Registered Nursing Jobs - Traditional and Non-Traditional Settings

By the year 2020, it is predicted that the Unitednurses, who chose to deliver health care services at
States will need 800,000 nurses in their health carehome where most patients get and feel better
industry. Registered nursing jobs involve those whobecause of homey ambiance and setting, provide
work in traditional hospital settings, as well asvarious services like geriatric nursing, community
non-traditional locations such as in home, laboratory,health nursing, and visiting nurse jobs. Other nursing
or school. This wide array of options andhome health care jobs are:
specializations for those interested to pursue a careerNewborn Visiting Nurses - They are the nurses who
in nursing has made the field of nursing really aphone new mothers and offer their service at home.
promising path.They monitor the newborn child's conditions, gives
Clinical Nurseassessment, as well as medications to the mother
As the term entails, clinical nurses are those that areand her child.
registered who work in definite clinic settings.Visiting Chronic Care Nurses - They offer service at
However, dubbed also as nurse practitioners, clinicalhome for those who need specific hours of care at
nurses may also work in different types of clinic withspecific days per week. They are the nurses who
various specializations. Thus, clinical nurse, thoughattend patients after surgery, change feeding tubes,
works in clinic, can be very flexible.and assess medical needs from time to time.
Clinical Nurse SubcategoryEarly intervention nurse - They offer service to
Given the huge amount of clinical nurse working infamilies who have young children needing medical
hospitals and clinics, most of nurse practitioners canintervention.
be classified into different subcategories:Occupational Health Registered Nurses
Clinical nurse specialist - These are the nurses whoAs a growing field, occupational health registered
attained and completed qualifications for specificnurses have also different responsibilities. They are
specialization. They can specialize to various fields intasked to do initial assessments and physical
health care for instance midwifery, or psychiatric andexaminations, assess the medical needs of the
or mental health, or geriatrics, as well as pediatrics,patient, and offer medical information to specific
and other health disciplines. Because of the specificcompany or institution.
fields of their specialty, they obtain titles such asPublic Health Registered Nurses
mental nurse, or maternity nurse, and even theaterUnlike other nurses who are only involved in nursing
nurse.and taking care of patients, public health registered
Staff nurse - These are the nurses who arenurses are engaged in policy-making affecting
responsible for general administrative duties insocieties. They provide patient care in clinical settings
hospitals and clinics. They have no specificbut at the same time, they participate in community
specialization.health nursing. More often, they give advices,
Clinical nurse assigned to specific hospital sections -information, and assistance to families in different
aside from the clinical nurse specialist and the staffcommunities regarding their health, nutrition, and
nurse, a clinical nurse may also be appointed andfamily planning.
concentrate to specific hospital sections orThey can also work in conjunction with the
departments such as the surgical section, emergencyDepartment of Health where they can propose
room, or accidents sectionpolicies and insights on how to control infectious
Because of these diverse opportunities for nursedisease and implement policy measures in hospitals
jobs in many of hospitals along with clinics in theand clinics.
United States, jobs for clinical nurse are highly inSchool Nurses
demand today.School nurses are nurses who work on schools,
Hierarchy of Clinical Nursesuniversities, and colleges, where they provide
Aside from different types of clinical nurses, therestudents their medical needs. They may be assigned
are also levels and ladder in this type of medical andpermanently in just one school, but others can be
health job. There are clinical nurses in general butassigned from one school to another. Most of schools
there are also clinical support nurses, and clinical nursetoday have built exclusive clinics for students to have
specialists who specialize in specific field or area.the most important health care they need. School
Clinical nurses can also climb up the ladder throughnurses are responsible for assessing the medical
being a nurse advisor, clinical lead nurse, or a clinicalneeds of students, giving emergency care, advising
nurse manager. Consequently, there are still otherthe students about nutrition, preventive care, and
types of jobs in the nursing field.first aid procedures.
Responsibilities of Clinical NurseHospice Registered Nurses
A clinical nurse has many responsibilities depending onJust like the clinical nurse who can work at night shift,
their specialization and area of expertise. Sometimes,day shift, or overtime, hospices also offer 24-hour,
the size of organization contributes to the variationday and night service to patients at the setting of
of responsibilities. Accordingly, a bigger organizationtheir own home. Hoping and believing the patients
provides more responsibilities and duties to clinicalimproves at home settings, a registered hospice
nurse because it has more hospital sections and areasnurse can also build personal rapport with the patients
to work for, than a smaller organization.which might help them get better. Usually work under
Responsibilities of a clinical nurse involve clinicalthe direction of a doctor, a hospice nurse can also
practice, that is, providing optimal care to patients.work independent in handling patients.
However, under the practice providing care toBecause of many options and opportunities in the
patients, the responsibilities of a clinical nurse stillfield of nursing, it has become a very profitable job
constitutes many things and may divert from thenowadays. Demand for new nurses is still high and
general clinical practice, such as conducting research,increasing in the United States, resulting to more and
handling consultation and management duties, andmore students shifting into nursing courses. Another
many others.good thing is that, underneath the general broad field
Home Health Registered Nursesof nursing, students can choose specific field or area
Aside from the traditional clinical setting where mostthey are most concerned with depending on their
nurses work, home health care has proven to be askills, knowledge, and capability.
lucrative sector for the nursing profession. Registered