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RNs Rank Number One In Job Growth
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Washington, DC - The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
announced yesterday that registered nurses top the list
of the 10 occupations with the largest projected job growth
in the years 2002-2012. Although RNs have listed among
the top 10 growth occupations in the past, this is the
first time in recent history that RNs have ranked first.
These 10-year projections are widely used in career guidance,
in planning education and training programs and in studying
long-range employment trends.
"Given
the aging of the U.S. population and the increased demand
for nursing care, it's not surprising that the growth in
RN jobs is
skyrocketing," said Barbara A. Blakeney, MS, APRN,BC,
ANP, President of the American Nurses Association. "Plus,
many of those nurses currently working will be retiring
and will need to be replaced in the workforce," she added.
According to the BLS report...
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 International Nurses Help Meet the Nursing Shortage- Sponsored
by The Medical Staffing
by Kathy Duckett RN, BSN
There is a critical shortage of nurses in the United States. It’s going to get worse before it gets better. And if nothing is done to change the trend, it’s not going to get better. These statements are presented over and over again in a myriad of articles and position papers. The primary focus of all these articles is there aren’t enough trained nurses in the USA currently practicing as nurses. Several studies have shown a significant correlation between nurse staffing ratios and patient outcomes. Better staffing ratios contribute to good patient outcomes; poor ratios contribute to poor patient outcomes.
Everyone
recognizes that training more nurses is the long-term solution
to the problem. However, that doesn’t help deal with the crisis now. One solution is the use of international
nurses...
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 Career Advice 16-60+
by
Marty Nemko
Through the lifespan, there are pivotal career issues. Here is how I’d address them.
I’m 16 and career clueless.
I’m
35, an artist (or performer) and am not making enough money. What
should I do?
I’m
45, been a stay-at-home mom, and now want to get back into the
workforce.
I’m
a 50-year-old...
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 The Unknowing Phenomenon (Tales from the CCU)-
I don't really like knowing things that my patient doesn't know.
Think about it: You, the patient, have had weird
symptoms over the last few weeks. Maybe some pain, or some
bleeding from an orifice that doesn't usually bleed, etc.
So you go see
the doctor or come in to the ER and we run some tests.
Sometimes
I, the nurse, know what the results of those tests are before
you do. It's very difficult to act like I don't know. But really,
you don't want me to tell you. Because I'm not the doctor;
I don't have answers to the questions you will suddenly
have. wouldn't
want my nurse to know and act like she didn't. Yet I don't
believe
that it's fair at all that I tell a patient what the results
were and not have any answers for their questions...
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