| Nursing is one of the fastest growing careers in | | | | and some diseases once thought insurmountable |
| the United States. Over the next few years, | | | | are no longer such a difficulty. Medication, |
| nursing will create the second largest number of | | | | technology and rehabilitation are ensuring many |
| jobs among all occupations. According to the | | | | people survive where before they died. The |
| United States Department of Labor, this trend will | | | | country needs nurses to train in ways to facilitate |
| last through 2012 with faster than average | | | | in these new trends. Nurses will ensure people |
| growth for registered nurses. You can expect | | | | continue to live long and comfortable lives. |
| similar trends for home health aides and nursing | | | | There are other reasons why nursing is becoming |
| specialists such as clinical nurses, anesthetists, | | | | a strong career choice. The presence of disease |
| midwives and nursing practitioners. | | | | and the fear of upcoming epidemics are two |
| Nurses, over the next few decades, will be | | | | rationales behind why nurses are a necessity. |
| required to treat patients, educate patients and | | | | There is little doubt in many doctor's minds that |
| the public about the various medical conditions and | | | | the earth is due for a large epidemic. SARS, the |
| provide information and emotional support to the | | | | Bird Flu, Super Flu, Flesh-eating Disease and Mad |
| patient's family members and friends. High schools, | | | | Cow Disease are possible deadly scenarios. Every |
| junior colleges, colleges and universities will provide | | | | community needs nurses to combat these deadly |
| an increasing number of educated and trained | | | | viral infections and other possible pandemics. |
| nurses to address the growing concerns and | | | | Currently, communities require nurses to help in |
| demands of the American public. Over the next | | | | the fight of an actual epidemic - AIDS/HIV. |
| decade, the challenge for nurses will be high as | | | | Although it appears to be under a certain amount |
| they face a fast-paced world. | | | | of control, the need is very strong for nurses to |
| This boom in nursing careers is the result of a | | | | continue to be at the front lines. More nurses are |
| number of converging factors. The most | | | | the answer to helping patients understand and |
| commonly quoted is the boomers. The population | | | | cope with the ongoing and far-reaching |
| is aging. There is an ever- growing amount of | | | | consequences of the disease. Nurses will help-out |
| elderly. As they grow older, they will access, | | | | patients and educate the public in what the illness |
| increasingly, the health-system. The country will | | | | is, and inform them how to treat and how to |
| need nurses to help the aged remain active and | | | | avoid it. |
| healthy. Nurses' Aides will assist the elderly in | | | | The United States is at war. This is a fact. There |
| remaining in their homes. Various types of nurses | | | | is the traditional concept of war in Afghanistan |
| will also work in homes for the elderly and in the | | | | and Iraq for people to deal with as well as the |
| geriatric field. | | | | idea of a war on terror. The war produces |
| The population of the United States continues to | | | | casualties of all kinds. Veterans are the obvious |
| grow. The country needs more nurses to meet | | | | victims. They suffer short and long-term damage. |
| the needs of this increasing and varied population. | | | | It may be physical or psychological. The schools |
| The extension of a person's lifetime merely adds | | | | need to provide nurses in sufficient numbers to |
| to the increased demand. The expanding medical | | | | help heal physical wounds and cope with |
| technologies and continuous discoveries in nutrition | | | | permanent damage. These male and female will |
| and health have advanced the age of an individual. | | | | require trained nurses to teach men, women and |
| New technological innovations also ensure | | | | their families to deal with the problems, recognize |
| individuals are alive and functioning longer than | | | | the signs and help them help themselves. |
| before believed possible. | | | | There is more than one reason why nursing is |
| Technology and new nursing techniques ensure | | | | becoming a growth career. In the following years, |
| certain injuries and diseases no longer mean an | | | | both individuals and the country as a whole will |
| automatic death sentence. Spinal cord afflictions | | | | see the need for an increasing and active nursing |
| and diseases, severe burns, congenital irregularities | | | | sector. |