The Future Of Nursing Nursing Home Jobs
ccording to the well above 250% increase in
Occupational Outlook guide, nurses needed at every level of
the nursing profession is licensing.
among the fastest growing of all
career paths. Within nursing, the In other words, if you’re
single specialty expected to grow planning a career in nursing or
by leaps and bounds is are already a nurse, there are
gerontology. The aging of the thousands of jobs available for
baby boomers has increased the you in nursing homes and chronic
average age of the typical care facilities. The face of
patient. According to one survey, geriatric nursing has also
patients over 65 make up 60 changed considerably over the
percent of adult primary visits, past decades. If your image of a
48 percent of inpatient hospital nursing home is one of bleak
admissions and 85 percent of halls and hopeless, helpless
nursing home residents. By the patients, then a visit to many of
year 2020 – less than 15 years today’s nursing homes will offer
from now – a study from an unexpected and pleasant
Occupational Health and Safety surprise.
Administration predicts that the
need for registered nurses in Nursing Home Jobs In the New
nursing homes will increase 66%, Millennium
for licensed practical and
vocational nurses by 72% and the This generation of seniors is
need for certified nursing more active and more determined
assistants will increase by 69%. than any other that has come
For nurses working in home health before them. It’s led to major
settings – which include ‘managed changes in the practice of long
care’ nursing home settings – term elder care. If you decide
those numbers are even higher – that a nursing home job is for
you, here are some of the options with whatever support they
that you can explore. require to remain as independent
as possible. Nursing job
On Site Nurse in Senior Housing opportunities in CCRCs range from
managed care nursing similar to
Many seniors don’t need round the the duties of a head nurse in a
clock nursing care, but do need hospital to providing personal
some nursing supervision. Senior care to individual residents.
housing communities often have an CCRCs offer opportunities for
on-site nurse who is available to skilled nursing care, medical
help residents with medication case management and licensed
problems, take care of routine practical nursing.
medical care and be available in
case of an emergency. The nurse Rehabilitation Facilities
on site will also often consult
with doctors who work with Not all nursing homes cater to
individual residents to help long-term geriatric patients. As
manage any medical care that they hospital costs have risen, the
need. The pay scale is generally trend has been to discharge
quite good, and the hours closer patients to rehab facilities and
to a regular work week than in convalescent homes rather than
many other geriatric nursing keep them in the hospital until
jobs. they’re ready to go home. Nurses
in rehab facilities and
Continuing Care Retirement convalescent homes get to be part
Community Nursing Jobs of the recovery process, and many
take great pride and joy in
Unlike traditional nursing homes, watching a patient advance and
residents of CCRCs have and recover. Convalescent home jobs
maintain their own apartments include charge nurses, floor
nurses and nursing assistants as with patients in the long term.
well as physical and occupational The jobs available range from
therapy specialists. head nurses for an entire
facility through floor charge
Traditional Nursing Home Jobs nurses who are responsible for
overseeing the care and medical
Even traditional nursing homes needs of one wing or floor and
are far different than they were certified nursing assistants who
a few decades ago. A nurse do much of the hands on nursing
specializing in gerontology in a care.
nursing home can expect to work
About the Author:
Rita Henry is a contributing editor for Nursing Job Finder, the leading job and resource site for the Nursing Industry. Interested in receiving only the hottest Nursing job listings weekly for free? To learn more visit Nursing Job Finder.
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