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4 Things to Love About Ambulatory Nursing

Daily Nurse

.” Considering that statistic, we can wonder how the other 45 percent of nurses earn a living. Ambulatory nurses comprise a sizeable segment of the nursing workforce, so there must be many good reasons why these individuals choose to work outside the hospital.

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Afraid to Leave Hospital Nursing? 

Daily Nurse

Nurses can be employed in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries and work as entrepreneurs with their businesses in case management , freelance writing, legal nurse consulting, and patient advocacy. Let’s think even further afield from the hospital setting.

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Ambulatory Care Nursing: Quickly Evolving and In Demand

Nurse.com

Mary Johnson, BSN, RN-BC, NE-BC, a speaker for Nurse.com’s Ambulatory Care Nursing Certification Review , remembers when cataract patients would have their surgeries in hospitals and remain inpatients for several days with their heads immobilized by sandbags. Nurses are pivotal in ambulatory care delivery.