Top 5 Nursing Jobs - From Home Health Nurses to Floor Nursing Careers

Nursing is more than checking vital signs at regularAs patients get older, nursing assistants will be
intervals. The nursing field is full of opportunities forneeded in big numbers.
the new and experienced nurse who doesn't want to3. Emergency Room Nursing - Have you been to an
be limited in his or her choices. Here are five of theemergency room lately? You have a few doctors
top choices in the nursing profession.that see patients, but the majority of the staff is
Once you graduate from nursing school, take a deepcomprised of nurses. Nurses assess the patients and
breath. The hard part is over and the fun begins.triage them according to injuries. They monitor them
Now, you get to choose where you want to startwhile they wait for a doctor or transfer to another
your nursing career. The hospital floor is not the onlydepartment in the hospital. Emergency room nursing
choice out there anymore.is a fast-paced and stressful atmosphere that
1. Home Health Nursing - People are living longer. Withsatisfies the adventure junky in some of us. Nurses
that comes the issue of care in the home. Morethat think fast on their feet would get quite a bit of
seniors are opting to stay in their primary residenceenjoyment from this area of nursing. There is no
and take advantage of the home health benefits ofshortage of accidents on the road, in the home, and
their insurance plans. One popular nursing job is thatin the air. The job of these nurses is critical to the
of a home health nurse because they have thesurvival of patients that are hanging on by the
benefit of making their own schedule. They can takethinnest thread.
on as few or as many patients as they can handle.4. Floor Nursing - There is a wide variety of options in
Home health nurses aid in bathing, wound care andthis area. Floor nurses have the options of maternity,
dressing, general health assessments, and any othercritical care, orthopedics, telemetry, surgical, geriatric,
issues that the patient may have. There patients canand pediatrics. Within these general categories are
be invalids or ambulatory folks that don't get aroundalso oncology and burn units. A nurse can gain lots of
so well and seek a nurse that is willing to tend toexperience working within one or several of these
their care within the home setting. Home healthareas during their nursing careers. Floor nurses are
nurses are well paid for their skills and friendlyresponsible for a certain number of patients each
bedside manner.shift. Patients have the comfort of getting to know
2. Nursing Assistants - Nursing assistants are antheir nursing staff and the staff has the pleasure of
integral part of the nursing profession. They are nottaking care of them.
registered nurses but they provide patient care that5. Operating Room Nursing - Nurses work in the
falls under the category of the nursing profession.surgical area as well. Nurses can pursue careers as a
Nursing assistants are not only found in nursingcirculating nurse in the operating room suite, surgical
homes. They work in hospitals, senior livingfirst assistant to the surgeon, and nurse anesthesia
communities, home health, psychiatric facilities, andcare. Nurses that provide anesthesia have at least
other facilities where their care is needed. They caretwo years of critical care experience and have
for terminally ill patients including children. Nursingattended a nurse anesthesia school for training.
assistants provide the care that others shy awayCirculating nurses are responsible for everyone in
from such as changing bedpans, bathing patients thattheir operating room that day. They function as
can't bathe themselves, and feeding those patientspatient advocates--making sure that the patient being
whose disabilities prevent them from doing it foroperated on is the correct patient and that the
themselves. They bring respect to the area ofdoctor is performing the correct procedure.
nursing care and dignity to their patients. NursingNurses have many career paths available to them.
assistants see, on a daily basis, how their jobs impactThey can pursue any of these five areas or another
the quality of life of their patients and their families.that they feel drawn to follow.