With an aging population a career as a nursing educator promises a career path that will give you the opportunity to combine your knowledge of nursing with your desire to teach upcoming nurses. Many potential nursing candidates are unable to apply to some schools because of a shortage of nursing educators. Read the rest of this entry »
A Nursing Educator is a Good Career Choice
March 9th, 2010The Ultimate Guide to Nursing Entrance Exams
November 17th, 2009A nursing career continues to be an ideal profession that offers growth opportunities even in an economy that is still suffering. There is an ongoing need for nurses in a variety of disciplines in spite of the economic downturn. After all, people continue to have children, require surgeries and become ill, recession or no.
Nursing not only offers an excellent career path but gives you the flexibility to juggle family, school and other pursuits while still doing your job! Not many careers offer such a rewarding and satisfying profession while giving you that opportunity.
There are a huge number of specialties a nurse can pursue, but all nursing careers require basic training and all start with nursing entrance examinations.
Here is a complete run-down on all of the major Nursing Entrance Exams, plus exam tips, how to prepare yourself mentally for an exam and how to answer multiple choice questions.
What are Licensed Vocational Nurses?
October 31st, 2009
A Licensed Vocational Nurse or LVN normally works under the supervision of a physician or a Registered Nurse, but the duties and licensing vary from state to state. Generally the program is approximately twelve to fourteen months depending on the state for licensure and is a stepping stone to becoming a registered nurse.
The LVN training includes courses that prepares the student for nursing and familiarizes them with the respiratory system, the reproductive system, the endocrine system, immunology, oncology, the cardiovascular system, the gastrointestinal system, the integumentary system, the musculoskeletal system, oncology, obstetrics and pediatrics to name a few. Read the rest of this entry »
Nursing Career: Is It for You?
October 29th, 2009
Looking for that perfect career, one that helps others while keeping you employed in somehting you enjoy doing? Maybe nursing is for you.
By definition, nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.”
The number of nurses is as high as 2.5 million, the largest accounted workforce is made up with nurses in the clinical healthcare industry, which has be recorded and documented by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Read the rest of this entry »
Nurses for Africa
October 29th, 2009
Nurse Theresa Poole spent her days this month offering health screening and medications as a volunteer in the Republic of Zambia. She delivered analgesics to suffering patients and taught HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
Chicago’s Nurses for Africa program offers the nursing scholarships for young African women.
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Illinois programs tackle Africa’s nursing shortage
LPN Training and Jobs
October 26th, 2009In order to get the LPN certification at the end of the LPN training program students in the US must sit and pass the NCLEX-PN licensing examination (the LPN exam ) that is operated by their State Board of Nursing . … is a qualified LPN and can then commence work as a practical nurse .
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LPN Training | LPN Jobs | LPN Careers | LPN Employment
What is a Nurse Anesthetist?
October 26th, 2009
A Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist or CRNA must have a Bachelors Degree and be a Registered Nurse with a minimum of one year of experience as an acute care nurse. It requires a graduate program that takes between two to three years to complete and although it is not a Masters Degree, you will be almost through a Masters Program with this program. Read the rest of this entry »
What Makes a Candidate for Nurse Anesthetist
October 23rd, 2009What makes a candidate perfect for Nurse Anesthesia? This kismet for the candidates has been occupying my mind for more than this past week. Personally I have spent years positioning myself to do well in preparation for anesthesia practice and now as a faculty member in a great teaching institution I am challenged to keep growing and setting the standard for the students and potential students to rise to. That is why I write now dear reader to tell you what it takes to prepare for Nurse Anesthesia School and eventual Nurse Anesthesia practice. This is no small undertaking. If you will allow me to share with you both personal and professional opinions about “getting in and doing well” in the profession of Nurse Anesthesia practice you will note that these are my opinions and do not represent any official word from any program.
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Candidates for Nurse Anesthetist
Career as a Home Health Aide
October 22nd, 2009
One nursing alternative that many people find extremely gratifying as a career is working as a home health aide. These professionals do many of the same types of work as regular nurses–and even doctors–but in people’s homes. Primarily their clients are the elderly and those with long-term disabilities and / or illnesses. Home health aides are employed by either a health care agency or a hospital.
A home health aide provides many different services for clients. For instance, they might give baths or massages and change the client’s bandages if needed. They might help clients do exercises, get dressed, and get out of and into bed. Health aides also make sure their clients take medicine when they’re supposed to (although they can’t prescribe drugs). Read the rest of this entry »