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Nursing
Presented by Michael Wakefield
December 5, 2007
Agenda
Nursing Overview
Education
Licensure
Recommendations: Personal Skills and
Qualities
Governing Agencies
Job Outlook and Growth Predictions
Career Path
Pay Levels
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Nursing Overview
Provide care for patients as directed by
physicians
Care focuses on the mental, emotional,
and physical needs of the patient
Onetoone patient care as opposed to
the onetomany practice of Doctors
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Education
Education
23year diploma program in hospital school of
nursing
Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree (24year
degree)
Master’s or doctor’s degree for some
administrative/educational positions and for some
advanced practice nursing positions
There are also annual continuing education
requirements depending on state of licensure
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Licensure and Certification
Licensure:
In the state of practice
How is this accomplished?
Completion of any educational routes described previously
Pass the National Council Licensure EXaminationRegistered
Nurse (NCLEXRN), the test for licensure as a registered nurse
Accepted by every state as long as the graduate attended an
accredited school
Certification:
Demonstration of clinical competency in a particular specialty and
completion of the prerequisite work experience
gives an RN permission to use a professional designation
after name. For example, passage of the American
Association of Criticalcare Nurses specialty exam allows a
nurse to use the initials 'CCRN' after his or her name
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Recommendations
Personal Skills and Qualities:
Intelligence, compassion, leadership,
flexibility, empathy, the ability to stay calm
in a crisis
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Governing Agencies
State:
Each state has its own laws, rules, and
regulations governing nursing care
State Board of Nursing
Performs the daytoday administration of rules and
regulations, qualifies candidates for licensure,
licenses nurses and makes decisions on nursing
issues
Professional:
Depends on primary specialty as a nurse
Different professional organizations depending
on your specialty
Most nurses are members of the American Nurses
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Job Outlook and Growth
Predictions
The job outlook is promising
There are currently more job opportunities than there
are nurses to fill their positions
This shortage allows nurses to be more selective in
choosing their practice settings
In 1996, 1,971,000 RNs were employed in the
United States. In 2006, there was a 21%
increase (2,382,000) in jobs for RNs
72% of BSN students and 94% of MSN students
had awaiting jobs prior to the completion of their
degrees
Unemployment rate for RNs is less than 2%
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Career Path
Entry level RNs:
ADN (Associate Degree – RN)
BSN (Bachelor Degree – RN)
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree is for BSN
prepared nurses
MSN programs vary from 1218 months of fulltime
study.
Advanced nursing practice:
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
Certified NurseMidwife (CNM)
Doctoral degrees:
Doctor of philosophy in nursing (PhD)
Nursing doctorate (ND or DN)
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Doctor of science in nursing (DSN)
Pay Levels
Variables:
Type of nursing, geographic location, years of experience, and level
of education
Entrylevel staff nurses
$30,000 to $45,000
Advanced Specialties
$60,300$108,900
Examples of nurse specialty salaries:
$51,089 average Clinical Nurse Specialist
$55,014 average Nurse Practitioner/Midwife
$86,310 average Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
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References
Good, Holly, Meghan McGonigal, Casandra Moyer, Jill Muller,
and Pernell Peppers. "What is Nursing?" University of Iowa.
May 2000. University of Iowa. 28 Nov. 2007
<http://www.nursing.uiowa.edu/sites/users/hgood/>.
"Registered Nurse." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 28 Nov.
2007. Wikimedia Project. 28 Nov. 2007 <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_nurse>.
"Registered Nurses." Occupational Outlook Handbook. 4 Aug.
2006. U.S. Department of Labor. 28 Nov. 2007
<http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm>.
Simmers, Louise. Health Science Career Exploration. Clifton
Park: Thompson Delmar Learning, 2007. 9498.
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Questions and Answers
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