have illnesses or disabilities that have altered their way of life. So, it is the task of the rehabilitation nurse to help these patients regain their normal way of life. These nurses become extremely close to their patients and share in all of their accomplishments. However, they are usually brought in for extreme cases; so, they deal with their patient’s emotional health, and may have to assistant patients with depression and grief in order for them to progress physically. Usually these nurses work for hospitals, long term care facilities, and special hospitals such as burn clinics.

Since productivity is directly linked to employee health, many employers have decided to retain their own nurses. Occupational or employee health nurses focus on preventing injury, administering non-surgical medical attention and consultation, and assisting in worker’s compensation claims. These nurses may also be responsible for making sure the organization maintains accurate OSHA records and standards, promoting health and wellness, and spotting health hazards within working conditions. The unique thing about occupational health nurses is that the type of health issues you handle will depend on the functions of your organization. For example, corporate occupational health nurses will give physicals and focus on keeping employees working. Those who work for municipalities may find themselves giving trainings, working closely with police and paramedics, or consulting on worker’s compensation claims.

A similar type of nurse as the occupational nurse is the school nurse. Nearly every school in America employs a school nurse, at least part time. This can be a rewarding career for those who love children. You will play a role in teaching and promoting general wellness and a healthy lifestyle as well as dealing with scrapes, tummy aches and the occasional serious emergency.

Trauma nurses treat patients in emergency situations. It is imperative that they use quick thinking and sound judgment to stabilize patients, typically using little or no background information or previous medical history. The biggest challenge to these nurses is that every situation and every day is filled with stress and pressure. Yet, they must overcome obstacles such as language barriers in a matter of minutes. Trauma nurses usually work in emergency centers and specialty hospitals.

Nurse practitioner is a specialty that requires an advanced level of nursing skills. These nurses perform tasks that involve diagnosing, ordering lab and other tests, prescribing medicine, and monitoring patient status. Although these nurses are similar to actual physicians they may face opposition from their colleagues and patients who are unaware of their level of skills. And, they are able to find work at almost any health related organization.

Understand that this is only a few of the career paths in the expanding world of nursing specialties. It is important to note that all of these positions will require a nursing degree and/or certification. If you are interested in any nursing specialty, you should talk to one or more people in that position and in the industry to get a realistic picture of what the position is like. Though there are several types of nursing specialties, not every path is right for everyone.



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rachel asked:


Just wanted to ask; if you become an RN specialising in adult nursing can you still do childrens nursing and vice versa by just doing a short course or do you need to complete the full 3 years again?
Thanks x

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Sandy Darson asked:


If you are searching for a new and exciting career, or a second career, then you should definitely take a look at a career in nursing. A career in nursing has more benefits today than it offered 20 years ago. Nurses today are constantly changing the healthcare industry, by consistently challenging the methodology, ideology, and overall practice of medicine. A career in nursing provides a rewarding experience and you can you can end each day knowing you helped make a difference in somebody’s life. Nurses are also needed in many industries aside from the traditional jobs in a hospital or doctor’s office.

In today’s job market, the best thing about a career in nursing is the fact that nurses are in such high demand. Nursing positions can be found in almost every state. There are many different positions available in various types of organizations, from insurance firms to universities. Nurses are also needed throughout the world rather a few types of organizations. Nurses are in such great demand that you can decide to take a break from your career and easily find a job whenever you are ready to return. As baby boomers enter retirement age, and people live longer in general, the need for nurses should only grow stronger for years to come.

However, being a nurse is much more than just being in demand. Nursing has a wide array of specialties. Therefore, you have the freedom of working in multitude of capacities throughout your career. New and emerging specialties such as holistic nursing, forensic nursing, and occupational nursing are constantly expanding upon what it means to be a nurse today. Nurses are also breaking into managerial, leadership, and financial roles like never before. You can decide to start in traditional nursing; later, try your hand at forensic nursing; then, move into a leadership or managerial position. Then there is the ability to start your own business as a consultant or an in-home healthcare professional; two industries that are growing at unprecedented rates right now. Besides, few other occupations allow a person the level of opportunities that a career in nursing can offer. The opportunity for advancement in nursing can rarely be duplicated in any other profession.

