A registered nurse is entrusted with task to treat a patient for a disease and promote him feeling for health awareness. He/ She also collaborate with physicians as discussing performance and procedures for treating a patient or about a patient who already is undergoing treatment. Apart from the treatment and consultation, Registered nurses as perspective of courses are a major program in the field of nursing.

Training of Registered Nurses: As to become a registered nurse one should be in possession of associate degree or a baccalaureate degree program. The associate degree nursing program is developed for graduates that teach at hospitals, home setting, nursing homes, clinics and other surroundings related to health care industry.  As to have a Associate Degree in nursing one should have science degree in nursing and more candidate should have passing percentage in National Council Licensure Exam ( NCLEXRN). Another reliable and confident criterion for having major degree program for nursing is Major in Nursing. The major in nursing let a student to prepare with a sound theoretical and clinical foundation for practicing profession of nursing. After attaining associate degree an aspirant become eligible for a number of roles in hospitals and at community centers.  Another eligible degree for Registered nurses is Master’s Degree /Advance Practice Registered Nurse and Doctoral Degree. The Master’s Degree in nursing has its own benefit as it let to increase learning level of a student and after having this degree in possession a nursing assistant can work in a number of capacities involving nurse specialist, nurse educator, nurse specialist, nurse educator, nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist or nurse administrator. More a registered nurse with Master degree can also work as advanced clinicians, administrators, educators, researchers and policy makers.

Career: As Nursing is emerging as the largest job opportunities in health care sector and estimated to be top 10 jobs opportunities till 2016 in America. And among all the job opportunities in the health care sector it is the Nurses with advance knowledge have better chances to grow as their would be acute shortage of nurses to accommodate with and look after huge aging population and less number of admissions into nursing schools. A registered nurse as according to the acquired degree can work in a number of job settings for them like hospitals, clinics or offices, nursing homes, home health centers, occupational health or industrial nurse. In the hospital nurses are the largest groups that provide nursing care and bring out the best results while serving in various departments like medical, surgery, obstetrics, pediatrics, emergency room, intensive care or treatment of cancer patients.

Salary: In the United States, the average salary for a registered nurse is $72, 000.

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