This site looks at employment facts, career options and education requirements. Kaplan Nursing Contains links for career pathways, graduate schools, etc. Careers in nursing share similar characteristics where skills are concerned. Skills include the ability to understand concepts and systems and the ability to carry out instructions. Nurses need to have high level language ability and feel comfortable making decisions.
Nurses have many changing duties and have the ability to deal with people effectively.
The ability to use computers is also important. Nurses can be found working in hospitals, private practices, home health care, schools, health maintenance organizations, hospices and the military. For additional salary information, come into the Career Services to utilize the National Association of Colleges and Employers Salary Survey . It is published quarterly and gives the national average starting offer by major and by occupation. The Career Services is located in Village 400 and has extensive information for nursing careers.