Frequently Asked Questions For Nurses
Are you considering going to into the Nursing field, but you still have some questions? The following will outline three frequently asked questions potential Nurses have along with their answers.
How Can I Become A Nurse?
The best answer to this question is education. You will want to look at health career schools and earn your undergraduate diploma in Nursing.
An associate degree in Nursing is a two-year option offered by community colleges and hospital-based schools.
You can also go the four-year route and receive your BN/BSN which is available through hospital-based schools.
What Will I Do As A Nurse?
As a Nurse, you can expect to be the go-between with patients and doctors. You will care for patients, asses their situations, administer medicine, and supervise nurses’ aides.
Nurses make up the largest portion of the health care system, and they play a vital role in caring for patients and providing accurate information to doctors.
The following is a bulleted list of what you can expect in the field:
- Administer medications
- Manage intravenous (IV) lines
- Care for patients
- Observe and record patients’ conditions
- Communicate with doctors
- Provide emotional support to patients and their families
- Advise patients on how to self-administer medication and physical therapy
- Educate patients and the public on disease management, nutritional plans and medical conditions
How Much Do Nurses Make?
While is there is no definite number that Nurses get paid straight out of college, there is information regarding average pay.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average salary for a Registered Nurse is $65,470 as of 2012.
The top 10 percent of Registered Nurses made more than $94,720. As for the bottom 10 percent of Registered Nurses, they made less than $45,040.
The Nurse who were paid the highest salaries worked in hospitals, for the government, and home health care.
