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RN Career
Registered Nurses provide basic and advanced nursing care and education for patients, families and members of the community.
Imagine a career where you help improve the lives of your patients and their families. As a RN, you will be responsible and accountable for coordinating patient care and directing and supervising others. RNs also evaluate plans of care and determine when collaboration is needed.
- Registered nurses constitute the largest health care occupation, with 2.4 million jobs
- About 3 out of 5 registered nurses work in hospitals
- Registered nurses are projected to create the second largest number of new jobs among all occupations. In fact, by the year 2020 the projected RN shortage will reach 800,000!
- Today's nurses can now be found in professional venues you might not think of. Nurses influence legislation, change health care delivery systems, write and publish, educate about disease prevention and health promotion, and participate on boards of directors.
- Nurses are not only known for their honesty and ethical standards, but also for their ability to reduce infection, falls, pressure ulcers, thrombosis and death which points to their intrinsic value.
Nursing is a growing profession!
Look at the facts according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Average income: $59,000
Annual openings:120,000
5% job growth rate
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