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NURSING CAREERS

Many people's conception of nursing is limited to "caring for frail or sick old people in a home or hospital ward." It's true that more nurses than ever are needed to provide that type of care. But many nursing specialties and careers can take you beyond "Good morning, Mrs. Hoskins, are you feeling any better today?". Here are a few of them:

Nurse-midwives deliver babies and help women to stay healthy and avoid complications during and after pregnancy.

Perinatal (also known as neonatal or obstetric) nurses monitor and care for women before, while, and after they deliver their babies.

Pediatric (children's) nurses care for children and adolescents: monitoring their growth and development, treating and trying to prevent their illnesses, helping them with asthma and other chronic problems, and working with them to overcome any disabilities they might have.

School nurses help kids in away-from-home schools. They make sure children are immunized, give eye and ear tests to make sure that any problems with those faculties are detected and corrected, treat injuries and illnesses that occur at school, teach and counsel kids about their health, and sometimes provide daily assistance to "mainstreamed" children with severe medical challenges.

College nurses assist older young people and adults at colleges and universities. They too treat illnesses and injuries, but they typically do more counseling and education to try to prevent psychological problems, alcohol and drug abuse, unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, and other health concerns that occur more often at college campuses.

Nutritionists make sure that patients get food and drink that will best meet their various health needs.

Peri operative (operating room) nurses assist before, during, and after surgery. Among peri operative nurses, RN first assistants provide direct nursing care to the patient being operated on; scrub nurses pass supplies and instruments to and from surgeons inside the sterile area surrounding the patient ("scalpel...forceps...retractor..."); and circulating nurses handle the nursing tasks outside the sterile area.

Nurse anesthetists help prepare patients for surgery, give them anesthesia during surgery or childbirth, and assist them through recovery.

Critical care (emergency room or acute/intensive care) nurses are called on to watch over patients with the most critical health needs: either acute situations requiring an emergency room visit or chronic situations requiring intensive, cardiac, or highly complex care.

In seeking to improve the health of their patients and the work environment of their staff, nursing administrators and managers don't only give care, they design it; they not only follow policy, they make it; they don't just make do with the resources they have, they help to allocate the resources.

Hospice nurses make the process of dying easier for terminal patients and their families. They provide emotional support and whatever physical care is required to minimize patients pain and symptoms while maximizing their dignity.

Public health nurses attempt to keep entire communities as healthy as possible by preventing and containing the spread of disease and the incidence of environment related health problems, as well as by educating people how to maintain their wellness. They are employed by community organizations ranging in size from camps and schools to city health departments and HMOs.

Psychiatric and mental health nurses assess and respond to people's mental health needs, whether it be in a counselor's office, a hospital psych ward, or in an evacuation center during a natural disaster.

Occupational nurses are concerned with the health and safety of employees in the workplace. In normal situations they try to help workers stay well and productive and prevent the types of ergonomic problems that lead to stress injuries. When accidents occur, they make sure that employees get the medical attention they need and that worker's compensation, if necessary, is dealt with correctly.

Sports nurses try to keep athletes and sports enthusiasts in optimum physical shape, advising them how to stay well and treating injuries if they occur.

Military nurses care for soldiers: treating their injuries and illnesses, giving psychological and moral support, and helping them to be as physically prepared as possible to do their duty.

Forensic nurses treat victims of crimes, particularly sexual assaults, with a view toward not only healing the patient but also solving the crime.

Nursing researchers/scientists research and evaluate all aspects of the nursing practice, including the effectiveness of nursing tools, methods, and procedures.

These are some of the most common nursing jobs, worldwide. Please visit this page again for the latest updates on the job openings in the field of nursing, in Kerala or abroad.