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How much skills and knowledge will I achieve once I enter for RN?
My name is Adaline, I am 22 years old and a mom of 1.
I like to spend a s much time as I can with my son, and go to the park.
As I am interested in RN, I’d like to have an idea of what skills will I achieve and how much knowledge I can obtain.
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Tanisha’s Answer
Hi Adaline,
The amount of knowledge and skills you will be able to obtain all depends on you. Some nurses are complacent with doing and learning the bare minimum while others seek out educational opportunities. If you’re that person, then the skills and knowledge is limitless. You will always learn something.
Tanisha
The amount of knowledge and skills you will be able to obtain all depends on you. Some nurses are complacent with doing and learning the bare minimum while others seek out educational opportunities. If you’re that person, then the skills and knowledge is limitless. You will always learn something.
Tanisha
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Suzanne’s Answer
Hello Adeline. How wonderful you have this opportunity to be with your young son! It is a precious time of life.
Nursing is a very broad career. When first graduating and starting your first nursing job, you will have a basic skill set of understanding anatomy/physiology, nursing science, some pharmacology, and hospital routines. You will know how to care for very ill patients, administer a variety of medications (injections, intravenous), safety aspects of many drugs, and how to assess a patient in your care.
A physician is taught how to diagnose and treat humans diseases. Nurses are taught to recognize, diagnose, and treat the human RESPONSE to disease and wellness! It is a complementary skill set to physicians.
You can go on to learn many other types of nursing specialties and your knowledge will become very targeted. I studied cancer nursing and further specialized in human clinical trials (human experiments).
So, I recommend that you visit a local college and ask about nursing programs, the required pre-requisite classes, the duration of the program and degree they offer. See if this is of interest to you. If so, begin by taking core courses for graduation. You are young and have plenty of time to take classes while raising your son. You see, I did the same!
Talk to a local college about their nursing programs
Read books about nursing example: Inspired Nurse by Rich Bluni, RN
Sign up for core courses at your local community college
Once you have completed your core, start work on nursing school pre-requisites
Nursing is a very broad career. When first graduating and starting your first nursing job, you will have a basic skill set of understanding anatomy/physiology, nursing science, some pharmacology, and hospital routines. You will know how to care for very ill patients, administer a variety of medications (injections, intravenous), safety aspects of many drugs, and how to assess a patient in your care.
A physician is taught how to diagnose and treat humans diseases. Nurses are taught to recognize, diagnose, and treat the human RESPONSE to disease and wellness! It is a complementary skill set to physicians.
You can go on to learn many other types of nursing specialties and your knowledge will become very targeted. I studied cancer nursing and further specialized in human clinical trials (human experiments).
So, I recommend that you visit a local college and ask about nursing programs, the required pre-requisite classes, the duration of the program and degree they offer. See if this is of interest to you. If so, begin by taking core courses for graduation. You are young and have plenty of time to take classes while raising your son. You see, I did the same!
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