Be a CRNA and Earn Over $100,000
November 30, 2008 by Rn2b
Filed under Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA), Types of Nurses
Nurse anesthetists bear astonishing lines of work. They do work side-by-side with surgeons, dental practitioners, chiropodists, and anesthesiologists day-after-day. IF you want to be a nurse anesthetist, you must be registered as a nurse that has acquired additional education citations and experience to be eligible to administer anesthesia. In a number of the hospitals, the nurse anesthetists are the only personnel that are able administer anesthesia. 3 years ago, the typical yearly earnings for a CRNA was approximately a little over $150,000. It brings a minimum of 7 years of instruction and training for a nurse to acquire the CRNA. When the distinctive candidate plans to this exam, they must have at the minimum of 1,694 hours in the clinical area.
Annually around 1,300 to 1,700 aspiring student nurse anesthesiologists accomplish the tenacious road to be a RN Anesthetist. They commenced this voyage by completing senior high. Then they entered in an undergrad program. To be a nurse anesthesiologist, you must acquire a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing. Once you have your Nursing degree, one will require career experience. You will need at least one year of acute care nursing practice for you to enter a master’s course program.
A good deal of masters programs are available for you to enroll in after you have your career experience. This year alone there are over 100 nurse anesthetist curricula. These programs extend for 2 to 3 years. One will be taking a grad program that will be teaching higher teaching in pharmacology, physiology, anatomy, and etc. You will also learn numerous anesthesia styles and variety operations for surgical and obstetric procedures. You will achieve this knowledge by training in classroom-based or in advanced community hospitals.
When you successfully finish the anesthetist course, you will be entitled to undergo the exam for CRNA. Upon passing the CRNA make it a point to register in the area or the state you reside in. Majority of the states in America also have an organization for anesthetists nurse.
Emerging Opportunities for a Traveling Nurse
November 30, 2008 by Rn2b
Filed under Critical Care Nurse (CCN), Types of Nurses
As the demand for nursing has increased, the supply has often been very low and hospitals are frequently understaffed. One option to fill the nursing shortage is the traveling nurse.
These nurses work in 3-month assignments on the same unit. They travel to various locations throughout the country. The financial charge by the traveling nurse company to the employing hospital for a traveler is usually very high, often greater than $50 per hour. The traveling nurse’s salary may be similar to that of her fellow employees or higher. The benefits of using traveling nurses include having a nurse with a variety of experiences providing continuity of care for three months. These nurses need only the basic hospital and unit orientation because they come with skills applicable to their area of practice.
A traveling nurse needs to be aware of differing nursing methodologies and licensure requirements from different places. The contract should stipulate clearly what the assignment is and the expectations of the institution and agency. Most travelers exhibit flexibility, adaptability, assertiveness, strong organizational and interpersonal skills, confidence, independence and the ability to learn new skills and techniques.
Be one of these nurses. Get the right education and information. Research the internet for more opportunities. Recommended sites are:
http://www.studentdoc.com/become-a-nurse.html
http://www.bls.gov/k12/help04.htm
If traveling is in your blood, adventure lies ahead. This is an opportunity to see other areas of the world, work with different cultures. Many of the traveling nurse companies advertise in nursing journals as well as over the internet.
What RNs do that LPNs can’t?
November 30, 2008 by Rn2b
Filed under General Nurse Information, Registered Nurse (RN)
While the duties of the LPN can be seen as almost similar to the RNs, it is not easy to see the things that RNs do that LPN can’t.
While LPNs can administer medications and perform simple and complicated procedures, they still need to be under the supervision of a physician or an RN to do so. Where as RNs can perform these tasks without the supervision of a physician or a supervising RN. The training of an RN is far more thorough than the training of an LPN, that’s why RNs can work, unsupervised while the LPNs can’t.
RNs can become health consultants and can work get managerial positions whereas LPNs cannot. Since the LPN has limited training, they lack the experience needed to get into a higher position. The LPN do most of the hands on duties of a nurse, from simple procedures to complicated ones, they usually do not make the patient’s reports. The duty lies with the RNs.
Becoming an LPN has been a commonly used stepping stone to become an RN. Most people would usually take up a LPN program, get experience in work and while working, continue with their studies to become RNs.
So for LPNs to get into a higher position or get better opportunities, they need to continue to the next level and get into an RN program. RNs have a bigger choice range when it comes to the next step of their education. They could either take up MSN or become more specialized in a particular field of nursing.