Nurses also benefit from having flexible schedules. Nurses can choose to work a variety of different shifts including 4, 8, 10, or 12 hour days. With the ability to work weekdays, weekends only, or a combination, nursing is quickly becoming the preferred occupation of parents, especially single parents who need flexible schedules. Not to mention, the freedom to work part time, full time, or the ability to change your schedule entirely as needed.

Starting salaries for new nurses is nothing to laugh at either. Though the salaries depend largely on the city and state that you are in, the median starting salary for registered nurses is close to $50,000 a year and there are always opportunities to work over-time.

Nurses are also encouraged to continue learning their craft through training and continuing their education. The nursing profession is constantly changing and evolving; so staying on top of new trends, techniques, and laws can only be beneficial to you. Luckily, there are enormous training opportunities available for nurses. A nurse’s employer often pays for these training opportunities.

Nurses also benefit from having a strong support system. Almost every nursing specialty has its own trade association. These resources serve nurses tirelessly, by providing and informing them of training opportunities for their specialty and general nursing, alerting them to job opportunities within their field; and, giving them a outlet to exchange challenges and ideas with their peers. These support systems also strive to prevent nurses from burning out by stressing the importance of a nurse’s need take care of him or herself. A nurse should also stay on top of the new laws that become a part of the healthcare industry along with the latest innovations in nursing tools and hospital equipment. Nurses can easily find the support they need because nurses are known for helping each other.

Then there is the level of job satisfaction. Most nurses cherish the fact that they spend their days helping people who need and appreciate their skills. Patients usually spend more time with their nurses than they do with their physicians. In many cases, nurses are able to not only translate medical jargon for patients, but also help patients feel better about their condition and/or treatment options. Nurses, provide comfort to patients and their families in difficult times.

Though nursing is not an easy profession, and you are likely to experience a faced paced, hectic, work environment. Being a nurse means making sick children feel better, bringing a smile to elderly patients, and helping families in crisis. You remember these experiences for the rest of your life. Becoming a nurse is a very rewarding career choice and you are able to help many people in many different ways.



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sweetteafilms asked:

Tavin books a mowin’ job at the Nursing Home and gets more than he bargained for!

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drturbatus asked:

More info at http://www.restlessnursesyndrome.com Doctor Turbatus is confronted by an investigative reporter about the validity of his research into Restless Nurse Syndrome. Will the truth come out? Is this the end of Dr. Turbatus?

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anirban das asked:


Nursing is a noble profession and requires as much dedication as that of a doctor. A nurse is the primary care-giver to a patient and contributes in the safe recovery of patients. Good nurses are always in demand. Any medical service is incomplete without nursing. Whether it is the general wards or the operation theater, the role of trained nurses is paramount everywhere. Nursing includes various responsibilities, such as maintaining patients’ records, dispensing medication, setting up the equipments of an operation theater and many other routine jobs. As specialized duties, nurses are required to take care of psychiatric or pediatric patients.

 

In fact, these days, Indian nurses have good career opportunities abroad too. India is seen as a talent pool of skilled nurses. The nursing course can be done at both degree and diploma levels. B.Sc Nursing is a popular course and available at various reputed universities and institutes. There are many nursing courses and nursing colleges in India. Nursing training includes both theory and practical.

 

Taking care of the sick and the infirm people is no mean task. It requires patience and kind-heartedness beyond comparison. Probably, this is the reason why t his profession is dominated by women. The name of nurse Florence Nightingale became a part of history when she served patients in the Crimean War.

 

At the beginning of the service, a nurse is mainly trusted with the bedside care of patients. As time passes by and she gains more experience, she can specialize in the management of patients in a particular section like Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Cardiology, for which specialized skills are required.

 

The eligibility to pursue a Bachelor’s nursing course is that one should have completed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as mandatory subjects. For a postgraduate course in Nursing, one should have successfully completed a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Subsequently, the eligibility required for doing a Ph. D in Nursing is the successful completion of Postgraduate degree in Nursing. There are around 500 nurses training institutes in India that admit about 10,000 students every year. The minimum age of admission is seventeen years.

 

One can pursue a course at Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education Research in Chandigarh, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College Of Nursing in Delhi, Jamia Hamdard Rufaida School of Nursing in Delhi, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in

New Delhi, Institute of Health Sciences in Mangalore, besides many other institutes.

