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NURSING

DISCOVER. NURSING. What Is a Registered Nurse?. A member of the healthcare team who plans and provides care and health services to patients under the direction of and in collaboration with physicians.

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NURSING

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  1. DISCOVER NURSING

  2. What Is a Registered Nurse? • A member of the healthcare team who plans and provides care and health services to patients under the direction of and in collaboration with physicians. • Works with all members of the healthcare team to coordinate care and make sure all of the patients’ needs are being met.

  3. What does an RN do? • Monitor the condition of patients • Administer medications • Perform therapeutic procedures • Educate patients and their families in proper health care practices • Develop a plan of care for each patient with physicians and other health care professionals • Supervise LVNs, Externs, Interns

  4. Hospitals Clinics Public Health Extended Care Centers Corporations Hospice Health-related Industries Schools Where do RNs work?

  5. Why Nursing? • Good Job Outlook • Good salary • Help others • Many areas to fit you

  6. Job Outlook • VERY GOOD!! • By the year 2020, there will be a nursing shortage of 800,000 • Employment of nurses is expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations

  7. Salary • The average hourly rate is $25.47 • The average annual salary is $51,975 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2005

  8. Salary by Position Source: Dallas Hospital Council 2004

  9. Nursing Department Vacancy Rate Medical/Surgical 9.8% Critical Care 8.5% Maternal/Child 2.5% NeonatalICU 3.7% Operating Room 5.8% Emergency Department 6.1% Psychiatric 6.4% Other Inpatient 7.5% Home Health Outpatient 2.7% Other Outpatient 1.4% RN Nurse Totals 6.6% Nursing Shortage in DFW Source: Dallas Hospital Council 2004

  10. Diversity in Nursingin Texas source: Texas Board of Nurse Examiners, 2004

  11. Academic Nursing Education Administrative Nursing Aerospace Nursing Agency Nursing Ambulatory Care Nursing Business and Marketing Nursing Clinic Nursing Emergency Nursing Employee Health Nursing Entrepreneurial Nursing Epidemiological Nursing Forensic Nursing Something for Everyone

  12. Geriatric Nursing Home Care Nursing Hospice Nursing Hyperbaric Nursing Infection Control Nursing Intensive Care Nursing Legal Nursing Long Term Care Nursing Military Nursing Neonatal Nursing Neuro Nursing Nurse Anesthetist Nursing Informatics Nursing Psychologist Nursing Research OB-GYN Nursing Office Nursing Oncological Nursing Operating Room Nursing Something for Everyone

  13. Opthalmological Nursing Orthopaedic Nursing Paramedical Nursing Pediatric Nursing Perioperative Nursing Radiological & Radiotherapy Nursing Rehabilitation Nursing School Nursing Travel Nursing Something for Everyone

  14. Prerequisites • Anatomy and Physiology • Microbiology • Psychology • Sociology • Nutrition • Chemistry • English • History • Government • Math NCLEX RN ADN to BSN BSN to MSN Nursing Paths HighSchool SAT & THEA ADN BSN • 2 years - generally at a community college • Time spent in classroom as well as in clinical • More skill and hands on oriented • Can continue another 2 years school later to earn BSN while working as RN • 4 years of college -usually at a major university • Classroom and clinical hours • More theory and knowledge oriented • Prepared for management and administrative positions

  15. Nursing Schools in DFWAssociate Degree Programs

  16. Nursing Schools in DFWBaccalaureate Degree Programs

  17. Scholarships Military Financial Aid Hospitals Employers Student Loans Pay as you go to school Money for Nursing School

  18. Pioneering Nursing’s Future:Excellence Through Diversity • New program with DFW AHEC and TWU School of Nursing • Quarterly Electronic Newsletters • Summer Day Camp • Monthly stipends for pre-nursing students at TWU • Scholarship for TWU students • Guaranteed Admission to TWU Nursing School

  19. To find out more. . . www.dfwahec.org www.twunursingdiversity.org Sonia Valdez Redwine, MPH Sonia.Redwine@utsouthwestern.edu 214-648-8334

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