《somethingaboutUSAnurseandnursingeducation.ppt

something about USA nursing education and nurses Based on the statistics of USA, there are about 800,000 nurses needed to work in the medical agencies with the infants and the elderly people becoming more in the following 20 years. Being a nurse, you can receive $ 40000 to 70000 a year on average working comfortably and being respected meanwhile you can obtain green card to immigrate after 2 years. American nurses including: 1.Nurse Aide ---certified nursing assistant 护士助理 (护工,护理员) 2. LPN/LVN Licensed Practical Nurses Licensed Vocational Nurses 有执照的职业护士 3. RN Registered nurse 注册护士 * Nurse Aide is engaged in looking after patient’s life and inpatient care such as helping patients to have a bath, making the bed, taking temperature, blood pressure, respiration and pulse. Sometimes she can visit the patient’s home to do such work. But she can’t dispense, inject or do any other aseptic technique work. LPN works in the hospitals or the elderly nursing centers, supervised and guided by RN. She is engaged in primary nursing work and carrying out the nursing plan formulated by RN, whose duties are on nursing techniques such as wound care, aseptic technique work, dispensing and injecting. Based on the state related laws, LPN can not engaged in nursing assessment and analysis or carrying out intravenous drops. RN occupy the majority of nurses throughout America, who need two to four year’s college education, passing NCLEX-RN NCLEX-RN :全国联合委员会注册护士执照考试 (美国注册护士执照考试) National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses Working in America, you need RN and Visa. The application conditions for a foreign nurse: Gaining their national nursing certificate Accomplishing nursing education in their countries, graduating from nursing colleges with at least two-year nursing education Having been engaged in medical, surgical, gynecological, neonatological, pediatric and psychiatric nursing practice. Passing CGFNS and TOEFL CGFNS:外国护校毕业生评审委员会(美国护士资格鉴定考试) Commission on