Careers in Nursing [Paperback]

Terence J. Sacks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 24, 2003 | Series: McGraw-Hill Professional Careers

Expert guidance on exploring and choosing a professional career

Ideal for college-bound students or anyone thinking about making a career change, this series offers information needed to explore and choose a profession and then narrow it down to a job that suits them. Each book details the responsibilities, education and training required, and employment outlooks for dozens of satisfying careers in the field.

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With the increased demand for home care, community health nursing, and hospital care, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has listed nursing as one of the top forty growth jobs for the next ten years. As a result, a wide variety of rewarding and lucrative opportunities abound for those with nursing skills and training. For a concise, comprehensive overview of the positions available and their respective requirements, turn to Careers in Nursing. Topics covered in this thoroughly updated and revised edition include:

• The history, current status, and future of the profession
• Getting into nursing school and financing your education
• Choosing a specialty--ER, intensive care, pediatrics, and more
• Current salaries and benefits
• Where the jobs are and what it takes to succeed

In addition, you'll hear the stories of those in the field--from nurse practitioners to L.P.N.s to private-care specialists--to find out firsthand what each job really consists of. With Careers in Nursing as your guide, you'll be sure you're headed down the nursing career path that's right for you!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (March 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071405801
• ISBN-13: 978-0071405805
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,725,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Could Have Been More Helpful... Boring, March 17, 2004

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This review is from: Careers in Nursing (Paperback)

I was looking for a book that would give me detailed information on the the field of nursing and what it has to offer, especially those looking for a second career. The book did meet that requirement at the bare minimal level. A book on entry level nursing should excite the reader and entice him or her to enter this fascinating field, giving the reader some information on what to expect in Nursing. This book was very dry and seemed to be written on an elementary level. Although there were a few cartoons trying to provide some comic relief, they really weren't appropriate to the subject matter. Much of the areas in the appendix seemed redundant, and took up too much space. The chapter on various profiles of nurses in the book didn't give an idea of the vast spectrum of Nursing, rather it gave several reviews on the same basic profile and seemed to limit itself to one area of the country (the Chicago area).
If you are in high school looking for some basic information on nursing, this is a book to get you started, but please know that there are better books out there to give you a broader view on what encompasses the life of a nursing student and what to expect. Here's a better book I've finished reading: "How to Survive and Even Love Nursing School." This provides more information on what to expect in the field of nursing.