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💉 REGISTERED NURSE
Nurses deliver direct patient care, monitor changes, give medication, and advocate for patients across a whole shift.
What you'd do day to day
- • Track vital signs and symptoms
- • Administer medication safely
- • Educate patients and families
- • Document care accurately
Skills that matter
- • Attention to detail
- • Compassion
- • Teamwork under pressure
- • Math for dosages
Training steps
- • Nursing school clinicals
- • Hospital orientation
- • Specialty units
Certifications & licenses
- • NCLEX-RN license
- • BLS/CPR
- • Specialty certifications
Every route into this career
Education
Associate or bachelor's degree in nursing, plus licensing.
College route
BSN programs at universities; many community colleges offer ADN first.
Trade / apprenticeship route
CNA or LPN programs are shorter routes into the field that can bridge to RN.
Business ownership
Experienced nurses open home-health agencies and health-education businesses.
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