| A good nurse doesn't pursue a nursing because they | | | | RN's |
| are lured by the promise of huge paychecks. Good | | | | Office nurses are nurses who work in a doctor's |
| nurses don't work towards a career in nursing | | | | office. Most office nurses are responsible for |
| because they are convinced that they will be able to | | | | administering medications to patients,prepping the |
| work short shifts that will leave them lots of time to | | | | patient for their examine, and helping to dress wounds. |
| spend with their families. | | | | Because office nurses generally work in doctor's |
| Good nurses don't become nurses because they are | | | | offices, they tend to have a fairly routine work |
| looking for careers that require a limited amount of | | | | schedule, that seldom changes from one day |
| manual labor. Good nurses don't become nurses | | | | Another type of nurse is a home nurse. A home nurse |
| because they feel that nursing will be easier then | | | | is a nurse who goes into someone who needs medical |
| becoming a doctor. Nurses become nurses because | | | | attention (often the elderly) and sees to their medical |
| they are compelled to help sick and injured patients. | | | | needs. In some cases a home nurse will even move |
| There are several things that need to happen before a | | | | into their patients home, until the patient no longer |
| person can become a nurse. The first thing they have | | | | needs their services. Some home nurses work as |
| to do is become enrolled in a educational program that | | | | midwifes, and will help parents deliver their children in |
| specializes in nursing. There is currently a shortage of | | | | the comfort of their own home. |
| educational nursing programs which can make it | | | | Hospital nurses are, by definition, nurses who work in |
| difficult for potential nurses to get in. If you are | | | | hospitals. Although some hospital nurses work a |
| somebody who is interested in pursuing a career in | | | | rotating shift that lets them work in several different |
| nursing you will want to apply to enroll in a nursing | | | | departments, but a majority of hospital nurses decide |
| program as early as possible. | | | | to go into specialized areas of medicine such as |
| Once the student has been accepted into an | | | | pediatrics, surgery, or emergency. |
| educational nursing program the student can choose to | | | | Registered nurses are nurses that access and record |
| pursue a variety of degrees including; an associate | | | | patients reactions and symptoms, and reactions. Once |
| degree, a bachelors degree, a masters degree, or | | | | they become registered, nurses are free to pursue |
| even a nursing doctorate. | | | | careers in the hospital, home or office. |
| Registered nurses are nurses that access and record | | | | Nurses who are interested in becoming travel nurses |
| patients reactions and symptoms, and reactions. Once | | | | are required to be RN's.Travel nurses have to spend |
| they become registered, nurses are free to pursue | | | | one year working at a hospital before most agencies |
| careers in the hospital, home or office. Nurses who are | | | | will accept their application. The year they spend |
| interested in becoming travel nurses are required to be | | | | working should be in their chosen field. |