So You Want To Be A Nurse
There are many options available for anyone who is interested to
pursue a career in nursing. The demand for healthcare
professionals are continuously on the upswing so there is a
positive demand for them in the years to come.
The following are some of the options available for anyone who
is interested to pursue a career that is related in the medical
field that is related in some way to nursing.
Those who cannot do, assist
For those who are still weighing their options whether to pursue
a full-fledged career in nursing or to just simply try out at
first if nursing is indeed the career for them, there is a short
course available for them to study.
Being a CNA or a certified nursing assistant only requires a
short period to study. The period usually range from about a
month or two or more. After the course, one could immediately
start a job as a CNA during which the time spent working allows
you the opportunity to see for yourself a glimpse of the nursing
world as well as provide you with the income to save and spend
for possibly getting into a full fledged nursing program.
Be an LPN or an LVN
A Licensed Practical Nurse or a Licensed Vocational Nurse is a
course of study that usually takes about one year to study,
complete and finish. The Licensed Practical Nurse or the
Licensed Vocational Nurse usually works directly under the
physician or a Registered Nurse.
Being a Licensed Practical Nurse or a Licensed Vocational Nurse
is also one of the effective means to get into nursing school
and be a registered nurse. There are nursing schools that allows
Licensed Practical Nurses to take courses and credits in the
process of being Registered Nurses. Vocational schools are the
ones that usually offer LPN courses. This process of Licensed
Practical Nurses studying to become Registered Nurses will
continue to increase at the same time that the demand for nurses
also increase.
Registered Nurses are on demand
When one is a registered nurse, the options for promotion,
education upgrade and job responsibility are a plenty. Usually,
the process that went on then with regards to nurses that are
studying is this: hospitals used to offer a diploma study course
for those willing to study nursing. The course usually lasts
three years. During this time, students lived and then worked
inside their assigned hospitals. After which, they then take
their boards to later become full-fledged Registered Nurses.
However, now is different. There are now Associate Degrees in
nursing that last for two years.
The BSN advantage
There is a course called Bachelor of Science in Nursing that
usually covers most of the theoretical aspect in nursing.
Recently, the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is being
pushed to become at least the minimum requisite for one to be
actually called as a professional nurse that currently, academic
programs that call from a Registered Nurse background to study
Bachelor of Science Nursing degree is being seen as an ideal and
sound choice for nurses who want professional advancement,
In summary, the decision to be a nurse rests on you. The choices
that are available all depend on how much you are willing to
spend your time, effort, energy and money on. It is important
though that any decision one makes comes from the heart and the
mind and that being a nurse, serving the health care profession,
and serving the needs and wants of others is what you want to
do, and would be happy doing for the rest of your career life.