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Mental Health Nursing Fast-Growing Field With Diverse Possibilities

Nurse.com

You can choose from a surprising array of care settings: inpatient psychiatric hospitals, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, schools, long-term care centers, or even correctional facilities. You can care for pediatric patients, students, adults, or geriatric patients. Inpatient hospital units.

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Geriatric Nursing: A Specialty in Need

Nurse.com

From 2009 to 2019, the population of adults age 65 and older grew 36% to more than 54 million Americans, according to the Administration for Community Living (ACL) — a division of the U.S. LPNs, LVNs, RNs, and APRNs can all have a role in geriatric nursing , according to the American Geriatrics Society. As the U.S.

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A Closer Look at the RN Job Description

Every Nurse

In 2019, there were about 60% of the 3.1 Providing direct patient care for patients and residents of long-term care and nursing facilities, as well as across communities, RNs continue to be uniquely placed to make a difference in the health of people.

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Four Different Types of Jobs in Nursing

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

3 They are often the first line of care for patients and provide assistance with a myriad of basic daily needs. 3 While some CNAs work in hospitals, they’re often hired in long-term care facilities. 7 In some states, NPs have full practice authority and don’t need a doctor’s supervision to provide nursing care.