2. Introduction to nursing
I choose this career because i like to help
people and nursing would be something
easy to do.
• You have to go to college for 6 years
• Get your bachelor's degree
3. Job description
Being a nurse is, taking care of patients
before they see the doctor. The doctor
goes straight off of the information you
gathered about that patient.
4. Working conditions
Nursing requires a lot of physical activity. There
is a great deal of bending, standing and
lifting.It can be emotionaly demanding,
especially if you are wokring with severly ill or
dying patietns
5. Training/qualifications
• When going to college for nursing you
have to go through 4 years or
college/university and 2 years of
college/technical training.
• to become a nurse i recommend you have
communicative skills and concern for
people's well beings
6. Outlook/earnings
• They make up to 44,000 to 94,000 dollars
a year
• you work normal hours but should always
be ready for an emergency
7. Technology uses
• laptops alone make a huge difference.
They use to carry around folders of the
patients information but now they can use
laptops or even ipads.
• CT scans also are a huge help because
you can see what's really wrong with
somebody internally instead of just
externally.
8. Summary
This job still seems appealing to me even
after all the research. Because its a good
paying job and i get to do some of the
things i like to do. Most of all i get to help
people get better. And that alone makes
me feel better about myself.
9. Facts about nursing
• Florence Nightingale, the most famous
nurse in modern history was only a nurse
for 3 years.
• In the U.S. military , approximately one-
third of all nurses are males
• The New England hospital for women and
children, established in 1862 , was the
first nursing school in the country.
