MarylandMentor
* Create An Account   * Log On   Search this site Go  
What Is MarylandMentor? Plan for College Select a School Financial Aid Online Applications Career Center Ask an Expert MyMentor
 
  Career Keyword Search     Career Info     Self-Assessment     Career Matching Assistant     List of Careers     Links     MyMentor Careers
 
List of Careers

Registered Nurses

Description
Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required. Includes advance practice nurses such as: nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists. Advanced practice nursing is practiced by RNs who have specialized formal, post-basic education and who function in highly autonomous and specialized roles.
If the videos below do not display, you may need Windows Media Player or Flip4Mac.



Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Tasks
  • Provides health care, first aid, and immunization in facilities such as schools, hospitals, and industry.
  • Observes patient's skin color, dilation of pupils, and computerized equipment to monitor vital signs.
  • Records patient's medical information and vital signs.
  • Prepares patients for and assists with examinations.
  • Prepares rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and hands items to surgeon.
  • Orders, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
  • Delivers infants and performs postpartum examinations and treatment.
  • Instructs on topics, such as health education, disease prevention, child birth, and home nursing, and develops health-improvement programs.
  • Advises and consults with specified personnel concerning necessary precautions to be taken to prevent possible contamination or infection.
  • Administers stipulated emergency measures and contacts obstetrician when deviations from standard are encountered during pregnancy or delivery.
  • Informs physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.
  • Discusses cases with physician or obstetrician.
  • Provides prenatal and postnatal care to obstetrical patients under supervision of obstetrician.
  • Contracts independently to render nursing care, usually to one patient, in hospital or private home.
  • Directs and coordinates infection-control program in hospital.
  • Maintains stock of supplies.
  • Conducts specified laboratory tests.
  • Refers students or patients to community agencies furnishing assistance and cooperates with agencies.
  • Prescribes or recommends drugs or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
  • Administers local, inhalation, intravenous, and other anesthetics.
National Average Salary
$48,240.00/year

Average Salary in Maryland
$56,770.00/year

Important Abilities
   1. Oral Comprehension
   2. Oral Expression
   3. Written Comprehension
   4. Problem Sensitivity
   5. Written Expression

General Work Activities
   1. Assisting and Caring for Others
   2. Monitor Processes, Material, Surroundings
   3. Updating & Using Job-Relevant Knowledge
   4. Establishing & Maintaining Relationships
   5. Communicating With Other Workers

Important Skills
   1. Reading Comprehension
   2. Speaking
   3. Service Orientation
   4. Active Listening
   5. Social Perceptiveness

Frequent Work Context
   1. Job-Required Social Interaction
   2. Responsible for Others' Health & Safety
   3. Consequence of Error
   4. Deal With External Customers
   5. Provide a Service to Others

Related Careers
Related Majors







































































































































































































MarylandMentor Institutions Offering Related Majors











The majors and institutions listed here are based on the current information in our database. Please be aware this information may be subject to change. We strongly encourage you to consult with your career counselor.




back
 
What is MarylandMentor? | Plan for College | Select a School | Financial Aid | Online Applications
Career Center | Ask an Expert | MyMentor | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

Powered by Xap Copyright © 2002-2010 XAP Corporation. All rights reserved. XAP and Mentor are registered trademarks of XAP Corporation. Reg. U.S. Pat. & TM Off. Use of this website constitutes acceptance of the XAP Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.