Nursing Industry Nursing is a profession focusing in healthcare on a personal and public scale. This industry for centuries nurses have been a practice, however it wasn’t till Florence Nightingale that nursing became an established as a profession, she created the foundations of modern nursing. What It Is and What It Is Not (1860) by Nightingale were the first documented notes on the philosophy of nursing (Crisp, Douglas, Rebeiro & Waters, 2009). Following that she founded the Nightingale Training School for Nurses; the first institution for nursing. The school works with St. Thomas ' Hospital in London and taught midwifery and domiciliary care ("The Impact of Florence Nightingale on Nursing | RNCentral.com", 2010) Primitively, nursing was …show more content…
Consequently, no qualifications also lead to a hierarchical system, nurses who spent more time in the industry climbing higher in the ranks. Nursing today is respected a profession. Continually the most trusted profession with high ethics and honestly has been awarded to nursing ("Roy Morgan Image of Professions Survey 2017: Health professionals continue domination with Nurses most highly regarded again; followed by Doctors and Pharmacists", 2017). The spectrum of nursing care has now diverged from just the recovery, but to care inside and out of the hospital, educating the patient and the public, advocacy for prevention of illness and injury on the mass scale, being involved within the political field such as health policy and system management, laboratory research and client management. ("Nursing in today 's society", n.d.) Procedures and standards of nursing is ever …show more content…
Once one has the qualifications to become a registered nurse there is a vast range of career opportunities. Some career roles include but are not limited to: clinical nurse, nurse practitioner, nurse manager, nurse educator, nurse researcher and legal nurse analyst. ("100 Best Things to Do With A Nursing Degree", 2018) My aim is to work in the clinical setting and specialize as a nurse anaesthetist. To become a nurse and work in the clinical setting as 82.2% of nurses do (AUSTRALIA’S FUTURE HEALTH WORKFORCE – Nurses, 2014) legally they must first become a registered nurse. Registration is done with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and standards must be met to obtain it. These standards include: a criminal history check, appropriate professional indemnity insurance, be at a certain level of English language skills, continuing professional development and adequate practice since registration ("Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - Registration Standards", n.d.). Nurses are also required to work under set guidelines for “continual professional development” and” mandatory notification” by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Subsequently, to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anaesthetist 2-3 years’ worth of experience in the intensive care ward while completing a nursing anaesthesia graduate program as a registered nurse is required to get certificate by the National Board on Certification and Recertification of Nurse Anaesthetists ("How to