INDIAN NURSES

Nursing Career

Many people"s
conception of nursing is limited to "caring for frail or sick old
people in a home or hospital ward." It"s true that more nurses than
ever are needed to provide that type of care. But many nursing
specialties and careers can take you beyond "Good morning, Mrs.
Hoskins, are you feeling any better today?". Here are a few of them:


Nurse-midwives deliver babies and help women to stay healthy and avoid complications during and after pregnancy.

Perinatal (also known as neonatal or obstetric) nurses monitor and care for women before, while, and after they deliver their babies.


Pediatric (children"s) nurses
care for children and adolescents: monitoring their growth and
development, treating and trying to prevent their illnesses, helping
them with asthma and other chronic problems, and working with them to
overcome any disabilities they might have.


School nurses help
kids in away-from-home schools. They make sure children are immunized,
give eye and ear tests to make sure that any problems with those
faculties are detected and corrected, treat injuries and illnesses that
occur at school, teach and counsel kids about their health, and
sometimes provide daily assistance to "mainstreamed" children with
severe medical challenges.


College nurses
assist older young people and adults at colleges and universities. They
too treat illnesses and injuries, but they typically do more counseling
and education to try to prevent psychological problems, alcohol and
drug abuse, unintended pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, and
other health concerns that occur more often at college campuses.


Nutritionists make sure that patients get food and drink that will best meet their various health needs.

Peri operative (operating room) nurses
assist before, during, and after surgery. Among peri operative nurses,
RN first assistants provide direct nursing care to the patient being
operated on; scrub nurses pass supplies and instruments to and from
surgeons inside the sterile area surrounding the patient
("scalpel...forceps...retractor..."); and circulating nurses handle the nursing tasks outside the sterile area.


Nurse anesthetists help prepare patients for surgery, give them anesthesia during surgery or childbirth, and assist them through recovery.

Critical care (emergency room or acute/intensive care) nurses
are called on to watch over patients with the most critical health
needs: either acute situations requiring an emergency room visit or
chronic situations requiring intensive, cardiac, or highly complex
care.


In seeking to improve the health of their patients and the work
environment of their staff, nursing administrators and managers don"t
only give care, they design it; they not only follow policy, they make
it; they don"t just make do with the resources they have, they help to
allocate the resources.

Hospice nurses
make the process of dying easier for terminal patients and their
families. They provide emotional support and whatever physical care is
required to minimize patients pain and symptoms while maximizing their
dignity.


Public health nurses
attempt to keep entire communities as healthy as possible by preventing
and containing the spread of disease and the incidence of environment
related health problems, as well as by educating people how to maintain
their wellness. They are employed by community organizations ranging in
size from camps and schools to city health departments and HMOs.


Psychiatric and mental health nurses
assess and respond to people"s mental health needs, whether it be in a
counselor"s office, a hospital psych ward, or in an evacuation center
during a natural disaster.


Occupational nurses
are concerned with the health and safety of employees in the workplace.
In normal situations they try to help workers stay well and productive
and prevent the types of ergonomic problems that lead to stress
injuries. When accidents occur, they make sure that employees get the
medical attention they need and that worker"s compensation, if
necessary, is dealt with correctly.


Sports nurses try to
keep athletes and sports enthusiasts in optimum physical shape,
advising them how to stay well and treating injuries if they occur.

Military nurses
care for soldiers: treating their injuries and illnesses, giving
psychological and moral support, and helping them to be as physically
prepared as possible to do their duty.


Forensic nurses treat
victims of crimes, particularly sexual assaults, with a view toward not
only healing the patient but also solving the crime.

Nursing researchers/scientists
research and evaluate all aspects of the nursing practice, including
the effectiveness of nursing tools, methods, and procedures.