Career in Nursing Professions with Endless Golden opportunities.

The World Health Organization, along with key partners including International
Confederation of Midwives (ICM), International Council of Nurses (ICN), Nursing
Now has declared 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife! As we celebrate the
200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, the goals of the year
include celebrating our contributions to improve global health; acknowledging,
appreciating and addressing the challenging conditions we face; and advocating for
increased investments in our workforce.
WHO: State of the World's Nursing 2020
“One thing that has become inherently clear during the COVID-19 pandemic is the
value of nurses in health care. Our contributions as care providers, patient
advocates, researchers, and educators have never been more important than they
are right now. The WHO’s State of the World’s Nursing 2020 provides a framework
to build our profession to be strong, adaptable and innovative to meet the changing
health needs of people and optimize their health.”
Key Focusing Points About Nursing Profession:
Nursing is one of the most trusted professions in the world.
Nurses can choose a wide range of specialties from available courses.
Qualifications range from a 2-year diploma course to a PhD, depending on the role.
Most nurses begin with a science degree.
Training can take from 6 month to 12 months, depending on the desired course
criteria.
There is an ongoing need for nurses, resulting in good job security, a competitive
salary, and a range of professional opportunities.
Importance of Nursing Profession:
Today, the public’s reassessment of the nurse’s vital role in healthcare delivery is
once again making nursing an attractive and rewarding career choice. Nursing will
be taken more seriously as an essential profession as our demographics change.
More nurses are now entering the profession later in life, transitioning from other
areas of work and bringing maturity, strength, and new perspectives.
Nursing is the kind of job where we usually don’t have to take work home with us,
though we may have to stay overtime and will certainly take-home emotional
baggage, at least on occasion.
To become a nurse, you must have a genuine interest in the wellness of others, and
it is a career that requires giving time and attention to people.
Nursing jobs, no matter what level, involve being hands-on healthcare professionals
who have an opportunity to help someone feel better. Nurses can promote good
health habits, prevent disease, and teach better living for longer lives. They can lend
an understanding ear and a shoulder to cry on when a devastating illness threatens
the strength of a family. Nurses also are advocates of health in their own
communities.
The field of nursing is booming, and there will be nursing jobs available for the
foreseeable future.

Getting to the Next-level Opportunity

Once someone has been in the nursing field for a while, at any level, they may want
to acquire new skills and responsibilities and opportunities for increased pay. There
are always “next level” opportunities to aspire to in the nursing profession.
For instance, Registered Nurse who want to become Specialist Nurse can find a
bridge program at their local college or online to help them achieve that goal.
Program lengths vary, and some have minimum requirements for entering in the
program of Specialist Nurse.

Nursing Specialties in Demand:

Once you are a professional nurse, you might choose to focus on a particular
specialty.
There are numerous specialty options and each have own education/certification
requirements and related professional organization.
You are not restricted to working in a hospital or doctor’s office. You can work in
places such as schools, University, Military bases, Colleges, Infection Control
Departments, Multi-National Companies. It depends on your preferences and skills.

Some of the top specialties in demand like:

Nursing Academic Faculty:

Nursing teachers are in high demand as schools struggle to find enough instructors
for their nursing programs. There are two components to a nursing educationfirst is
Classroom instruction focuses on academic knowledge, such as medical
terminology, and second is clinical instruction focuses on putting knowledge to work
in a practicum setting.
Nurse educators serve as faculty members in nursing schools and teaching
hospitals, sharing their knowledge and skills to prepare the next generation of nurses
for effective practice. They:
Develop lesson plans
Teach courses
Evaluate educational programs
Oversee students’ clinical practice
Serve as role models
They may teach general courses or focus on areas of specialization, such as
geriatric nursing, pediatric nursing or nursing informatics. Nurse educators must stay
current with new nursing methods and technologies, which keeps them on the
leading edge of clinical practice.

