| If you like helping people, you might have | | | | are prepared to enter the nursing field at an entry |
| considered looking into nursing schools for a | | | | level. A nurse may hold a license to practice the |
| career you truly enjoy. But did you know that | | | | profession of nursing in more than one state, and |
| becoming better educated can have a dramatic | | | | to keep his or her license current, they often |
| impact on your personal bottom line? Getting a | | | | must take a number of continuing education |
| college education, whether an Associate's degree, | | | | classes. |
| bachelor's or master's degree can lead to | | | | In terms of the course work you will take on the |
| significant gains in lifetime earnings. Someone with | | | | way to becoming a nurse, several areas are |
| an Associate's degree can usually earn almost | | | | covered. Nursing theory, anatomy, human growth |
| twice what a high school graduate can. A | | | | and development, physiology, biology, |
| bachelor's degree will help you gain over twice as | | | | microbiology, chemistry, nutrition, medication |
| much, and if you add a master's degree it often | | | | administration, pharmacology, psychology, legal |
| jumps up to two and a half to four and a half | | | | issues and ethics make up the majority of classes |
| times as much as those with a high school | | | | that you will enjoy. There are also clinical parts of |
| diploma. Looking at nursing schools online can help | | | | the training as well, when you will assist working |
| you find the right fit in schools so that you can | | | | nurses to acquire skill working with patients. |
| complete your education to become a registered | | | | As far as locations where you would work at |
| nurse. Registered nurse jobs provide a perennially | | | | registered nurse jobs are concerned, there are |
| excellent career outlook for a professional nurse. | | | | many. You might want to work in a hospital, and |
| Here is some of what you could expect if you | | | | there are certainly many great opportunities to do |
| enroll in a nursing school. | | | | so in that venue, including in the emergency room, |
| To become a registered nurse typically requires | | | | intensive care, the operating and recovery room, |
| two years of higher education. Once you have | | | | labor and delivery rooms, as well as outpatient |
| attained an Associate's degree in Nursing, you are | | | | offices. Other sites where registered nurses are |
| prepared to take the exam to earn your license | | | | employed can include patient's homes, nursing |
| to practice as a registered nurse. This test is | | | | homes, workplaces, schools, community centers, |
| called the National Council Licensure Examination | | | | and even camps for children and homeless |
| for Registered Nurses, which is often shortened | | | | shelters. |
| to NCLEX-RN. There is also an NCLEX-PN, which is | | | | Nursing schools offer you the opportunity to learn |
| a test administered to practical or vocational | | | | the skills needed to participate in an interesting |
| nurses. These tests cover the ability, skills and | | | | and much-needed career as a professional nurse. |
| knowledge of nursing in order to ensure that you | | | | |