Samantha+Exama

Samantha's Informational on your persuit to becoming a Registered Nursing



= Description/Offical j﻿ob title/roles =
 * RN's (Registered Nurse) treat patients, educate patients and the public about conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients' family members
 * They record medical histories and symptoms, help perform diagnostics tests and analyze results, operate medical machinery.


 * They might even run blood drives, health screenings, and immunization clinics.
 * Specific work responsibilities will vary from one RN to the next.
 * An RN’s duties and title are often determined by their work setting or patient population served. RNs can specialize in one or more areas of patient care.
 * There generally are four ways to specialize. RNs may work a particular setting or type of treatment, such as perioperative nurses, who work in operating rooms and assist surgeons.
 * RNs may specialize in specific health conditions, as do diabetes management nurses, who assist patients to manage diabetes.

= What does their salary look like? = RN's make about $51,640 to $76,570 a year the highest would be about $92,240 a year.


 * RN's make about $51,640 to $76,570 a year
 * the highest would be about $92,240 a year depending on the degree you have and you loction and years of experience.
 * Median annual wages of registered nurses were $62,450 in May 2008.
 * The middle 50 percent earned between $51,640 and $76,570. T
 * he lowest 10 percent earned less than $43,410, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $92,240.
 * Median annual wages in the industries employing the largest numbers of registered nurses in May 2008 were:


 * Employment services || $68,160 ||
 * General medical and surgical hospitals || 63,880 ||
 * Offices of physicians || 59,210 ||
 * Home health care services || 58,740 ||
 * Nursing care facilities || 57,060 ||

= Yes! theres schooling required =
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:dpsteachers:diploma-1.jpg width="127" height="157" align="left"]]3 typical educational paths to registered nursing are bachelor's degree, an associate degree, and a diploma from an approved nursing program and maters degree.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BSN programs are also included.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can find this career in hospitals, public and private schools, care homes, clinics, ambulatory clinics, public, and health departments.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3 Universities of my interest that offer this degree rating from 1st-3rd would be:


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1st Florida A&M University
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2nd Florida State University
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3rd Florida Atlantic University

__**Florida A&M University**__ is #1 because it has one of the highest graduate rating in the state in their Nursing Program. I feel that if i am going to be pursiting a career such as an RN I believe in attending the very best institution to help me to become the best Registerd Nurse.

=<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="color: #b5fa1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Interview ** =

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Name of person being interviewed**: Carly Romeus


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What profession is the person in: **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">RN (registered nurse)

//I love my job. I love being able to help people in distress and need. Knowing that I help someone brings a smile across my face.//
 * Do you like your job?**

//The positives about my job would be, being able to help people everyday. Also, I'm the head of the nurse department so i get to basically boss people around.//
 * What are the positives about your job?**

//The negative would have to be not having much time at home. Sometime i want to just be with my family but I have to be at work since i hold such a high position.//
 * Negatives about the job?**

//I'm what you call a DON, which stands for Director of Nursing. I'm the head chief of all the nurses in my department like CNAs, LPNs and other RNs.//
 * What are your job roles and title?**

//I would have to say certain math classes i took in college were useless cause I barely ever use them except to help my son with his homework (laughs), other than that I didn't use it. But the class that I found really useful was my nursing and anatomy and physiology class. That class taught me most of stuff i deal with now.//
 * //Out of the college/training that you had to go through, what was the most useful and what was the least useful skills/classes/etc. that you were required to accomplish?//**

//I make about 76,500 a year.//
 * How much do you make a year?**

//Its pretty easy for my family size. Im able to get stuff most people aren't blessed with.//
 * Do you find it easy ot hard to live off your salary?**

//Yes, its very high in demand. Everything that has to do with the medical field period is high in demand.//
 * Do you find your feild in high demad?**

//NO because I love my job. Although it has its stressful moments and can be tiring. But almost every job has some stress in it.//
 * If you could go back to college and re-do your career choice, would you? and why?**

//Well I've always wanted to do something that involved giving back to my// community and that also involved helping people out. So whats better than being a Nurse?
 * What got you intrested in this career?**

//I would highly recommend this job to future college students. The medical field is where its at right now. This is something that when you graduate from college you will defintily not have trouble finding a job.//
 * Would you recommend students my age to major in nursing?**

=<span style="color: #b5fa1e; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Samantha's Interest in this career = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am very interested in this fasinating career. I've been interested in this career for a while now. After researching so much information on it and informing my knowledge on this wonderful career, I find to love it everytime I find more information about it.

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=<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">** Work cited ** =

<span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;">Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, //<span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Occupational Outlook <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Handbook, 2010-11 Edition //, Registered Nurses, < <span style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">@http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm > March 8,2011 mkbergman. Mark Bergman. <<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|www.mkbergman.com/wp-content/themes/ai3/images/2009Posts/090220_money_stack.jpg] > on March 08,2011 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">__// Board of Registered Nursing //__. <http://www.rn.ca.gov/>.Web. 14 Mar. 2011. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">__"Registered Nurse Career Overview__." __// Mayo Clinic //__. <http://www.mayo.edu/mshs/rn-career.html>.Web. 8 Mar. 2011.