Why Choose Nursing

By Kristen Eden

WHY CHOOSE

NURSING?

04/10/2023Kristen Eden 2

Types of nursing degrees

The nurse’s responsibilities

Number of nurses in 5 of the largest cities

The Various types of nursing careers

Salaries

Nurses then and now

Projection of nursing shortage

Why Choose Nursing Outline


ADN-This is a 2-year degree. Nurses with this degree usually cannot become managers or take on more responsibilities without further training.

RN-This is a 4-year degree. Nurses with this degree often have a specialty such as a neonatal nursing degree of surgical nursing degree.

Nurse Practitioner-This is usually a RN with a master’s degree. They can perform many of the tasks that doctors can such as prescribing most medications.

Types of nursing degrees


The Nurse cares for the patient’s physical, emotional, psychological, and even spiritual needs.

The nurse is her patients advocate.

The nurse cares for the basic needs of her patients such as feeding them, helping them to the bathroom, encouraging them, administering their medications, and much more.

The Nurses Responsibilities


Nursing can be an extremely rewarding job! Not only will you be able to help others, but you will

encounter new challenges every day!


• 69,5000 RNs

New York, NY

• 53,000 RNs

LA to Long Beach, CA

• 51,000 RNs

Chicago, IL

• 49,000 RNs

Philadelphia, PA-NJ

• 33,000 RNs

Boston, MA

Number of nurses in highly populated cities


Travelling Nurses•Get to travel the country or even the world as they work with different organizations, hospitals, or even missionary groups!

•The pay is considerably greater because the nurse is not staying in one place for long.

Medical Missionary Nurses•Nurses are employed by a missionary association or with a church.•These nurses are not in nursing for the pay and usually raise their own support or are payed a minimal amount.

Neonatal Nurses•Work with newborns and with high-risk births•These nurses get to care for the newborns by feeding, changing diapers, giving medicine, and much more.

Variety of Nursing Jobs


Nursing salariesTop-Ten Nursing Jobs Average Salaries

Certified Registered nurse anesthetist $135,000.00

Nurse Researcher $95,000.00

Psychiatric nurse Practitioner $95,000.00

Certified Nurse Midwife $84,000.00

Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse $81,000.00

Orthopaedic Nurse $81,000.00

Nurse Practitioner $78,000.00

Clinical Nurse Specialist $76,000.00

Gerontological Nurse Specialist $75,000.00

Neonatal Nurse $74,000.00


Nurses then and now

Can’t wait to take

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Civil war era nurses

Modern nurses


Projection of Nursing Shortage in 2015

California

Texas

Florida

New York

Michigan

Washington

0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000

Light blue=demand Dark blue=supply

As shown in this chart, the nursing

shortage is projected to be large in 2015



Nursing Recap

All in all, nursing can be an extremely rewarding career filled with much responsibility and reward. Whether you choose a specialty such neonatal, surgery, or intensive care nursing, you will feel a sense of meaning and fulfillment knowing you have made a difference in the life of your patient.

Career

Why Choose Nursing