There are thousands of different job opportunities throughout the world. Most of these jobs have branches that give a person even more opportunities. Although nursing has not always been broad, nursing in the present day has many different positions that a person can fill and is a great example of how diverse this profession can be. Nursing is a basic in hospitals all over the world and is a job that our world has had need for thousands of years. For every field of medicine, there is a different nursing field that corresponds with the medical field. A career in the field of nursing is worth the hard work a person puts into it.Nursing is one career that has more than one definition. Scholars have yet to agree on a single definition. Some say that nursing is love. In a way this is correct. A nurse cares for people who are sick in every way and sometimes all a person needs is love and someone to talk to.
[...] 18Donald I. Shook, Opportunities in Health and Medical Careers (Lincolnwood, Illinois: VGM Career Horizons, 1983) 35. 19McCloskey 205. 20Shook 35. 21“Nursing” 692. 22“Nursing” 692. 23Karen Creason Sorensen, Basic Nursing (Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Company, 1979) 132. 24Sorensen 132. 25McCloskey 318. 26“Nursing” 694. 27Joyce Lain Kennedy, Career Book (Lincolnwood, Illinois: VGM Career Horizons, 1988) 72. 28The Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook (Indianapolis: JIST Work Inc., 1997) 234. Bibliography Works Cited Carruthers, Evalyn P. “Nursing.” Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. CD-ROM ed. The Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook. [...]
[...] The nurse provides services with respect for the dignity of man, unrestricted by considerations of nationality, race, creed, colour, or status The nurse safeguards in individuals right to privacy by judiciously protecting information of a confidential nature, sharing only that information relevant to his care The nurse maintains individual competence in the nursingpractice, recognizing and accepting responsibility for individual actions and judgment The nurse reacts to safeguard the patient when his care and safety are affected by incompetent, unethical, or illegal conduct of any person The nurse uses individual competence as a criterion in accepting delegated responsibilities and assigning nursing activities to others The nurse participates in research activities when assured that the rights of individual's subject are protected The nurse participates in the efforts of the profession to define and up grade standards of nursing practice and education The nurse, acting through the professional organization, participates in establishing and maintaining conditions of employment conducive to high-quality nursing The nurse works with members of health professionals and other citizens in promoting efforts to meet health needs of the public The nurse refuses to give or imply endorsement to advertising promotion, or for commercial products, services, or enterprises.” When selecting a career to enter into, a person must base his decision on his own personal feelings. [...]
[...] There has been a dramatic increase in the number of doctoral programs for nursing in the past years, and along with this increase is an increase of doctoral prepared nurses also. doctoral program is designed to prepare a student for a lifetime of intellectual inquiry that manifests itself in creative scholarship and research, often leading to careers in social, government, business, and industrial organizations as well as the more traditional careers in university and college teaching.” After completing the educational requirements, a nurse has many job opportunities available to him. [...]
[...] Throughout the history of nursing two goals have developed to promote the health of individuals and society and to put a person in the best condition for nature to act upon him. Everybody knows that a nurse provides services to the sick and injured, and these days, nurses are doing more research to produce more knowledge. A nurse is part of a team of many other nurses and doctors. This team of nurses makes for a steady running operation within a hospital or workplace. [...]
[...] Conclusion A career in the field of nursing has a wide variety of different position and is worth the hard work a person puts into it. Medical fields correspond with each nursing career and will always be needed in our world today and in the future. The increase in salary will have students swarming to this career like bees to honey. Nursing careers are flourishing and expanding to fit the needs of the future. Although nursing is only one of many jobs in the world, the world would not be able to survive with out it. [...]
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