The one career that is passionate about helping people is a Registered Nurse. Nurses have a lot of task to attend to throughout the day, but they always make sure the patient is take care of. This would require a lot of time and effort. Some people might say that the money is worth it. There are many reasons a person would want to become a Registered Nurse, but they do not know how serious this particular job really is.
Nursing started with the publication on the book called The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit in 1844. This book alone caused attention to the nursing care in England. In those times nurses were uneducated and passed down new learning to new generations every year. At a bleak point in history nursing was passed on to Florence Nightingale to reform nursing. She was a well-known scientist, who added more knowledge of the scientific portion too nursing. Nightingale also helped nursing become a more organized by splitting them up into two separate groups, lower class and upper class, and they worked together. Registered Nursing became known in the U.S. in 1910 at the University of Columbia, where Mary Adelaine, Isabel Steoalet, and nursing professors at Columbia University, made efforts to take nursing into the college or university setting.
In the U.S. today you must obtain a nursing license. Registered Nurses must graduate from an approved nursing program and also complete and pass the National Council License Examination for Registered Nursing. To certify for this test you must attend at least a four year college and have or received a bachelor’s or associates degree. Some nurse can also become certified through a professional association in some areas. Normally some would obtain a certificate from a hos...
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There is a shortage of all health care professions throughout the United States. One shortage in particular that society should be very concerned about is the shortage of Registered Nurses. Registered Nurses make up the single largest healthcare profession in the United States. A registered nurse is a vital healthcare professional that has earned a two or four year degree and has the upper-most responsibility in providing direct patient care and staff management in a hospital or other treatment facilities (Registered Nurse (RN) Degree and Career Overview., 2009). This shortage issue is imperative because RN's affect everyone sometime in their lifetime. Nurses serve groups, families and individuals to foster health and prevent disease.
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This is a research paper conducted on the very highly pursuited field of nursing. Nursing is a profession in the healthcare field that focuses or assisting others. Not to mention, nurses are heroes because of the many lives they save every day. This is an example that one doesn’t need tights or a cape to be a hero. Never the less, there are many reasons one may want to become nurse. Some of those reasons may be for personal gain or the greater good. However, before becoming a nurse one needs to be educated about educational requirements, licenses and certifications, projected salaries, and the projected job outlook for the next five – ten years for nursing. This research paper will provide thorough information on those four major aspects of
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“ People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”- Maya Angelou. The career I chose was registered nurse. I chose this career because it’s something I have always wanted to do even when I was little I wanted to be a nurse so it just stuck with me. Another reason why I am so interested in this career is because I love helping others and I see this career as a way for me to help a lot of people. In this speech i will be outlining the job description, preparation and some advantages and disadvantages of having a career as a registered nurse.
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