The Benefits of Taking a Nursing Program

A nursing program increases your knowledge base and helps in furthering your career prospects in the healthcare industry. Advanced training allows you to choose a specialization based on your passion and ambition.

Nursing is one of the honorable professions in the world. Nurses play a very important role in the healthcare industry assisting patients suffering from ailments or recovering from a surgery or injury. As a nurse you would be involved in day-to-day patient care in hospitals, assisted living facilities or provide home healthcare to the patients. Whether you plan to become a Certified Nursing Assistant or a Registered Nurse you would need to take a training program. These training programs better your career prospects and also improve your skills in nursing and patient care. Let us share with you some of the benefits of taking a nursing program.

Rewarding Profession         

Nursing is a highly rewarding profession both in terms of monetary returns as well as the satisfaction of providing care to a person. This profession isn’t bound by the dynamics of the market or recession. There is no downsizing or fall in demand for these professionals. According to the U.S. Department of Labor the median pay for Registered Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants stood at $65,470 and $24,420 respectively. A professional nursing degree would make you eligible to work in a variety of roles in the healthcare industry. Advanced training allows you to explore into variety of emerging roles in the industry.

Increase Your Knowledge Base         

Nursing is a highly demanding job and it requires specialized training. It is a vast field that requires an individual to possess skills in patient care, monitoring vitals, administering medication, maintaining cleanliness and hygiene and keeping track of their progress. Nursing programs increase your knowledge base and keep you abreast with the new technologies and techniques used in patient care. You would also keep updated with the latest medication used in patient care. This advanced knowledge comes in handy patient care on a day-to-day basis while serving your patients.  

Choosing Specialization      

As a nurse you would have the opportunity to select a specialty based on your passion and ambition. You can choose between working in a hospital or in an assisted living facility. Many nurses also prefer to take up the roles of educators and train new entrants into this profession.  Nurses in hospitals can choose among several inter-disciplinary roles such as working in the cardiology, neurology, surgical or pediatric department or even provide primary care in remote areas where there are no doctors. Nursing training allows you to choose your area of specialization. 

Safe Nursing Clothing and Gear

As with most jobs there is a certain amount of recommended clothing and gear that you should wear once you become a nurse. The prescribed gear is for your safety and the safety of those around you to include other patients, your peers and most importantly the family at home that you are working to provide for. This clothing and gear is to protect you from diseases, blood born pathogens and bodily fluids such as urine.

            Probably the most important piece of gear for a nurse would be tennis shoes. Tennis shoes are the most important piece of gear because they will protect your feet. Tennis shoes will also provide support when you have to stand for long periods of time. One of the most important safety concerns with tennis shoes is that in a face paced environment such as an inner city hospital emergency room you have less of a risk of slipping and falling on the hospital floor.  It is never a safe bet and most to wear any kind of open toed shoes, not to mention most hospitals and clinics will have guidelines against it.

            The second most important piece of gear for a CNA, LPN or medical assistant would be gloves, because they protect your hands from exposure to bodily fluids and any kind of infection that may be present on a patient you a treating. An important thing to consider when choosing gloves is size of the glove and the material such as latex.

            Being a nurse, you should never forget about are sometimes optional pieces of gear such as a face-mask and eye protection. Nurses should don a facemask if you are treating a patient who has or displays symptoms of an infectious disease. Eye protection should ideally be worn in any type of surgery situation to protect your eyes from splatter of blood and other bodily fluids.

            A good piece of gear that will sometimes be worn is a gown or apron over your scrubs so that you don’t contaminate your uniform and transfer any diseases, blood or infections to your other patients or peers. An apron will also protect your uniform giving you a neat and clean appearance, which is great when you are pulling a twelve hour shift in the emergency room.

            Last but not least is the most important item to any nurses uniform scrubs. Scrubs should be comfortable and loose fitting so that you can most effectively conduct your duty, not to mention this will give you a professional look.