Nurse Administrator:
A career in nurse administration carries a great deal of responsibility but can be
extremely rewarding. The role of a Nurse Administrator can mean a variety of
different things depending on the healthcare institution. Most commonly, Nurse
Administrator refers to a Nurse In Charge like Nursing Superintendent. Nurse
Administrators create schedules for employees, give annual performance reviews,
and help create policies within the unit.
Infection Control Nurse:
Job demand will increase in every year as Government make rules to get
Accreditation for each Hospitals whether they are providing Primary Care,
Secondary Care and Tertiary Care.An infection control nurse is a nurse that
specializes in preventing the spread of infectious agents, such as viruses and
bacteria. As an infection control nurse, you will have a hand in preventing dangerous
outbreaks and epidemics.
Trauma Nurse:
Trauma nurses care for people with critical, often life-threatening injuries. These
injuries include auto accidents, blunt or sharp trauma such as falls or stabbings, work
accidents, electrocutions, burns, and many more. Trauma nurses are also some of
the first responders of the emergency department (ED) team to care for victims of
self-inflicted injuries and violent crimes.
Trauma nurses are usually assigned to the critical area of the ED where they’re
prepared to care for anyone received via emergency transport. They work in tandem
with emergency services crews, ED physicians, trauma surgeons, and many others.
Their goal is to stabilize the patient and help them survive with the best possible
outcome.
Critical Care Nurse:
Job demand will increase in every year.Critical care nursing is the field of
Nursing with a focus on the utmost care of the critically ill or unstable patients
following extensive injury, surgery or life-threatening diseases. Critical care nurses
can be found working in a wide variety of environments and specialties, such as
general in Intensive care units, medical intensive care units, surgical intensive care
units, trauma intensive care units, coronary care units, Cardiothoracic intensive care
units.
These specialists generally take care of critically ill patients who require mechanical
ventilation by way of endotracheal intubation and intravenous medications.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Nurse:
It takes a special person to become a nurse, but that's even more true for those who
go on to become Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurses. These dedicated
professionals care for the most fragile patients there are–sick and premature new
born. In addition, they are on the front lines when it comes to helping scared parents
through what is often a traumatic experience.
According to the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), there are
approximately 40,000 low-birth-weight infants born each year in the United States.
Thanks to advances in medicine, highly skilled NICU nurses, and other healthcare
professionals, survival rates are improving. In fact, the survival rate is now 10 times
better than it was 15 years ago.

Paediatric Nurse:
Becoming a nurse is truly taking on a career in caring, perhaps even more so for
those who decide to specialize in paediatrics. These admirable nurses provide care
to children from the time they are infants, through childhood, until they are
adolescents. Because there are so many conditions and issues that are specific to
growing and developing bodies, paediatric nursing requires specialized knowledge to
provide the best patient care.
In addition, being a paediatric nurse means that you’ll have to know how to handle
the sensitivities and limitations of the age of the patient you’re caring for. You’ll have
to be a great communicator with a comforting bedside manner who can inform and
educate worried parents. Helping children to grow up big and strong is really at the
heart of what paediatric nurses do every day, making it an important career for a
healthy population.
Medical-Surgical Nurse:
The growth outlook is expected to increase 30 percent through 2020. Medical-
surgical nursing is the single largest nursing specialty in the world. Registered
nurses in this specialty practice primarily on hospital units and care for adult patients
who are acutely ill with a wide variety of medical problems and diseases or are
recovering from surgery.
Recovery Room Nurse:
The demand for these nurses is expected to jump up to 48 percent as doctors open
their own surgical Hospitals. Perioperative nursing is a dynamic and challenging field
that offers many opportunities for learning and professional growth. Perioperative
nursing spans nursing care before, during, and right after surgical and diagnostic
procedures.
Perioperative nurses are also known as Surgical or Operating Room (OR) nurses.
They provide pre- and post-op teaching, perform various roles in the operating room,
care for patients in the recovery room (post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)), and
provide post-surgical care on medical-surgical units.
Diabetes Nurse educator:
The demand likely will jump 39 percent since the disease is one of the fastest
growing.A diabetes nurse educator is a nurse who specializes in the care and
management of patients with diabetes. They can be registered nurses, advanced-
practice nurses, or nurses working in an expanded role. They can manage patients
with both Type I and Type II diabetes, as well as women with gestational diabetes.
Diabetes education can be one on one with patients, or via a group class.These
additional responsibilities often include adjusting the type and dosage of medication,
providing nutritional therapy and exercise planning, and providing behavioral and
psychosocial counselling.
Psychiatric Nurse:
The demand for all types of nurse practitioners is increasing, so studying to become
a psychiatric nurse practitioner is a viable option. It takes a special form of caring to
be a psychiatric (psych), nurse. People with mental health issues rely on psych
nurses to manage their complex physical and emotional needs. Psych nursing is a
fulfilling career that offers variety and new challenges each day. Psych nurses work
with children, teens, and adults of all ages. They are skilled in treating anxiety,
depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and substance abuse, to name a few.
Dermatology Nurse:
Dermatology nurses work specifically in the treatment of patients with diseases,
wounds, injuries, and other skin conditions.

