How much do nurses make? Vocational LVN?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos083.htm#earni... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Earnings Median annual earnings of licensed practical nurses were $33,970 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $28,830 and $40,670. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $24,480, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $46,270. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of licensed practical nurses in May 2004 were: Employment services $41,550 Nursing care facilities 35,460 Home health care services 35,180 General medical and surgical hospitals 32,570 Offices of physicians 30,400 Related Occupations LPNs work closely with people while helping them. So do emergency medical technicians and paramedics; medical assistants; nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides; registered nurses; social and human service assistants; and surgical technologists. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Earnings Median annual earnings of registered nurses were $52,330 in May 2004. The middle 50 percent earned between $43,370 and $63,360. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $37,300, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $74,760. Median annual earnings in the industries employing the largest numbers of registered nurses in May 2004 were as follows: Employment services $63,170 General medical and surgical hospitals 53,450 Home health care services 48,990 Offices of physicians 48,250 Nursing care facilities 48,220 Many employers offer flexible work schedules, child care, educational benefits, and bonuses.
What is the Difference Between a Nurse Practitioner and a Clinical Nurse Leader?
Answer number 1 is so wrong, it's ridiculous. A Nurse Practitioner is an Advanced Practice Nurse, requiring a Master's Degree. A NP has a specific focus (Family Practice, Women's Health, Pediatrics, etc), and is able to assess, diagnose, and often times prescribe (with the oversite of a supervising physician). Most in-store clinics at pharmacies and urgent care clinics are staffed with Nurse Practitioners. Many rural communities have clinics fully staffed by NPs who receive supervision from physicians in larger cities. Clinical Nurse Leader (which is NOT the same as a Clinical Nurse Specialist) is a relatively new position, also requiring a Master's Degree, but non-specialized. The CNL is a generalized clinical position. As defined by the AACN "The CNL collects and evaluates patient outcomes, assesses cohort risk, and has the decision-making authority to change care plans when necessary. This clinician functions as part of an interprofessional team by communicating, planning, and implementing care directly with other health care professionals, including physicians, pharmacists, social workers, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners." There's not a major salary difference between the two other than those driven by experience and location. While NPs almost exclusively work in direct patient care, CNLs have less direct patient care/more case management and coordination focus. My advice is to have a long conversation with the head of the nursing school at your university of choice and get a clear understanding of what each position does, what opportunities exist and which would be the best fit for you. You might also check out the AACN for more information.
What is the difference between social work and other professions?
Social work is not as much a distinction from other work as it is a helping profession. In the macro, it includes advocacy, policy making, program management, grant writing, conducting studies with social relevance, acting as a change agent on a community or larger context.In the micro, it is an effort to help the individual become self actualized, to be content and have purpose in life. That includes overcoming all manner of obstacles such as childhood abuse, addiction, mental illness, grief and loss, illness, relationship issues, etc…Ideally social workers come to the profession without major personal issues, having completed self care and personal development sufficient to make them an effective tool for the client. Ideally, they do not utilize client relationships to work out their own problems or recreate situations in which they can achieve a certain result. Sometimes this is not the case. They should always meet the client where they are and be client-centered. They should have their own therapist to sort through triggers that arise during sessions with clients.Whether they work with groups or on issues or directly with people, the goal is to make positive change.
Why do most social workers with a master’s degree get paid far less than nurses (LPNs) with a 2-year degree, or RNs with a 4-year degree?
There are multiple good answers that address supply and demand. I will be more blunt. Some jobs are essential while there are many other jobs that we can get through an entire lifetime without ever using their skills. If people want to be employed at a certain salary, then they need to do the research before embarking on a course of study that is well-known to not pay as well with a master's degree as many jobs one can obtain with a high school diploma and a vocational school program.A social worker might be a nice thing to have in a civilized society where everyone can afford to pay for not only essentials but the extras that make life better in less than obvious ways. If people have physical injuries or illnesses, they don't simply want doctors and nurses they need them. I have needed the services of many physicians, nurses, radiology technicians, phlebotomists and even janitors in hospitals and medical offices in my fifty plus years on the planet, but I have yet to utilize a social worker for anything personally.Similarly, if a house has only one toilet and it stops working, they need a plumber. They might want a contractor to come in and add a second bathroom or at least a little powder room with a sink and toliet to avoid a future crisis if the only current toliet stops working again. However, building a second bathroom is definitely only a desire and not essential to keeping their home functional.
