There is a Job for You!

Registered Nurses jobs are available right here in Chickasha.  Nursing will be one of the top 10 fastest growing professions in the United States in the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

is filled with endless personal and professional rewards. As a nurse you are choosing to spend your life helping others, using skills that blend scientific knowledge with compassion and caring. There are few professions that offer such a rewarding combination of high tech for intellectual stimulation and high touch that brings out the best in our compassion and caring.

Nurses are the largest single component of any hospital staff - the primary providers of hospital patient care.

With the aging population growing steadily, this translates into continuing job opportunities.

What do nurses do?

Nursing is a blend of science and technology with the art of caring and compassion. Every day on the job nurses use the science they learned in nursing school. And, when employed, they take continuing education courses on a regular basis to keep up with the latest in the medical and nursing sciences. Nurses work closely with doctors and other health care professionals, and serve as the advocates for patients and families.

Ongoing advances in technology - which are helping people live longer, healthier lives - have made nursing even more rewarding. Nurses perform the following functions:

•  Assessments: Nurses gather information about the patient's physical condition, emotional state, lifestyle, family, hopes, fears, etc.
   
•  Diagnoses: Nurses identify the patient's problems or needs, which often are emotional or spiritual, as well as physical.
   
•  Planning: Nurses find ways to address these problems and set specific goals for improvement. Whenever possible, nurses encourage patients to participate in planning their care.
   
•  Implementation: The nursing plan is put into effect. For example, nurses administer medications and treatments, and teach patients how to care for themselves.
   
•  Evaluation: Nurses regularly review the results of the plan and make adjustments when necessary.

Nurses care for patients in the following ways:

•  Nurses help bring babies into the world, and they take care of new moms before and after childbirth.
   
•  Nurses help sick and injured people get better, and they help healthy people stay healthy.
   
•  Nurses perform physical examinations.
   
•  Nurses give medications and treatments ordered by doctors.
   
•  Nurses are concerned with the emotional, social, and spiritual conditions of their patients.
   
•  Nurses teach and counsel patients, as well as family members, and explain what they can expect during the recovery process.
   
•  Nurses provide health care teaching and counseling in the community.
   
•  Nurses observe, assess, evaluate, and record patients' conditions and progress, and they communicate patient condition information to doctors and other members of the health care team.
   
•  Nurses help patients and families determine the best mix of health and social services - hospice, home care, rehabilitation, physical therapy, and others.
   
•  Nurses design and complete quality assurance activities to ensure appropriate nursing care.
   
•  Nurses help terminally ill patients die with dignity, and they help family members deal with dying and death.

Nurse Extern Opportunities

Under the immediate supervision of a Registered Nurse provides general nursing care and coordinates patient care for a group of patients.  Cares for infants through geriatric age groups.  After evaluation of competency, the Nurse Extern is allowed to perform all the duties of a nursing assistant as well as other technical duties which have been learned in a  nursing education program for which competency has been validated by a faculty member.

Nursing is a career with infinite variety and rewards.

At Grady Memorial Hospital in Chickasha, salaries for RN's begin at  $35,256 and  go up to $52,998.

Oklahoma Health Career Information

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Last modified: 02/17/06