Benefits Of Becoming A Registered Nurse

Ashlynn Bostick
Nursing
Professor Hill
The University of Texas at Tyler

Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focusing on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses play one of the most important roles throughout a humans life on an American and global scale. This paper will analyze the education, flexibility, job outlook, opportunities for advancement, benefits, and technology included in being a registered nurse in America, as well as comparing and contrasting these same aspects in Italy.
There are three main routes one can take to obtain a degree to become a registered nurse. The first
There are 104 specialties and multiple advanced nursing degrees, so many nurses change jobs throughout their career (Discover Nursing, n.d.). As a nurse, the possibilities to move laterally, change specialties, further education, or move up are never ending. Cecilia Canalas, a RN at St. David’s, says “there are countless opportunities in nursing. Countless job types, shifts and areas to work in.” Nurses have very flexible schedules, usually including around three twelve hour shifts a week. Nurses have the capability to work weekends, weekdays, or a combination of both. Nurses have the ability to choose the type of environment that they would like to work in, whether it is in a hospital, doctors’ office, nursing care facility, outpatient facility, or home health services. Healthcare is essential to people everywhere, so nurses can travel across the country or even the globe and there will still be a need for a nurse no matter the destination. Nurses will be valued anywhere they go, as they represent a person who can help heal illnesses and distress in people.
Nursing is the fastest growing occupation in the United States. Nurses make up the majority of the health field and the amount of nurses are continuing to rise. Within a nursing career, the job opportunities are astounding with an expected 581,500 more nursing jobs by 2018 (Discover Nursing, n.d.). On the job outlook for registered
Computers are one of the most common technologies used in nursing. The computers are used to schedule staff, timekeeping, order medications or supplies, and for research and email. In some hospitals, nurses are able to use computers to store all patient care documentation, by using systems called electronic health records or electronic medical records. If a nurse used an electronic health record, he or she may document medication dosages, administration, dressing changes and other treatments in the computer, rather than on paper. Another form of technology that is widely used in the health care industry are monitors, which are used to obtain patient information. Monitoring systems include fetal monitors, heart monitors, and vital sign machines. Intravenous (IV) lines are another form of technology that is commonly used. Patients usually have an IV that is attached to a device that controls the flow and monitors if the line becomes kinked, plugged, or empty. The last form of technology that is used in the health care industry would be bar codes and scanners. Medications now come prepackaged with a bar code that the nurse can scan and then administer them according to the bar code on the patient’s band. If the patient is allergic to a medication or the nurse