Becoming a certified nursing assistant ( CNA ) with social anxiety?
If you want to be a CNA, I advice you to think outside the box for a career in the medical fields. I have friends who practically sob every day after the end of her shift. She is a very tough girl, very patience, strong willed, determined and most of all very tolerant, yet she cried practically every day until one day she could not stand being pushed around by those highly stressed and burnt out RN, and she quit and took a couple more classes and now she is a LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse) and she hoped to be a Physical Therapist soon. CNA is exactly what it said, assistant to the nurse. My friend said the doctors will pass the "dirty work" to the nurse and the nurse will pass a more "dirty work" down to the CNA. The CNA soon becomes numb and clean it all up. Between working with "sick" children and a sick "elderly", believe me working with "sick" children is way much better than the "sick elderly" who will scream, yell, complain, even threaten to sue you just so you can feel his/her pain like yours *
Why are patients not appreciating nursing care?
Nursing has done a poor job of communicating with the public, at large, of what we do, how we do it, and why we do it.To wit: the minute a nurse enters your room, that nurse is assessing or evaluating everything about you: your general presentation (awake? drowsy? etc.), whether you make sense when speaking with me (cognitive status and level of reality orientation), if any intravenous (IV) meds or other tubes or devices in, on, or near you used for treatments are working; do you appear comfortable or anxious?, and a plethora of other assessments and evaluations. All of these provide a ton of clinical information about you and directly influence nursing care.Note, these nursing assessments and observations happen on the nurse just entering your room and seeing you. Think on that for just a moment…Nurses are responsible for your care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Nurses perform the direct physical labor of caring, provide support and seek referrals and resources from allied health professionals (Medical Social Worker, Psychologist, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Spiritual Care, Speech Therapist, Registered Dietitian, others). Registered Nurses are care managers who provide direct care, supervise Licensed Vocational or Practical Nurses (LVN/LPN) and CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) staff, and often provide complex clinical treatments.Nurses are sometimes assigned many patients and time management is sometimes not taught well enough - or at all - during a nurse’s education and clinical training. This requires persistent prioritization of each patient’s care needs in balance with other patients’ needs, sometimes resulting in changing when care tasks happen.Nurses have many ‘supervisors’: their Nurse Manager (NM), the NM’s manager or director, the MD, auditors/quality and performance improvement staff, etc. Visitors, friends, and family members often request information nurses cannot provide them, because or privacy regulations and standards. Dealing with these can generate considerable emotional stress for nurses.
Why would someone become a nurse over becoming a doctor or become a doctor over becoming a nurse?
I guess it depends on the person. There could be many reasons for a person becoming a nurse. Some may not want the responsibility that you would have as a doctor. But nurses are faced with life and death decisions and responsibilities also. I never gave a thought to becoming a doctor until much later. I had wanted too be a nurse since I was a little girl. My mother died when I was 22 years old and that made me want it even more when I saw there was a need for nurses who really cared about people's welfare. When I was young girls were not encouraged to be doctors and lawyers etc. like the boots in school were. Girls were encouraged to be nurses, teachers or secretaries more often. Today girls are encouraged to go into these field often and they do. As for me, when I went to nursing school I did not have the finances to go to med school and I was married with a one year old daughter. My husband was also going to college majoring in nursing along with me. We were going on the GI Bill as we both had been in the Air Force. Knowing what I know now I would probably have gone to med school after becoming a nurse. I didn't have enough confidence in myself and I wanted to have another child. I have known women who were going to med school that had children already. I wish I had gone now. All I knew at the time was I wanted to help people that were sick and needed someone to take care of them. That's why I chose the nursing field.