In studying Registered Nursing one will find that they have to be compassionate and want to care for others. Registered Nurses assist physicians with suffering patients of any medical condition. They help to decide the patient’s medicine, treatment, recovery, and educate the them and their families on post-medical treatment. They need to have bedside manner, and be able to prepare patients for surgery. Registered Nursing careers range anywhere from critical care, oncology, mental health, to an everyday school nurse. To be a Registered Nurse one will need to go through about three to four years of school. The certificates range from Associates Degree in Nursing (ADN), to Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN). The most popular option is the ADN program because it’s more hands on out in the medical field. To become a Registered Nurse one can go to any community college or university. Throughout one 's education through Registered Nursing school one will adapt knowledge in Anatomy, Microbiology, Chemistry, Nutrition, Psychology, and Nursing Practice and Theory. Before one can be accepted though there are prerequisites that are required, such as, minimum SAT or ACT scores, GPA between 2.0 and 3.25, three years of math (including Geometry and Algebra II), three years of science (including Biology and Chemistry), four years of English, and two …show more content…
As most anyone would know, hospitals hate sending people home if it were possible they would keep them until they recovered fully or passed on to better places. Unfortunately, hospitals do not have room for that many patients so one part of Registered Nursing is working at their homes and residential care facilities, to help the patients that need to be followed up after their hospital treatment. Registered Nurses get an annual salary of $67,930, an hourly wage of $32.66, and $1,306 a week. On average their total pay is between $43,000 and