Nursing Jobs – What You Need to Know

Have you always dreamed about becoming a nurse? Does the thought of treating patients and educating the public about various medical conditions intrigue you? There is a steady increase in the numbers of nursing jobs. Interacting with people in need of medical care makes nursing jobs highly rewarding.  HealthcareRecruitment.com offers a full range of nursing jobs, whether you're searching for RN jobs in your specialty or you're a certified nursing assistant looking for employment.

Browse through our website to view the full list of nursing jobs currently available for RN's, LVN/LPN's, Certified Nursing Assistants, Certified Nurse Specialists and Nursing Aids.

Registered Nurse (RN)

• Treat patients
• Educate patients and public about various medical conditions
• Provide advice and emotional support to patients' family members
• Record patients' medical histories and symptoms
• Perform diagnostic tests and analyze results
• Operate medical machinery
• Administer treatment and medications
• Help with patient follow-up and rehabilitation
• Places of employment:
  • Hospitals
  • Offices of physicians
  • Nursing care facilities
  • Home health care services
  • Employment services
  • Government agencies
  • Outpatient care centers
• Average annual salary of $52,330 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Average salary of $58,716 (Salary.com)

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

• Also known as Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
• Care for sick, injured, convalescent and disabled
• Take vital signs of patient (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration)
• Prepare and give injections and enemas
• Monitor catheters
• Apply dressings
• Treat bedsores
• Give alcohol rubs and massages
• Collect samples for testing
• Perform routine laboratory tests
• Feed patients
• Record food and fluid intake and output
• Assist with bathing, dressing, personal hygiene of patient
• Under direction of physicians and RNs
• Places of employment:
  • Hospitals
  • Nursing care facilities
• Average annual salary of $33,970 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• Average salary of $37,696 (Salary.com)

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By work setting or type of care provided:

• Ambulatory care – treat patients on an outpatient basis
• Critical care – work in critical or intensive care hospital units and provide care to patients with cardiovascular, respiratory or pulmonary failure
  • Average salary of $59,755 (Salary.com)
• Emergency/trauma – work in hospital emergency departments and treat patients with life-threatening conditions
  • Average salary of $58,178 (Salary.com)
• Home health care – provide at-home care for patients recovering from surgery, accidents or childbirth
  • Average salary of $59,021 (Salary.com)
• Hospice and palliative care – provide care for and ease pain of terminally ill patients outside of hospitals
• Infusion – administer medications, fluids and blood to patients through injections in veins
• Long-term care – provide medical services on recurring basis to patients with chronic physical or mental disorders
  • Average salary of $55,347 (Salary.com)
• Medical-surgical – provide basic medical care to variety of patients in all health settings
• Occupational health – provide treatment for job-related injuries and illnesses
  • Average salary of $62,947 (Salary.com)
• Perianesthesia – provide preoperative and postoperative care to patients undergoing anesthesia
• Perioperative – assist surgeons by selecting and handling instruments, controlling bleeding and suturing incisions
• Psychiatric – treat patients with personality and mood disorders
  • Average salary of $55,939 (Salary.com)
• Radiological – provide care to patients undergoing diagnostic radiation procedures
• Rehabilitation – care for patients with temporary and permanent disabilities
• Transplant – care for transplant recipients and living donors

By a particular disease or condition:

• Addictions
• Developmental disabilities
• Diabetes management
• Genetics
• HIV / AIDS
• Oncology – cancer
  • Average salary of $57,862 (Salary.com)
• Wound, ostomy and continence

By a particular organ or body system:

• Cardiac & vascular – coronary heart disease / heart surgery
• Dermatology – disorders of the skin
• Gastroenterology – digestive and intestinal
• Gynecology – female reproductive system
• Nephrology – kidney disease
• Neuroscience – nervous system
• Ophthalmic – disorders of the eye
• Orthopedic – muscular or skeletal problems
• Otorhinolaryngolgy – ear, nose and throat disorders
• Respiratory – respiratory disorders
• Urology – kidney, urinary tract and male reproductive disorders

By various segments of the population:

• Neonatology – newborns
• Pediatrics – children and adolescents
  • Average salary of $56,147
• Adults
• Gerontology or geriatrics – elderly
  • Average salary of $51,888 (Salary.com)

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