Career Research Project
My career goal is to become a nurse
because I really want to help coordinate the patient care performed by other
members of a health care team. Becoming a nurse is also a big part of my long
term goal because I want to focus on treating illness to improve the quality of
life in the United States. Nurse is a person that is trained to care for the
sick or infirm, especially in a hospital. I’m interested because there are
thousands of patients dying every day, I really want to take this opportunity
to become a nurse, and save peoples live around the world. In this project, I
will be covering the background of my career, the requirements to obtain the
career, the job position, and the job reflection.
Nursing
has been around in the United States around since the beginning. It has
drastically evolved over the course of history. 300 A.D, it was during this
time that the Empire sought to place a hospital within every town under its
rule. There were many nurses during that time that assisted in in-patient
medical care within the hospitals. Florence Nightingale is the most famous
nurse in history, She is known for her efforts to reform the British military
health system. She is the founder of modern nursing and came to prominence while
serving as a manger of nurses in the Crimean war, she organized the tending to
wounded soldiers.
The
requirement to become a nurse is to have a diploma in nursing. Associate Degree
In Nursing (AND) is a two-year degree offered by community colleges and
hospitals-based schools of nursing. You would also need Bachelor of Science In
Nursing (BS/BSN) is a four-year degree offered at colleges and universities.
Saint Xavier College offers the best education for nursing because they promote
a lifelong learning as integral to the professing nursing role and they
encourage students to become lifelong learners. They encourages the students to
meet a changing and challenging healthcare environment with education and make
a difference in the lives of million.
The daily duties of a nurse often
work in hospitals or outpatient facilities. They provide care to patients by
administering medications, managing lines, observing and monitoring the
patients’ conditions, and maintaining records with the doctors. The average rate
for a Registered Nurse (RN) is $26.69 per hour. The hourly rate is
$20.55-$37.98. The salary of a registered nurse is $66,220 in the United
States.
Some of the challenge about having
this career is that you have to know you patients by their diagnoses and their
room number rather than their names. You also have to know the etiology,
classification, dosage, side effects, contraindications, and compatibility for
18,000 different medications. The positive thing about this career is you get
job opportunities in every state of the United States and to work in the
exciting world of healthcare. Working as a nurse in Chicago, you get paid from
$5,293-$7,197 a month. It has to be requires licensure as a Registered Nurse in
the State of Illinois. A college graduate would stand a chance of getting a job
as a nurse in Chicago.
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