Who is Nurse?
A person (Male or Female)
trained to provide medical care for the sick or disabled, especially one who is
licensed and works in a hospital or physician's office. Give medical and other
attention to (a sick person).
In many countries the Nurses
are registered and have a license number which will renew according to their
country or Council polices, known as Registered Nurse abbreviated as RN.
Types of Nurse
There are different types of
nurses. Each category has specialized knowledge and skill set to health care
teams and workplaces. Although there are many types of nurses, as,
Registered Nurse
A person must have completed a nursing education program, met competence
requirements, passed the registration exam and consented to a criminal record
check. Nursing abilities are based in four categories — each is as important as
the other:
Professional Responsibility
and Accountability; Self-Regulation
Knowledge-based Practice
Client-Focused Provision of
Service (The client is the person central to all nursing practice.)
Agency Nurse
As opposed to traditional nurses, work on an availability basis, announcing the
hours in which they will be able to work and signing up for shifts that fit
within those ranges. Since they work for an agency, rather than a specific
hospital, their jobs often shift from place to place.
Ambulatory Care Nurse
Take care of temporary patients who reside in hospitals for twenty-four hours
or less. Since the patients who fit this description vary quite a bit, these
types of nurses work with a number of different injuries and illnesses, rather
than specializing in one region.
Nurse Anesthetists
Assists doctors in a wide variety of settings, including the hospital room,
surgery room, and dentist’s office. They provide the anesthesia to relieve or
prevent the patient from feeling pain from the impending procedure.
Cardiac Care Nurse
Works
with many staff members, including various types of doctors, to monitor and
regulate functions of the heart in patients. Cardiac patients often come in for
one of quite a few different issues, ranging from less severe chest pain to the
extremely severe heart attack.
Case Management Nurse
Focuses more on the research aspect of healthcare, seeking to find the most
efficient treatment process for patients. They work in labs and hospitals with
a group of patients, analyzing and assessing conditions, as well as testing
potential treatment methods.
Critical Care Nurse
Cares for patients who are knocking on death’s door. These patients need
immediate care and, if it is not provided, could result in fatal consequences.
Emergency Nurse
Works
in the Emergency Room and treat patients who arrive at the hospital in critical
condition. The environment tends to be quite a bit hectic, filled with doctors
and nurses rushing from room to room in an attempt to make sure no one pass on
their watch.
Forensic Nurse
Works with patients who have been involved and injured in violent crimes. They
collect evidence regarding the misdemeanor and pass the information on to the
police. In addition to this, Forensic Nurses also often work in the prison
system.
Gastroenterology Nurse
Treats patients with potentially detrimental gastrointestinal issues who
require assistance in eliminating these problems. They work in a range of
medical settings, including physician offices, inpatient and outpatient
departments, and inpatient hospital units.
Geriatric Nurse
Takes care of the elderly in nursing homes, hospitals, or at the patient’s
home. This particular type is very taxing on nurses since the elderly tend to
become ill very often and rely on the nurses to help them meet all of their
basic needs.
Holistic Nurse
Works with patients to provide care for the entirety of the patient, including
both mind and body. They use therapeutic methods to improve the patient’s
connection with emotions, spirit, interpersonal relationships, and surrounding
environment.
HIV/AIDS Nurse
Care for terminal patients who have been diagnosed with human immunodeficiency
virus infection/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (more commonly referred to
as HIV/AIDS) to lessen the severity of symptoms and help patients cope with the
onset of this disease.
Nurse Informatics
A field of nursing that heavily involves the use of computers. Nurses in
this area create and enhance electronic medical programs to assist doctors and
other nurses better treat and care for their patients.
Legal Nurse
Is an individual to work with attorneys to assess the medical condition of the
person on trial in order to determine whether or not that individual can claim
medical negligence.
Midwife
Nurses who specify in the area of childbirth, assisting in the delivery
process by calming the mother down and physically delivering the infant. They
often come to the mother’s home when the labor begins and provide the best ways
to deliver that involve the least amount of discomfort.
Military Nurse
Work with patients who have been injured on the battlefield, sometimes
providing emergency services for those in critical condition and other times
simply treating a bullet wound that’s not life threatening. They also work on
base camps to treat more mild conditions.
Neonatal Nurse
Cares for newborn infants immediately after birth, checking to that the infant is
breathing correctly, as well as a range of other physiological health checks.
They typically take care of infants from the time they are born until they
leave the hospital.
Neuroscience Nurse
Treats patients with a variety of ailments related to the functioning of the
nervous system. Diseases that affect or are caused by the dysfunction of the
nervous system include epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington’s chorea, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Nurse Practitioners
Include individuals who have obtained a Master’s degree in nursing and are
qualified to prescribe medication and make diagnoses without the assistance of
a doctor.
Occupation Health Nurse
Concerns and cares for the employees of the hospital in which they work.
They treat doctors and nurses who have become ill from the patients or other
means.
Oncology Nurse
Works with cancer patients to provide treatments, such as chemotherapy and
radiotherapy in an attempt to diminish or eliminate the cancerous cells. They
also provide relief and assistance to those who have been terminally diagnosed.
Pediatric Nurse
Work with children and treat almost anything that a child has contracted,
whether it be the common cold or the chicken pox. They practice in hospitals,
clinics, schools, and in the home.
Psychiatric Nurse
Care for and treat patients who have been diagnosed with a mental illness. The
illnesses range from mildly disruptive, such as mild depression, to life
altering, such as schizophrenia. These nurses can be found in hospitals and
mental institutions.
Research Nurse
Works in the lab to develop treatments and drugs to cure certain illnesses or
improve overall quality of life. They often work in a specialized area,
researching and coming up with new ideas of treatment methods for patients in
their field of interest.
Transplant Nurse
Assists in procedures in which an infected organ is to be replaced with a
donated healthy organ of the same kind. A few examples of organs that are
frequently transplanted include the liver, kidney, pancreas, small bowel,
heart, and lungs.
School Nurse
They treat a variety of students in different
age ranges regarding issues that occurred within the school, such as gym
injuries, and outside of the school that could potentially affect the other
children, such as the flu.
Trauma Nurse
Works
with patients in critical condition who require immediate treatment. They can
often be found in the emergency room since they assist in treating trauma
caused by such incidences as a car accident, gunshot wound, stabbing, or
assault.
Travel Nurse
Very similar to agency nurses in that they spend their days in different
hospitals and work for a company, rather than a location. However, the way in
which they differ is that Travel Nurses move from hospital to hospital around
the country rather than only staying local.
Urology Nurse
Treat patients in areas related to oncology, male infertility, male sexualfunction, kidney stones, incontinence, and pediatrics.
Woman’s Health Nurse
Assists in gynecological visits, ensuring the patient that the procedure
remains medical in nature. They also provide check-ups for mammography,
reproductive health, and general women’s health.
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