Registered Nurses
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- Rapid Growth
- Numerous Job Openings
Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.
What you’d do
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
- Administer medications to patients and monitor patients for reactions or side effects.
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Provide health care, first aid, immunizations, or assistance in convalescence or rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, or industry.
- Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate patient care plans.
- Direct or supervise less-skilled nursing or healthcare personnel or supervise a particular unit.
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
Skills that matter
- Social Perceptiveness
- Active Listening
- Coordination
- Critical Thinking
- Service Orientation
- Speaking
How to get there
Considerable preparation: most need a four-year bachelor's degree
Also called
- Charge Nurse
- Emergency Department RN (Emergency Department Registered Nurse)
- Operating Room Registered Nurse (OR RN)
- Staff Nurse
- Certified Operating Room Nurse (CNOR)
- Oncology RN (Oncology Registered Nurse)
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