Student doing a report on nurses please Help me answer these questions!!

ibmissy · Oct 13, 2003

It depends on what kind of nurse you are talking about.

I am going for my LPN. Its at a vocational school and the program lasts for 15 months.

The RN program is about two years..but that doesn't count the pre-reqs. Also depends on what kind of degree the RN wants.

There is also APN too, which I don't know much about.

In my state, Connecticut, LPNs make from $18 to $25 an hr. There is a shortage of nurses in my state, as there is in pretty much every state.

Originally posted by Kateidra
I am a Student and i am doing a report on Nurses for my Biology class and i need to know the following information if you would please help me

1.Education needed and training
2.Salary and What the Job Market is like
3.A Job Description
4.Histiry Of the Job
5.Importance of the Job

If you would please try to answer one of these question put the number by your response of the question you are answering so i will know thank you very much i've search all over the internet but some of thes answers i just can't answer so i thouht why not ask nurses so i am please help me!!

twarlik · Oct 14, 2003

Well that's a whole lot of information you're asking for and all of it is freely available.

Check out this site: http://nursing.about.com/

They have a ton of links regarding nursing, including education requirements, salary, history...everything you need!

You may also want to poke around the main page here: http://www.allnurses.com. There are alot of links available there, too.

Good luck with your project.

NurseByChoice · Jan 3, 2004

How is this different from asking a friend to write your paper for you? Do you have an honor code at your school? If there is, you're breaking it. Not to mention you are loosing your chance to develop critical thinking skills when you go about your assignments this way. If you can't do this assignment yourself, you can't do the next one and so on until you learn how to do it yourself. Take charge of your life--research it yourself.

If you want to showcase a nurse's personal perspective in quotes, you can do that here. But the broad impersonal questions you are asking are meant to be researched from a variety of places and answered by you, citing the sources of that information.

Here's a start for your research:

http://www.ana.org American Nurses Association

You'll find all the information and links you need there. Or just google the topics in your questions.

Plagarism is more than copying words, it is copying ideas.

Furthermore, critical thinking involves being able to evaluate and verify the sources of your information, so this is not the place to do it. I could tell you that anyone over the age of 16 can just take a 50 question online test to become an RN and you could believe me.

Now go to a reliable source like the one above to find out if that is true.

klone, MSN, RN · Jan 3, 2004

Have you ever used a search engine? That will probably get you all the info you need. Of course, you'll have to do a little work and research, but that's all part of writing a paper.

fab4fan · Jan 3, 2004

Sigh...yet another "please write my paper for me" post.

fab4fan · Jan 3, 2004

PS; To the OP...please just post a question on one forum, not FIVE!

wonderbee, BSN, RN · Jan 3, 2004

I had the exact same assignment for my intro to health care class. I had to make an appointment to speak to a health care professional of the discipline I chose and conduct an actual interview. The discipline I chose was physician assistant. So I proceeded to call the ER of the local hospital to introduce myself and get the ball rolling. That's what I suggest you do.

RNIAM, BSN, RN · Jan 3, 2004

Be glad to help you out

1.Education needed and training

To be an RN you need

1. and Associates, Diploma, or BSN

2.Salary and What the Job Market is like

Salary can range in my area from $17.00 per hour to as much as $50.00+ per hour

3.A Job Description

Job decription varies depending upon where you work. The best resource for this would be to call around to different places like hospitals, and clinics.

4.Histiry Of the Job

This part you really need to research yourself, try doing a search. I am sure you will find alot of info

5.Importance of the Job

I am not sure what you mean by this question? I feel nursing is very important and a necessary part of our world today.

if you have more specific question please feel free to post them or pm me.

Good luck on your research.

sherrob · Jan 4, 2004

All of these answered in an Occupational Outlook Handbook, Go to your library or on the web.

twarlik · Jan 4, 2004

I feel the need to point out that the original post was from October. I have to imagine that she already finished her report by now...

RNIAM, BSN, RN · Jan 4, 2004

lol. well I guess that would have been a good thing to look at. :)