Men in Nursing

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• Men in Nursing?
• Why Nursing?
• What do Nurses do?

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What Does a Nurse Look Like???
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Nurses

• Can be male or female
• Come from many walks of life
• Come in all shapes and sizes
• Work hard to help others achieve their best level
  of health
• Study hard so that they have the knowledge and
  skills to be effective nurses
• Work in many different settings

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Nurses Do Exciting Work
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Have you seen

• Nurses on TV working on trauma patients?
• Nurses working in an emergency room?
• Nurses working alongside doctors in the operating
  room?
• Nurses that respond to accident scenes via
  helicopter?

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Working on a medical helicopter that does
transports and responds to accident scenes
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Working in an Emergency Room
Working at an accident scene
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Other jobs that nurses do
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After much thinking, I decided nursing was the
career for me....
I was inspired by an ICU nurse.......
Reasons some male nurses give for choosing nursing
I spent nearly a week in the hospital and had
alot of time to think about how the quality of
nursing care and how I could contribute......
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Why Should YOU do Nursing??

• It is an exciting career with LOTS of job options
  and opportunities
• It is challenging and rewarding
• It allows you to help others
• You can travel to other places while getting paid
  to be a nurse

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Why Should YOU do Nursing??

• Money-The starting salaries in California are
  around 83,000 per year.
• Career opportunities -
• Emergency Room, ICU, Hospice, Nursery, Surgery,
  travel nursing
• Secure Job find jobs in any state

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What do Nurses do???

• Care for people
• Help people
• Teach people how to be healthy
• Have lots of interaction with the patients
• And lots more!!!

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Jobs that Nurses Do

• Cardiac Care
• Emergency Room
• Surgery
• Doctors Office
• Administration
• Case Management
• Pediatrics
• Labor and Delivery
• Jail or Prison Nursing

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Is Nursing School Hard?

• Nursing school is difficult but if you are a good
  student, work hard, and like working with people
  it can be very rewarding
• For a basic nursing degree (Associate Degree in
  Nursing) there are almost two years of
  prerequisite courses and then two years of
  nursing courses
• Prerequisite courses often include anatomy,
  physiology, microbiology, English, math, social
  sciences, speech and nutrition
• See a counselor to discuss what you need to do to
  become a nurse

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Nurses are always thought of very highly by the
general public. You can have a good job, be
respected in your community, and do something
worthwhile by being a nurse.
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• If you want a CAREER that demands INTELLIGENCE,
  COURAGE and SKILL and offers UNLIMITED
  OPPORTUNITY, consider NURSING!

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Consider Nursing Links to More Info

• www.choosenursing.org
• http//www.mendocino.edu/tc/pg/4011/nursing_progra
  m.html
• http//www.forensic-nursing-info.com/considering_n
  ursing_consider_a_nursing_degree.php
• http//allnurses.com/