Nursing Careers

Administer anesthesia to patients before surgery

Administer anesthesia, monitor patient's vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia.

Provide pregnancy, birth, and women's health care

Diagnose and coordinate all aspects of the birthing process, either independently or as part of a healthcare team.

Provide primary care across all ages as an advanced practice nurse

Provide advanced nursing care with diagnostic and prescriptive authority

Diagnose and treat mental health conditions with prescriptive authority

Provide advanced nursing care for patients with acute conditions such as heart attacks, respiratory distress syndrome, or shock.

Assess, diagnose, and treat individuals and families with mental health or substance use disorders or the potential for such disorders.

Direct nursing staff in the provision of patient care in a clinical practice setting, such as a hospital, hospice, clinic, or home.

Provide specialized nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.

Triage and treat patients arriving in emergency departments

Provide end-of-life care in homes, facilities, and hospice centers

Care for critically ill patients in intensive care units

Support parents through childbirth and newborn care

Care for cancer patients through diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up

Assist surgeons and manage the operating room environment

Care for infants, children, and adolescents

Promote community health through education and population-level programs

Coordinate patient care and deliver clinical treatment as a licensed RN

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records.

Provide health care and education in schools

Take short-term nursing contracts across the country for premium pay

Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students.

Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions.

Provide basic nursing care under the supervision of RNs and doctors

Provide hands-on care to patients under the direction of nurses

Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff.

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops.