Registered Nurses
Also called:
Registered Nurse (RN), Staff RN (Staff Registered Nurse), Staff Nurse, Charge Nurse
What they do:
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.
On the job, you would:
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients' conditions.
- Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
- Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
Health
- medicine and dentistry
- therapy and counseling
Business
Math and Science
Arts and Humanities
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Social
- understanding people's reactions
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- communicate by speaking
Ideas and Logic
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Attention
- pay attention to something without being distracted
- do two or more things at the same time
Visual Understanding
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People interested in this work like activities that include
helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Concern for Others
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Self Control
- Attention to Detail
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You might use software like this on the job:
Medical software
- Misys Healthcare Systems software
- QuadraMed Affinity Healthcare Information System
Spreadsheet software
Office suite software
- Microsoft Office software
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associate's degree or
bachelor's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
$65,950
per year, on average
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