Acharya Institute Of Health And Sciences is affiliated to the prestigious University at Bangalore. The institute offers degree level graduate and postgraduate course in nursing. B.Sc Nursing is a full-time four-year course which includes the following subjects: Kannada, Sociology, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Basic Principles and Practice of Nursing, General Psychology, Educational Psychology, Microbiology, Introduction to Community and Health Nursing. M.Sc Nursing is a full time two-year course which includes the following: Medical Surgical Nursing, Community Health Nursing, Paediatric Nursing, Advanced Concepts of Health & Nursing, Biological & Psychological Foundation of Nursing, Education & Nursing Education, Biostatics, Research Methodology & Nursing Research.

 

Sacred Heart School of Nursing based in Jalandhar, Punjab offers a full time 3-year Diploma of General Nursing & Midwifery to train the students in the field of General Nursing & Midwifery. The eligibility to appear for eh entrance exam is obtaining a minimum of 45% marks in 12th class. An entrance examination is conducted for the eligible candidates. Oral interview and verification of original certificates is conducted for those candidates who qualify in the entrance examination.

After the completion of the course, one joins as Staff Nurse in hospitals, clinics and nursing homes. One can become a staff nurse irrespective of whether one holds the B.Sc. degree or the Diploma certificate. The main difference is reflected in the number of increments and the duration between the promotions. After the initial course, a nurse can specialize in fields such as Psychiatric Nursing, Pediatric Nursing, Operation Theatre Nursing, Cancer Treatment Nursing and Neo-natal Nursing.

A good nurse would have inherent qualities like patience, perseverance, responsibility and punctuality. On the job, a successful nurse develops qualities such as organizational skills, flexibility and the ability to make observations and quick decision making. Alertness of mind and team spirit are also required to tackle emergency situations.

Demand for trained nurses is very high in India as well as abroad. Nurses can get good jobs in schools, health departments, orphanages, old age homes, defense, industrial houses etc. One could also opt to join a training institute as an educator. In countries such as the UK, the US and the Middle East, nurses get paid very handsomely. In fact, India is the largest supplier of nurses to the world.

 

The starting salary of a nurse ranges between Rs.10,000 to Rs.12,000 per month. In state-run hospitals, they also get certain allowances like uniform allowance, house rent allowance, washing allowance, Government accommodation and free medical treatment



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AssociatedPress asked:

More mentally ill people are being put in nursing homes nationwide alongside older patients, sometimes with tragic results. In Chicago, a 77-year-old man with Alzheimer’s was fatally beaten, allegedly by his mentally-ill roommate. (March 23)

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hannahdemarco asked:

I’m a 19 year old nursing student and this is my journy, the good, the bad, and the ugly through nursing school! Night before first day of clinicals! Heres the link to Confessions # 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVq3jpuIMXI&feature=channel_page

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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 life experiences from birth to care at the end of life.

In pre-modern times, nuns and the military often provided nursing services. The religious and military roots of modern nursing remain in evidence today. For example, in Britain, senior female nurses are known as “Sisters”. In recent times in the US and Canada many nurses are flowing back into working in a “religious” field through “Parish Nursing”. These nurses work within a church community to perform health education, counseling, provide referrals to community support agencies, and connect volunteers from the church community with those in need of assistance.

Nurses acknowledge that the nursing profession is an essential part of the society from which it has grown. The authority for the practice of nursing is based upon a social contract that delineates professional rights and responsibilities as well as mechanisms for public accountability. The practice of nursing involves altruistic behavior, is guided by nursing research and is governed by a code of ethics.

Nursing continues to develop a wide body of knowledge and associated skills. There are a number of educational paths to becoming a professional nurse but all involve extensive study of nursing theory and practice and training in clinical skills.

In almost all countries, nursing practice is defined and governed by law and entrance to the profession is regulated by national, state, or territorial boards of nursing.

The American Nurses’ Association (1980) has defined nursing as “the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual or potential health problems.” Just as medical diagnoses help in the planning, implementing, and evaluation of medical care, Nursing diagnoses help in the planning, implementing, and evaluation of nursing care.

Like other maturing disciplines, nursing has developed different theories that are aligned with diverging philosophical beliefs and paradigms or worldviews. Nursing theories help nurses to direct their activities in order to accomplish specific goals with people. Nursing is a knowledge based discipline committed to the betterment of humankind. Nursing has not only developed into a profession, but an art as well.

