A Registered Nurse provides help
to patients and doctors. There are many different areas
of nursing that require completing different tasks.
Areas
of Nursing
1. Hospital
Nurses - Hospital nurses work in different
areas of the hospital including emergency room, maternity,
surgery, intensive care, and pediatrics.
2. Office
Nursess
- Office nurses aid doctors with small tasks such as
giving medication or injections, dressing wounds, and maintaining
records.
3. Nursing
Home Nurses - Nursing home nurses take care
of the people who live in the nursing homes. They watch diets
and monitor medications.
4. Home
Health Nurses - Home health nurses help patients
in their own home. They may help people with their day-to-day
medications, or rehabilitate patients.
5. Public
Health Nurses -
Public health nurses care for communities and groups. They
are employed usually by the government, but sometimes by private
agencies.
6. Occupational
Health Nurses - Occupational health nurses,
sometimes called industrial nurses, care for patients in need
of health counseling or who have potential health or safety
problems.
7. Head
Nurses - Head nurses, or nurse supervisors,
plan the work shedules for the nurses that work for them.
They also make sure all their nurses are doing their jobs
well.
8.
Nurse Practitioners
- Nurse practitioners are the most advanced nurses. They diagnose
patients and are able to prescribe medications.
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