8/13/2007 - Ugur Akinci,
Ph.D., Nurse-Recruiter.com
NR Headline News for the August 2007 Newsletter
New Survey – Travel Nurses Prefer Travel
Assignments over Permanent Positions
A great majority of travel nurses seem to be very happy with
their assignments and are doing well, according to a new study
of 1,200 travel nurses by AMN Healthcare.
98% of the travel nurses surveyed said they were either “very
satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied” with their
jobs and they were accepted or tolerated by the “nurse
managers, physicians, patients, and members of the permanent
nursing staff” at where they worked.
95% said travel nursing has helped them take on new challenges
and grow professionally.
93% said travel nurse assignments have helped them to upgrade
their lifestyles.
Again, 93% said they learned “important life lessons” thanks
to travel nursing.
86% said they were now good friends with the people they met
while on assignment as a “traveler.”
66% said they loved the places they travel to so much that they
were thinking to move there permanently.
Overall, 52% of the nurses surveyed said they find traveling
more satisfactory than having a permanent position at a single
healthcare facility.
HEADLINE: More Men are Drawn to a Travel Nurse Career
Nursing has long been a female-dominated profession. But that
picture is changing with more men responding to generous incentives
and calls to consider nursing a viable career alternative.
Back in 1980, about 2.7% of all nurses were males. The total
figure is up to 2.9 million nurses now and the percentage of
male nurses also went up to 6%, according to the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
Some states are adopting special slogans to encourage more men
join the ranks of nursing. Michigan Center for Nursing has come
up with the slogan “It's a Guy thing.” Oklahoma Nurses
Association adopted “Nursing... a real career for real
men.” And here is a more provocative one from Oregon Center
for Nursing: “Are you man enough to be a nurse?”
The new emphasis to recruit more male nurses seems to paying
off. In 2006, 15% of the 50,000 nursing students were males.
Among the reasons why more men are choosing nursing as a career
are excellent pay, a chance to travel to exciting locations,
flexible schedules, new opportunities for professional development,
free housing or subsidized rent, and free medical coverage.
28-year-old Wisconsin male travel nurse Eric D. is quoted in
a press story as saying “at first it was about the money.
But now travel nursing fits in perfectly with our goal to raise
children.” We hope more men will follow in the footsteps
of Eric to compensate for the shortage of 150,000 nurses in America
today.
HEADLINE: NROTC Scholarships – Another Way to
Finance Your Nursing Degree
There are many ways prospective nurses can finance their training.
The United States Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC)
scholarships is one such alternative.
This competitive scholarship awarded to American high school
students provides for the award winner’s college education.
The student in return pledges to serve in the Navy and Marines
as a commissioned officer after graduation. Nursing is one of
the college degrees supported by NROTC.
The 4-Year College Scholarship pays for full tuition and books,
all uniforms, and also provides a monthly stipend that typically
ranges between $250 (for Freshmen) and $400 dollars (for Seniors).
The program has a 2-Year Scholarship program as well which covers
the final two years of college.
Here is the inspiring story of Madeline Gillette, the daughter
of a multi-generation Navy family, who received such a scholarship
together with her sister Natalie and who wants to become a nurse
on her way to eventually serving a doctor: Zwire.com
Get more information
today about this great opportunity to get a free nursing education
and change your life for the better while serving those in need:
https://www.nrotc.navy.mil/scholarships_application.cfm
HEADLINE: 10,000 Filipino Nurses Expected to Compete
for US Jobs
Some 10,000 Filipino nurses are expected to apply for U.S. nursing
jobs within the next year once the National Council Licensure
Examination (NCLEX) becomes available next month in Manila, for
the first time in Philippines. Within the last six months 9,944
Filipino nurses have already taken the exam abroad to apply for
jobs in America.
All nurses must pass the NCLEX to be eligible for U.S. jobs.
Once NCLEX becomes available in Manila, Pilipino applications
for American nursing jobs are expected to rise steadily.
Trade Union Congress of the Philippines spokesperson Alex Aguilar
said the US National Council of State Boards of Nursing Inc.
(NCSBN) allowed the administration of the NCLEX in Manila.
The development is expected to help mitigate the severe nurse
shortagesß all across the USA. The shortage stands at
150,000 nurses this year and is expected to jump by five folds
by 2020, according to federal estimates.
India already has centers administering NCLEX with 2,732 passing
the test within the first six months of 2007. "India has
multiple NCLEX test centers. This is why Indian nursing graduates
find it easier to pass the test and enter the US nursing profession," Aguilar
said. India is followed by South Korea (1,022 took the test);
Canada, (414); and Cuba, (340).
400 nursing schools in Philippines currently have a total of
632,108 students compared to 486,233 last year. We should expect
to see a lot more Pilipino nurses serving in U.S. hospitals in
the years to come.
NR Headline News for the August 2007 Newsletter
HEADLINE: Suitcase – A Great Web Utility for Travel
Nurses
Imagine you’re heading out for that great new job you’ve
found through Nurse Recruiter.
And also imagine this is a totally new exciting location that
you’d like to know more about and organize your itinerary
accordingly. You’d like the make the most of it once you
are there.
Then you might consider using SUITCASE, a web-based free utility
that allows you to organize your trip information by adding items
(things to do, which restaurants to eat at, which hotels to stay
at, closest shopping mall to your new house, etc.) from all over
the web.
Thanks to Suitcase you can now collect and organize trip information
about the best hotels, restaurants, museums, articles, and transportation
alternatives all in one web page.
And what’s more – you can then invite all your friends
to contribute to your Suitcase. By pooling the collective wisdom
of the people you know and trust you can make sure that your
new job would be the best ever.
You can start packing your Suitcase at http://suitcase.concierge.com/
HEADLINE: Sample Nursing Exam Questions
You want to test your knowledge as a nurse?
A sample question:
“Steven, an athletic 20-year old college student, suffered
a fractured shoulder and sprained wrist in a fall at a ski resort.
In developing Steven’s care plan following surgery, which
of the following typical problems would you anticipate?...”
Read the multiple-choice answers and other questions at
NR
Headline News for the August 2007 Newsletter
http://pinoybsn.blogspot.com/2007/08/sample-nursing-examinations.html
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