my name is Karsten Hartdegen and I´m writing to you because I´m looking for contact to German interested students from the United States of America who want to exchange ideas, thoughts and more of their country and culture.
I´m 40 years old, married and have two kids (2 and 4 years). I´m head of a school training nurses (tied to a hospital) and hope to get a lot of informations of the American school and education system, ecspecially in terms of nurse education.
So, can you help me?
Of course too I want to make my (American) English better on this way, maybe someone want to learn a bit German!
Do you have problems to get students? Does a wealthy, bright and encouraged yioung person want to get a nurse in the States?
Originally posted by purplemania
Welcome! I have visited your area of Germany and found the country and the people to be beautiful.
There are several ways to get licensed as a Registered Nurse in the USA. Some people go to a diploma school (not many left, but they are generally associated with a hospital or religious organization), some get Associates Degrees (some college plus 2 years of nursing school) and some get Bachelor of Science Degree (4 years of college with nursing school included). All must take a national exam in order to get their license. Most acute care facilities are wanting BSN degrees for manager positions. Paying for education is the hard part, as our government does not pay for it unless you qualify for government grants. Most people have to work a little while going to school, or work full time and go to school part-time. Is this what you were looking for?
Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.
Many bright young students do not even give nursing a thought these days per our many discusions here.
In some areas of US there are 2-3 year wait lists to get into our associate degree schools (2 years of nursing). In these areas students must take prerequesties: Math, English, Science classes before even getting accepted into nursing program!
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
AACN has put together some great tools to help people considering a future in nursing find programs, plan their careers and locate financial help. There is also a list of schools offering baccalaureate and masters degrees in nursing.
This site provides useful information on planning a career in nursing, including what a nursing job entails, licensing, nursing specialties and how to fund your training.
A starting source to learn about Nursing careers, future growth trends and pay scales for different types of Nurses, review the US Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook: http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
German Karsten
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That´s what I´m looking for, yeah!
Do you have problems to get students? Does a wealthy, bright and encouraged yioung person want to get a nurse in the States?