What Do You Need to Do to Become a Registered Nurse?

When a person wants to find a new career in this troubling economy, he or she might not know where to look. There are, though, some careers that are better than others and that are in more demand right now. Most of these are in the field of medicine, such as nursing, doctoring, midwifery, and care assistants. Getting into this field can take some time, but there are a lot of schools that can help you, and which career you pick will have a lot to do with the length of time you'll have to wait before you can complete school and actually start working. With nursing, you can get through schooling pretty quickly. You have to go through an approved school, and you have to pass a test showing that you can meet the requirements of the profession.
 
Other medical careers are more difficult, such as those of doctors. They require much more schooling than nurses, and they also require much more testing. Doctors also have to complete a residency where they work but they are supervised by more experienced doctors in order to judge their skills and what they do and do not handle well from a medical standpoint. Care assistants have it much easier because they do a lot of easier work such as bathing and feeding patients and working with the elderly and the disabled. They go to school for the shortest amount of time because they don't have to learn how to give IVs, dispense medications, or handle other complex medical issues.
 
Midwives work in place of doctors or along with doctors in some cases. They deliver babies and handle prenatal and postnatal care. While they aren't trained in everything that a doctor is, they are certainly trained to deliver babies properly, and they have to go to school for this, pass testing requirements, and be supervised before they are allowed to go out on their own and do this kind of work. No matter what part of the medical field you want to get into there are many different things that you'll have to lean and tests that you'll have to take and pass. These things can make you nervous but that will soon pass as you discover the exciting field of medicine and how much you are able to help other people with your knowledge and skills. It's a great career choice in this economy, too.