Do you want to become a Adult Nurse(specialism of Nurse)? Here is some information to help point you in the right direction:
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Adult nurses work in hospitals or in the community, nursing sick and injured adults back to health. Each nurse is normally responsible for a number of patients. Their tasks include:
· finding out about patients' clinical history and circumstances
· writing a care plan
· observing and assessing patients' progress, in consultation with doctors
· counselling patients and their relatives
· checking temperatures, blood pressure and respiration rates
· helping doctors with physical examinations
· giving drugs, injections, blood transfusions and drips
· cleaning and dressing wounds.
Nurses may also carry out more routine tasks, such as making beds or giving personal hygiene care. However, this work is often done by healthcare assistants, who are supervised by nurses.
Nurses in the National Health Service (NHS) work 37.5 hours a week. This may include early, late and night shifts. Many NHS employers offer flexible working hours and career breaks.
Adult nurses may work in hospitals, hospices, GP surgeries, prisons, in industry or in patients' homes. In hospital, nurses may work in wards or outpatient clinics, or in special units such as intensive care, operating theatres or accident and emergency.
In the NHS, salaries range from around £18,114 a year for a newly-qualified nurse, to over £50,000 for nurse consultants. Salaries in private hospitals and nursing homes vary considerably. An adult nurse must be able t
· get on well with patients of all ages and backgrounds
· work well alone and as part of a team
· cope with a demanding workload
· use tact and patience, and be able to stay calm in a crisis
· use computers.
Nursing students study towards a degree or a diploma course, or a postgraduate course if they already have a degree. The course starts with a year-long Common Foundation Programme, covering the basic principles of nursing. Students then go on to do a specific programme in adult nursing. They usually have to decide which branch of nursing they wish to specialise in at the beginning of the course. For more general information about becoming a nurse, see Nurse. On completing their course, adult nurses must register with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
Registered nurses can take further specialist training to become community or district nurses, practice nurses in GP surgeries, health visitors, prison nurses or occupational health nurses.
With experience, nurses may take on a sister or charge nurse role. They may progress to managerial roles, qualify as nurse teachers or undertake research. It is also possible to become a clinical leader and work as a nurse consultant.
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