JOB DESCRIPTION

* The three typical educational paths to registered nursing are a bachelor's

degree an associate degree, and a diploma from an approved nursing
program; advanced practice nurses clinical nurse specialists, nurse
anesthetists, nurse-midwives, and nurse practitioners need a masters
degree.
TRAINING
Associate degree: Completion of the degree program usually requires at
least 2 years of full time equivalent academic work.
KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS
Consumers, employers and credentialing bodies gain an ongoing,
consistent and measurable expectation of knowledge and abilities from
nurses who complete ANCC-accredited competency courses.
ABILITIES
VERBAL ABILITIES that influence the acquisition and application of verbal
information in problem solving

TASKS
They help the people that are sick and can be good in that work.
WORK VALUE
The Working Conditions Work Value is associated with jobs where pay, job
security, and good working conditions are important to workers. Some
people like to be busy all the time, or work alone, or have many different
things to do, and jobs with this work value typically allow them to take
best advantage of their particular work style.
LABOR MARKET
An economic analysis of the nursing labor market reveals the short-term
effects of changes in nursing wages and the overall level of
unemployment on the number of nurses willing to participate in the
workforce and the number of hours they are willing to work.
PAYMENT/WAGES
The BLS reports the median salary for a
registered nurse was $65,470 in 2012.
The best-paid 10 percent of RNs made
more than $94,720, while the bottom 10
percent earned less than $45,040. In
2012, the highest median salaries were
earned by nurses working in government,
hospitals and home health care. By
location, the highest-paid positions are
clustered in the metropolitan areas of
northern California, including San Jose,
Vallejo and Oakland