Explore Nursing Careers for National Nurses Week May 6-12
Monday May 5, 2008
National Nurses Week kicks off Tuesday May 6, which is also known as National Nurses Day. According to the ANA (American Nurse Association), there are over 2.9 million registered nurses nationwide, and 2.4 million of those are actively practicing. Furthermore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics puts Registered Nurses (RNs) at the top of the career growth list for the ten year period ending in 2012.
How are you going to celebrate Nurses Week? Why not explore some challenging, exciting careers in nursing? Nurses certainly deserve more than one week's worth of appreciation and gratitude, due to the demanding work they endure regularly. According to the ANA, over 70% of nurses experience chronic or acute effects of stress and overwork, and over two thirds of nurses report that they work some type of unplanned overtime each month. If you are passionate about health care, and you have a lot of stamina, a nursing career may be for you.
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