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What types of nurses are there?
I been wanting to become a nurse for so long!! #nursing
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Kerrie’s Answer
I can remember wanting to be a nurse since I was a little girl, but never knew the type of nurse I wanted to be or where I wanted to work. As I was approaching the end of my junior year in nursing school I was given an opportunity to do an externship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN over the summer and they placed me in the Operating Room-where I fell in love!
As I finished out my senior year of nursing school the one thing I had thought of was I wanted to know more about patient care so I decided to go to work on a Medical-Surgical unit for a year, then I worked in Pediatrics for about another year and a half until I found a program that brought nurses into the OR and trained them. From there, I have been in the OR for 25+ years!
So with that said, I would say find every opportunity you can to shadow in other departments and areas where there are nurses to see which one is the best fit for you! There are nurses that work at the patient's bedside, which are called direct care nurses; nurses that educate staff and new employees; nurses that go back to school for an advanced degree and become Advanced Practice Nurses (which is a whole other world of specialties); nurses who work in research labs, become school nurses, work with forensic teams, work with flight teams to get very seriously and critically injured patients; nurses that enlist into the military (all branches); nurses that work in clinics and doctor's offices; nurses that write (clinical editors after they have had some experience); nurses that work for product or pharmaceutical companies; and some nurses travel to other parts of the US or the world in their area of specialty.
There are so many possibilities that they are endless! Which is one of the reasons I LOVE IT!!! I would never change my career or change my path, as I have learned so much over the 25+ years I have been a nurse. I have worked on Med-Surg, Peds, OR as a patient care nurse then went back from my MSN and became a Clinical Nurse Specialist with a Perioperative focus, so I also have been an educator for OR, PACU, Pre-op, Interventional Radiology and Cardiology, and the PICC team, and now work from home as a Clinical Editor.
You can Google "types of nursing" and you can see the different types, all over the US and all over the world!
As I finished out my senior year of nursing school the one thing I had thought of was I wanted to know more about patient care so I decided to go to work on a Medical-Surgical unit for a year, then I worked in Pediatrics for about another year and a half until I found a program that brought nurses into the OR and trained them. From there, I have been in the OR for 25+ years!
So with that said, I would say find every opportunity you can to shadow in other departments and areas where there are nurses to see which one is the best fit for you! There are nurses that work at the patient's bedside, which are called direct care nurses; nurses that educate staff and new employees; nurses that go back to school for an advanced degree and become Advanced Practice Nurses (which is a whole other world of specialties); nurses who work in research labs, become school nurses, work with forensic teams, work with flight teams to get very seriously and critically injured patients; nurses that enlist into the military (all branches); nurses that work in clinics and doctor's offices; nurses that write (clinical editors after they have had some experience); nurses that work for product or pharmaceutical companies; and some nurses travel to other parts of the US or the world in their area of specialty.
There are so many possibilities that they are endless! Which is one of the reasons I LOVE IT!!! I would never change my career or change my path, as I have learned so much over the 25+ years I have been a nurse. I have worked on Med-Surg, Peds, OR as a patient care nurse then went back from my MSN and became a Clinical Nurse Specialist with a Perioperative focus, so I also have been an educator for OR, PACU, Pre-op, Interventional Radiology and Cardiology, and the PICC team, and now work from home as a Clinical Editor.
You can Google "types of nursing" and you can see the different types, all over the US and all over the world!
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Katarzyna (Kasia)’s Answer
You can work on Cruze ship, travel, Work in school, be a leader, open your own bissness. You can be a nurse practitioner!!! And work autonomously in some states! You can work with pregnant moms, babies, kids, adults, teens or older adults! You get to service others you whole working life! And reinvent yourself! For me being a nurse is BEST job in the world.
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Darleana’s Answer
There staff nurses with many different specialties med surg, mother baby, oncology etc. Then there are Advanced practice nurses that work along side MDs. There are nurse anesthetist, forensic nurses. Which ever area you decide make sure you read about it so you have an insight.
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Daysi’s Answer
Hi Jessica,
Nurses take on a variety of roles. They can provide direct patient care in hospitals and out patient care clinics. They may also fill variety of roles in administration, at various organizations, to manage patient care and hospital systems.
A variety of industries use registered nurses in an indirect patient care setting. For example, pharmaceuticals, health management organizations, schools , and in many other settings where they are used as consultants and topic experts. These are only a few of the many roles nurses fill.
I copied below link for the American Nurses Association. There are a lot of resources and information for you.
https://www.nursingworld.org/
You may reach out for further questions.
Daysi
Nurses take on a variety of roles. They can provide direct patient care in hospitals and out patient care clinics. They may also fill variety of roles in administration, at various organizations, to manage patient care and hospital systems.
A variety of industries use registered nurses in an indirect patient care setting. For example, pharmaceuticals, health management organizations, schools , and in many other settings where they are used as consultants and topic experts. These are only a few of the many roles nurses fill.
I copied below link for the American Nurses Association. There are a lot of resources and information for you.
https://www.nursingworld.org/
You may reach out for further questions.
Daysi