| The employment outlook for RN jobs in the | | | | on the hospital bill. |
| United States is on the upswing. Up until the year | | | | Registered nurses may decide the hospital setting |
| 2016, it is predicted that the job market for | | | | is not for them. They may find the stress level is |
| registered nurses will be so wide open, that the | | | | too high or they may not be confident in their |
| RN will basically be able to "write their own ticket." | | | | clinical skills. For these nurses, a long term care |
| The nursing field has always been a popular | | | | setting might be more suitable for them. The long |
| career choice because it pays very well, it offers | | | | term care nurse can enjoy much flexibility in their |
| flexibility, and there are a number of different | | | | schedules, and a lower acuity level. The long term |
| avenues the registered nurse can take while | | | | care nurse will still need to utilize their clinical skills, |
| pursuing their career. | | | | especially if the long term care facility is a skilled |
| The registered nurse who is newly graduated will | | | | facility, however, many of the residents are |
| most likely want to seek employment in a hospital | | | | clinically stable and do not require skilled care. |
| setting. There is no other setting that prepares | | | | The registered nurse has many career options |
| the RN to work in any capacity better than in the | | | | from which to choose. The RN may find job |
| hospital. With hospital experience under their belt, | | | | satisfaction in a doctor's office where they utilize |
| the RN can easily function in any job capacity that | | | | their social skills with patients while assisting the |
| they may consider. | | | | physician with the office flow. The RN may enjoy |
| The hospital provides many different experiences | | | | patient interaction and telephone triage. Many |
| for the registered nurse. The inexperienced nurse | | | | nurse's have reservations about choosing |
| may start out on a general medicine floor to gain | | | | employment in a doctor's office because |
| valuable experience, and then if they choose, can | | | | historically, the salary of the office nurse was not |
| move on to a specialty unit such as ICU, CCU, | | | | equal to that of the hospital nurse. Many doctors |
| Labor and Delivery, Dialysis, Emergency Medicine, | | | | however, do compensate their office nurses very |
| Orthopedics, or any other number of specialties | | | | well, because good skillful nurses are an asset to |
| available at the hospital. | | | | their practice, and they want to retain them. |
| The hospital nurse may even consider a non | | | | It is a comfort for the RN to know that if they |
| clinical position. Hospitals have utilization review | | | | are unhappy in their current position, there are |
| departments that employ registered nurses to | | | | many more from which to choose. It's easy for |
| oversee worker's compensation and insurance. | | | | the nurse to suffer from nursing "burn out." This |
| Other non clinical RN jobs in the hospital may be | | | | is very unfortunate, but can be easily remedied. |
| hospital bill audit. The nurse auditor compares the | | | | With the variety of different specialties the nurse |
| patient bill with the hospital bill. This position can | | | | can choose from, the nurse can keep a positive |
| benefit both the patient and the hospital because | | | | attitude about the professional and this will |
| the experienced nurse auditor can find | | | | transcend to their patients for whom they went |
| overcharges on the patient's bill and undercharges | | | | into nursing to begin with. |