Is nursing the largest workforce in health care?
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yup, 2.6 million in the workforce.
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It depends on what kind of nurse you are.  Unilike doctors, nurses do not specialize until after graduation.  In general, in the hospital environment, nurses monitor and assess the patients and inform doctors of any changes or complications.  Doctors write orders, and nurses carry out those orders.  Things such as medication administration, dressing changes, inserting IVs and catheters, drawing blood and the like.  Nurses are the front line.  We spend the most time with patients, know when things are going wrong, and are the first responders in an emergency.  Nurses also serve as advocates for their patients, and spend a great deal of time planning the best care, and teaching a patient and their family on diagnoses, and health maintancence.  I love being a nurse!
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The best degree is nursing.  There is a shortage of nurses throughout the world.  You can work anywhere as a nurse, and get paid a good salary.
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Is your wife a Nurse?
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Quite a few actually.  I'm a nurse & work in a rehab hospital where we get indingents so I see lots of taxpayers' money going to support (welfare, disability) these people.
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Here is the abstract:\n\nhttp://www.nursingresearchonline.com/pt/re/nnr/abstract.00006199-199905000-00005.htm;jsessionid=GcHQgz7Rk29PQvLPFTp02mH9fLlbML8k4Tjn2KJDz4pyDFMgmX7t!-1243080020!-949856145!8091!-1
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If you are in the US, nursing is most definitely worth pursuing as a career.  The impending retirement of many baby boomers is creating great demand for nurses.  My sister and mother are both nurses; my sister has her pick of choice jobs and my mother, who is in her mid-60s, is contacted every week with job offers.
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No, but in sports medicine their are rehabilitation doctors, therapists and trainers as well as paramedics. Also medical advisers, no nursing positions.
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Not really the case in the US.  The number of people applying to nursing schools is greater then the number of spots available.  This is a good thing because it means only the very best people get accepted.\n\nAlso the nursing shortage is not so much a nation wide shortage as it is a regional one.\n\nIf your from the UK or the EU... Blame Socialism and its effect on the health care market.\n\nTry looking at colleges NOT in your home town.
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My wife is a nurse and all her friends are nurses. All I can say is, they all have job security like you wouldn't believe. If they quit one job today, they can pick from 10 jobs tomorrow. Huge shortage of nurses also means that you can better negotiate your wages and benefits. Good luck! :)
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Yes, there is a nursing shortage in general. Nurses are in high demand. Even if there are hospital beds available, if there are not enough nurses to staff them, they will not be available.\nHere are two links to nursing association websites:\nhttp://www.nursingworld.org/\nhttp://www.ena.org/
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The field is WIDE and with most of the employed nurses reaching retirement, the demand is HUGE.\n\nYou can either have a 2 year Asociates Degree or the 4 year Bach. of Science in Nursing.\n\nThen you can specialize in anything from ER to pediatrics, geriatrics to sports medicine, etc.  There are over 1500 programs to enter in.  Just look at your local communtiy college or university for more specifics.
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Nurses.\nThis country is in dire need of Nurses.\n\nYou think doctors save lives?\nWrong!!!
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I'm not sure about statistics and I'm not really sure about child psychology.  But yes, nurses are needed desperately all over the US!  If you think you like it and really like to be in contact with people and caring for them, nursing is the way to go!\n\nI guess that if you are looking for statistics, you are looking at job safety and income as well, which I think is very wise!   Nursing has a very good income, so you wouldn't have any problem and be sure there are more than enough jobs all over.  However it is a very TOUGH job.  I'm a doctor and I must say that nurses are our angels.  We work hard, but they work harder and earn less.   I sometimes think that for the amount of work you do as a nurse, why don't become a doctor and earn more?  Of course, each serves a different purpose in health care delivery and it's much tougher to get into Medicine than into Nursing.  Also there are aspects of one that you may like over the other that drives you to choose one instead of the other.\n\nSo, this is my take on nursing, I don't have experience on child psychology.  Go ahead with nursing if you like it, we need you!\n\nKeep in mind anyway that any career choice you make, try to pick whatever you LIKE more than by convenience.
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=staff  is a significant medical problem.
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what field that in demand in the moment. depend upon your location. where i'm from there are a shortage of nurses. so i would say nurses and medical assistant or in demand at this moment.
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Hmm, definitely do nursing...any program that takes longer will have better opportunities for job employment cause it requires longer investment of time.