Labor& Delivery Nurse:

Labor and delivery (L&D) nurses are unique among the different types of nurses
because they have a very specific job: to help deliver healthy babies and get moms
through the process safely. In essence, they are doing what some might consider the
most important nursing job of all — bringing new lives into this world.
Military Nurse:
Military nursing shares many similarities to civilian nursing, in which the common
goal is to treat patients and promote their well-being. However, military nursing is a
career under starkly different circumstances. Military nurses might work at military
bases, military hospitals, and clinics.
Oncology Nurse:
Oncology nurses care for people of all ages who are diagnosed with cancer.
Oncology is a challenging field in which nurses support patients, families, and
caregivers through the stress of diagnosis and treatment, and the anxiety of many
uncertainties brought on by the disease, including facing mortality.
As an oncology nurse, you’ll be on a path of career-long learning that offers
challenges, financial rewards, and professional growth. If you have a desire to get to
know patients and the nuances of their needs and care, oncology nursing may be a
good career choice. You’ll often have the chance to develop deep relationships with
people as you care for them throughout their cancer journey.
CATH Lab. Nurse:
The cardiac catheterization lab is an examination area of the hospital that specializes
in procedures that allow doctors to visualize specific aspects of the heart. Cardiac
catheterizations can be used strictly for diagnostic reasons or for invasive
procedures that do not require operating rooms.
The CATH Lab. nurse assists the team in the performing of the catheterizations.
They will monitor and exam the patient prior to the procedure, during and after, as
well as administer medications for the procedure, and assist the medical team in
whatever they may need during the procedure.
Travel Nurse:
With more and more nurses wanting to travel the country and still work in a
profession they love, travel nursing has become increasingly popular. It offers
guaranteed shifts at a higher pay while exploring a new city as often as one wants,
generally 13-weeks at a time.
The most important element to becoming a travel nurse is experience. Most travel
agencies and hospitals require nurses to have a minimum of two years of nursing
experience prior to applying for travel nursing contracts. Ideally, nurses should have
the following characteristics before pursuing travel nursing:
Strong clinical background
Leadership skills
Expertise in their field
Adaptability
Flexibility
Solid communication skills
Problem solver
Reliability

School Nurse:
 A school nurse works with school-aged children in a school setting. School nurses
have a variety of responsibilities and are a vital part of the educational system. This
career guide will take a closer look at all aspects of school nurses and help guide
individuals interested in following this path of nursing.
Students experiencing illness or injury during the school day or at after-school
activities will report to the school nurse for further care. School nurses are
responsible for assessing these students and determining if a higher level of care is
needed. School nurses are governed at a state level so requirements within a state
should be identical for all school nurses. Other responsibilities of a school nurse may
include the following:

 Medication administration
 Glucose monitoring
 Oversee vision, hearing, health, and mental health yearly screenings
 Administer wound care to injured students
 Assess and treat students with mental health issues
 Annual sports screenings
 Overseeing school infection control standards
 Respond to health emergencies and perform CPR or lifesaving measures if
warranted
 Assess students and contact parents or emergency services if needed
 Communicate with students’ families regarding continuous illnesses (e. lice,
chicken pox) 
 Maintain student health records
 Scoliosis screenings
 Assist families with obtaining outside healthcare and obtaining health
insurance
 Ensure vaccinations are up to date and complaint with school district and
state requirements
 Submit all required documentation to the state regarding students’ vaccination
records
 Assist with free and reduced lunch programs
 Health education classes to students and staff in a private and group setting

Courses Availability:

Name of Course Duration of Eligibility Name of Fees

the course Criteria College/
University
ANM 2 years 10+2 with All state Rs.20000-
science as medical / 40000 per
basic Nursing Council annum
GNM 3 years 10+2 with All state Rs.20000-
science as medical / 80000 per
basic Nursing Council annum
B.Sc Nursing 4 years 10+2 with All medical Rs.20000-
science as universities 150000 per
 basic annum
Post Basic B.Sc 2 years GNM All medical Rs.20000-
Nursing universities 150000 per
annum
M.Sc Nursing 2 years B.Sc Nursing All medical Rs.20000-
with universities 150000 per
annum
Indian army military 4 years 10+2 with Armed force NIL
nursing service science as medical college,
course (B.Sc) basic Pune (6 military
nursing
colleges in
India)
Critical Care Nurse 2 years B.Sc Nursing Manipal Rs.120000-
Practitioner Registered University 200000
under the State
nursing Council
Post basic diploma 1 year GNM / B.Sc JIPMER, Rs.7500 with
in with Registered Puducherry, Rs.10000
under the State stipend every
 Critical care nursing Council PGIMER, month
nursing Chandigarh
 Cardio-
thorasic
nursing
 Operation
room nursing
 Oncology
nursing
 Neonatal
nursing

Short term 6 days GNM / B.Sc CMC, Vellore Rs.5000

certificate course with Registered
on infection control under the State
nursing Council