Nursing is ranked one of the top professions – Nurses are in high demand
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Registered nursing is ranked as one of the top occupations through the year 2012.1
More than 2.8 million new and replacement nurses will be needed by 2020 to address the country’s severe nursing shortage.2
By the year 2020, there will be an estimated shortage of over one million nurses nationwide.3
Approximately 587,000 additional jobs will open for registered nurses each year through 2016 - a 23.5% increase.4
Employment of registered nurses is expected to grow faster than any other occupation through 2016.4
More than 40,285 qualified applicants from baccalaureate and graduate nursing programs were turned away from U.S. nursing schools in 2007.5 |
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1 U.S. Department of Labor and a 2007 Gallup Poll - based on job opportunities, income, career advancement, and overall job flexibility.
2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration.
3 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Monthly Labor Review November 2007
4 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Montly Labor Review November 2007
5 AACN’s report 2007-2008 Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Nursing |
Nursing – A World of Career Opportunites!
Few careers in life offer the rewards, stimulation and diverse opportunities of nursing. As a nurse, you have an unlimited choice of work environments. Your options range from a busy emergency room, clinic, hospital, surgicenter, school, physicians’ office, pediatric environment, military, research, legal, community service or corporate environment.
As a Nurse – You Can Make a Difference.
Building on its 120 year history, Chamberlain College of Nursing continues to be at the forefront of quality nursing education. It’s our goal to not only prepare clinically proficient nursing professionals, but to take education one step further in helping students foster personal growth, career mobility, community service and leadership.
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A Calling to Care
Are you the one people turn to when they need help? When they need someone to listen? When they feel they have nowhere else to turn? That compassion lies at the heart of the entire nursing field, but it is at the core of these nursing careers. | |
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- Hospice
- Labor & Delivery
- Neonatal
- Oncology Nurse
- Psychiatric-Mental Health
- Geriatrics
- Home Care
- Mother/Baby Wellness
- Pediatrics
- Community Health
- Domestic Violence
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Research and Redefine Health Care
Do you have a more analytical mind and enjoy research and technology. These careers will allow you to blaze trails to the future of health care and nursing. | |
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- Nurse Researcher
- Genetics Nursing
- Informatics
- Infection Control
- Poison Information Specialist
- Telemetry Nursing
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Take Nursing
to the Extreme
Do you have a taste for adventure? Then be part of fast-paced, exhilarating nursing careers like: | |
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- Critical Care
- Emergency Room
- Ambulatory Care
- Burn Unit
- Intensive Care
- Operating Room
- Military
- Correctional Facility
- Forensic Nursing
- Flight/Transport
- Medical-Surgical
- Travel Nursing
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Give Your Personality a Purpose
Are you outgoing and personable? These nursing careers offer you opportunities to travel and work with the public and within the community. Let your voice be heard. | |
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- Missionary Nurse
- Nursing Advocacy
- Occupational Health
- Public Health
- Rehabilitation
- Phone/Online Triage
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Lead the Way
Are you in student government, a team captain or maybe just a natural born leader? These careers will allow you to take the lead, not only with a nursing staff, but on health management and policy issues. | |
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- Nurse Manager/Administrator
- Nursing Executive
- Chief Nursing Officer
- Case Management
- Health Policy
- Legal Nurse
- Nurse Attorney
- Nurse Legislator
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Pass It On
Do you tutor other students? Have a natural love of learning? Enjoy being a mentor? These nursing careers will allow you to share you knowledge, develop the next generation of nurses and advance the causes of health care. | |
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- Clinical Instructor
- College Faculty
- School Nurse
- Public Health
- Nurse Writer, Author, Publisher
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Define Your Path
Maybe you are a combination of several of these personality types? Well then mix-and-match to formulate a custom-nursing career that meets all of your needs. | |
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- Nurse Attorney
- Psychology Nurse
- Informatics Specialist
- Nurse Researcher
- Nurse Faculty
- Corporate Nursing
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