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A nurse is a health care professional that diagnoses, treats and prevents illness or injury. Discover more about a nursing career, including salaries, qualifications and specialties, from a nurse in this free video series about medical careers.
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Nurses can get into different fields of medical care, including obstetrics, pediatrics, internal medicine, geriatrics and infectious disease. Learn the different between registered nurses and licensed practical nurses with tips from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
The best-paying nursing careers are in hospitals, working in the emergency room or a psychiatric ward. Get information on how triaging patients and working long hours will pay more, from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
A neonatal nurse's duties include caring for premature babies or babies born with birth defects. Care for babies born after a 25-week gestation as a neonatal nurse with tips from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
Home health care careers include working with patients who are dying or recovering from an illness or surgery and need help with medical care. Find out how home health care workers provide comfort and support to patients with tips from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
The hottest medical careers currently include working as surgical technicians or radiologists. Perform ultrasounds or learn the anatomy and physiology of a surgical patient with a hot medical career using insight from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
A registered nurse can make between $28,000 and $35,000 a year depending on their field and specialty. Discover how pay for an RN will vary in different areas of the country with tips from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
Become a pediatric nurse by doing a pediatrics rotation in nursing school and focusing on working with sick or injured children. Apply for a job as a pediatric nurse with tips from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
There are many reasons for becoming a nurse, including a desire to help people and an interest in meeting a variety of people. Choose from a variety of nursing specialties with information from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
The classes required in nursing school to become a nurse, include anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and nutrition. Take classes on surgical practices, obstetrics, pediatrics and geriatrics to become a nurse with insight from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
A clinical nurse specialist is a nurse who focuses on the particular specialty of a clinic, for example, concentrating on the elderly, pediatrics or occupational medicine. Discover how a clinical nurse specialist is similar to a nurse practitioner with tips from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
A psychiatric nurse works on the psych ward of a hospital monitoring psychiatric patients that are mentally ill with a variety of personality disorders. Learn how a psychiatric nurse keeps psych patients from harming themselves or others with information from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
A registered nurse has either a Bachelor of Science and Nursing or an associates degree in nursing. Learn the difference in education level between a registered nurse and a licensed practical nurse with tips from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
Some tools used by nurses include a physiometer, an otoscope and an arkon used to test muscle function. Find out how nurses use their hands and a watch to take a patient's pulse with information from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.
A nurse is a health care professional that treats, prevents and educates individuals with chronic or acute illnesses or injuries. Focusing on recovery, the nursing profession is one of the most vital and noble medical careers. Nurses are there at birth, and they are there at death. However, the nursing career doesn't begin and end at the hospital. Many nurses work in medical research, community clinics, doctor's offices and their own clinics. To become a member of the nursing profession, certain requirements must be met. However, the most important qualification in nursing is the desire to help individuals. Thankfully, thousands of people choose to join this profession every year. Nurses are the largest group of providers in the health care system with over two million registered nurses. In this free video series on nursing careers, a licensed practical nurse explains the duties and requirements of being a nurse. Learn how much nurses make, what classes are required of nurses and what a nurse does on a daily basis. Find out about the hottest medical careers and learn about different types of nursing specialties. Anyone interested in becoming a nurse can benefit from the information provided in this free video series.
Concessa Hunziger Concessa Hunziger has been a nurse for more than 10 years. She is currently an licensed practical nurse at Heartland Occupational Medicine clinic in St. Joseph, Mo.dkdk
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