Careers in Registered Nursing

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This paper stresses that there are over 100,000 vacant positions for registered nurses in the U.S. today, and the demand continues to grow; consequently, the career outlook is excellent. The author points out that the health care community has responded to market reforms over the past few years with a number of economic initiatives, including physicians passing more tasks along to registered nurses in order to be more price-efficient. The paper relates that in many regions of the country, registered nurses may represent the only qualified health care that is available for hundreds of miles around; in these cases, having a trained and qualified RN available may well make the difference between life and death for many rural Americans, especially among the elderly and pregnant women.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Background and Overview
Wages and Benefits
Figure: 2001 Average Salary by Position in the U.S. :2005-2020
Current and Future Trends.
Figure: Number of Projected Open RN Positioned in the U.S. :2005-2020
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The great majority of professional (fully educated) nurses in all countries work in hospitals, and here their technical services have increased with advances in medical diagnosis and treatment. Intensive care units (ICUs) in large hospitals require many more highly trained nurses than the general wards, and such ICU units are increasing. The aging of the population, as people survive into the later decades of life, contributes to this increase. In addition, more institutional beds in almost all countries are being reserved for patients needing long-term care. Although much of this care is given by assistant nurses, regulations and custom demand their supervision by professional nurses. Future trends for registered nurses include expanded roles."

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