| #ffffff;" /> | | | | have a plethora of career opportunities open to her |
| In order to get the best jobs in the nursing profession | | | | and will never have to worry about job stability. Most |
| you have to be a registered nurse. You can do so by | | | | registered nurses find themselves recruited to major |
| obtaining a nursing diploma which takes 3 years or a | | | | hospitals that are always short of qualified nurses. |
| bachelor’s degree in nursing from a recognized | | | | Registered nurses are always better paid than their |
| school of nursing. The degree however takes 4 years | | | | counterparts and can find themselves very lucratively |
| to complete and can only be taken from a university | | | | employed soon after passing their diploma in nursing |
| that offers this course. The nursing diploma on the | | | | school. |
| other hand is very popular and is usually the | | | | Nurses who have gone through university and |
| qualification most nurses seek since it can be acquired | | | | obtained their bachelor’s degree are on an |
| from a hospital. | | | | even better footing due to their training and |
| The job of a registered nurse is senior to that of | | | | qualifications which go much further than that of the |
| licensed practical nurses or nursing assistant. A | | | | diploma nursing certificate. Nurses with degrees can go |
| registered nurse is called upon to perform various | | | | into research or highly placed administrative positions |
| tasks and these include not only the treating of | | | | with even more benefits. This is in view of the fact |
| patients but also attend to documenting the medical | | | | that the Bachelor’s Degree course held in |
| history of a patient, assist in the performance of tests, | | | | universities makes sure that the would be nurses are |
| analyze results, offer advice and emotional support to | | | | trained in leadership, communication, critical thinking etc. |
| the family members whenever necessary, assist in the | | | | which makes them ideal candidates for administrative |
| performance of surgery, give saline and injections and | | | | posts. |
| hundreds of other work which needs many registered | | | | The diploma in nursing too has its advantages such as |
| nurses to carry out in a busy hospital. | | | | being able to apply to entry-level positions in nursing |
| While being employed as a nurse can be very | | | | which will allow a nurse to work towards the |
| rewarding, it does have its drawbacks and any would | | | | bachelor’s degree in nursing by taking |
| be nurse must be quite sure that she is ready to face | | | | advantage of the reimbursement benefits that are |
| the enormous challenges she has ahead of her. A | | | | offered. However in view of the different rules and |
| registered nurses’ life is definitely not a bed of | | | | regulations in each state, its always better to carry out |
| roses and she will be called upon to make many | | | | some research to find out if its necessary to get |
| sacrifices in her personal life to become a truly | | | | through a national licensing exam to become a |
| professional nurse. | | | | registered nurse. |
| Anyone who is employed as a registered nurse will | | | | |