Nursing is the most diverse of all healthcare professions. It is a universal role appearing in some form in every culture.

Nursing may be divided into different specialties or classifications. In the U.S., there are a large number of specialties within nursing. Professional organizations or certifying boards issue voluntary certification in many of these areas.

These specialties encompass care throughout the human lifespan based upon patient needs. Many nurses who choose a specialty become certified in that area, signifying that they possess expert knowledge of the specialty. There are over 200 nursing specialties and sub-specialties. Certified nurses often earn a salary differential over their non-certified colleagues, and studies from the Institute of Medicine have demonstrated that specialty certified nurses have higher rates of patient satisfaction, as well as lower rates of work-related errors in patient care.

Nurses practice in a wide range of settings from hospitals to visiting people in their homes and caring for them in schools to research in pharmaceutical companies. Nurses work in occupational health settings (also called industrial health settings), free-standing clinics and physician offices, nurse-run clinics, long-term care facilities, and camps. Nurses work on cruise ships and in military service. They act as advisors and consultants to the healthcare and insurance industries. Some nurses are attorneys and others work with attorneys as legal nurse consultants, reviewing patient records to assure that adequate care was provided and testifying in court. In many cities, nurses can even enter their names in a “registry” and work a wide variety of temporary jobs.

In the modern world, there are a large number of specialities within nursing:

Ambulatory care nursing

Advanced practice nursing

Behavioral health nursing

Camp nursing

Cardiac nursing

Cardiac catheter laboratory nursing

Case management

Clinical nurse specialist

Clinical research nurse

Community health nursing

Correctional nursing

Critical care nursing

Developmental disabilities nursing

District nursing

Emergency nursing

Environmental Health nursing

Flight nursing

Forensic nursing

Gastroenterology nursing

Genetics nursing

Geriatric nursing

Health visiting

Hematology oncology nursing

HIV/AIDS nursing

Home health nursing

Hospice nursing

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Nursing

Intavenous therapy nursing

Infectious disease nursing

Legal nursing

Legal Nurse Investigator

Maternal-child nursing

Medical-surgical nursing

Military and uniformed services nursing, including Public Health Service

Neonatal nursing

Neuro-surgical nursing

Nurse anesthetist

Nurse-midwife

Nurse practitioner

Nursing educator

Nursing informatics

Nursing management

Obstetrics gynecology nursing

Occupational health nursing

Oncology nursing

Operating room nursing

Orthopaedic nursing

Ostomy nursing

Pain management and palliative care nursing

Pediatric nursing

Perianesthesia nursing

Perioperative nursing

Plastic and reconstructive surgical nursing

Private duty nursing

Psychiatric or mental health nursing

Public health

Pulmonary nursing

Quality improvement

Radiology nursing

Rehabilitation nursing

Renal dialysis nursing

Renal nursing

Research

School nursing

Sub-acute nursing

Substance abuse nursing

Tele-medicine nursing

Telemetry nursing

Telephone triage nursing

Transplantation nursing

Travel nursing

Urology nursing

Utilization management

Wound care

Professional organizations or certifying boards issue voluntary certification in many of these specialties.

Nursing assistant skills are the set of learned tasks used in helping residents or patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) and providing bedside care–including basic nursing procedures–under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).

In today’s hospitals and extended care facillities a nurse assistant is an important part of a healthcare team that includes many personnel outside of nurses. In the quest to make a profit from providing care many hospitals in the United States have reduced their nurse to patient ratios, requiring one nurse to take care of as many as twelve or fourteen patients at a time. In order for good care to be provided to those patients a nurse assistant is needed to provide the routine care so that the nurse can focus on tasks only he/she can do, such as care plans, nursing assessments, administering medication, and assist in surgery room preparation. The nurse assistant must not only be very skilled in the actual procedures being performed but must also be able to make quick observations of a patient’s condition and report that information back to the nurse. Since the nurse cannot spend large amounts of time in the room with the patient, the nurse assistant is known as the nurse’s “eyes and ears”.

A nurse assistant must also have a strong grasp of emergency procedures and be able to stay calm in stressful situations. They must be able to initiate a Code Blue and be well-drilled in CPR.



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