Work in medical fields can be both physically and emotionally draining. Nurses are often subjected to things that most other people don’t deal with on a daily basis. This is the reason for the development of nursing humor, which is a special type of humor that is often only understood and appreciated by others in medical or health-related fields.

A lot of the jokes that nurses find amusing are about interchanges between the nurses and patients or doctors. In many of these jokes the nurse is not presented in a very likable way, where in reality most nurses are very patient, understanding and professional people. Nurses must be stoic in their work but with these jokes they can let their personalities out. To express these jokes allows them to release some pressure and better deal with non-cooperating patients and stressful situations better.

Medical humor often takes the form of defining medical terms in unique ways. For example, a liquid substance known as barium is often required for many radiology tests. On a definition page dedicated to nurse jokes, however, the definition of barium might be defined as the job of an undertaker. Usually, nurses are aware that this version of humor is slightly beyond the normal experience of laypersons, and take care to avoid being too overt with this type medical humor so that no one becomes offended.

Most nursing websites have a forum thread dedicated especially to funny occurrences, or to nursing humor. This offers an outlet for those jokes that are just too funny not to be shared. Frequently, these jokes are also spread through email or handouts available at nursing stations. There are even a few Internet sites dedicated entirely to nurse humor, and many dedicated to expressions of general medical humor as well.

Sometimes, nursing humor is dedicated to the discussion of recent policy issues. Sometimes these issues are directly relevant to nursing administration concerns at their institution, while others deal with topics from government-sponsored healthcare to insurance problems. Because many of these latter topics are much easier to discuss with non-medical persons, these are usually the jokes that nurses share more easily with friends and family members.

You are sure to have heard nursing humor if you know any nurses or if you are married to one. There are many websites available on the internet that can offer explanations for the dry and satirical descriptions of nurses coping skills. It may help in understanding to look at these jokes from the nurses’ point of view.

- Bruno Auger

A fast-paced environment is most likely what you are going to experience if you decide to become an emergency room nurse. If you are employed in a big city, there definitely will not be any time for boredom. No long nights waiting for morning and trying to stay awake. There is always something going on and people to see.

The range of illness and injuries in an emergency room can be almost anything. From a broken arm to a freeway pile-up, there are no limits to what you may see or do on a shift in the emergency room. If this is the type of environment you think you can handle, this may be the career for you.

When it comes to pay for an E R nurse there is no above the board amount that all nurses are paid. Your rate of pay will depend on your experience and where you work. A university hospital or private travel company will pay more than you typically will make in a smaller setting.

Sometimes you can receive more pay and benefits if the area you choose to work in has a high demand for E R nurses. Areas that have been hit hard by disasters are a good place to find higher paying jobs due to people having to relocate and people who want to permanently leave the area. This increases the need for nurses therefore the pay goes up in order to lure more nurses to the area.

One way of ensuring that your services will be more sought after is to specialize in a particular field. Pediatrics, oncology, and caring for the critically ill are all good specialties. These specialties require a little more education than a regular R N who practices in the emergency room. The more education a person has, the better off they are when it comes to getting the pay they deserve.

Do not underestimate the work you will be doing. Long hours and a lot of stress are all part of the routine for an emergency room nurse. While some people do very well in this type of situation, some cannot handle the fast-paced work environment. The real motivator for becoming an emergency room nurse or a nurse in the first place is the desire to help people and make a difference in someone’s life. Especially someone who is ill and needs your help to make his or her life a small bit easier to handle.

Emergency room nurses are going to be in charge of the emergency room when it comes to the other nurses who are working there. They will screen the patients and find out what problem has brought them to the emergency room. Another part of their duties will be to make sure the other nurses are carrying out the duties assigned to them. Assisting the doctor and making sure all his orders are carried out is another set of duties that an emergency room nurse will handle.

If you have reviewed all the options you have and still are set on becoming an emergency room nurse you should find out what requirements you have to have to make your dream come true. You should check out what colleges are offering the courses you need to take and how long you will have to attend before graduating. Many community colleges offer classes for nursing. If you decide to take the step a little further and go for a degree in nursing, it can’t hurt. As mentioned before, specializing in a certain type of nursing can help you also.

Many programs are available for helping with financing your training to become a nurse. Scholarships, grants, and student loans are all options to consider for the money you need to pay for your education. Grants are one way to go because they do not have to be paid back. The same is true for scholarships. They may not pay for everything but a part-time job will cure that. You may get something at a nearby hospital which would be great. Student loans are another option. They will be paid back when you graduate and get a position.

Nursing is one of the most rewarding careers you can choose. There is no other feeling in the world like that special feeling you get when you are the one that is responsible for the care and comfort of a patient. That is one thing you can carry with you for the rest of your life.

-Bruno Auger

The special nursing certification is a process of building multi-layered path in nursing career. The basic nursing certificate is issued by the college from where one has completed graduation. Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is basically two-year degree course. Registered nurses normally have Bachelor’s or Associates degree. After completion of bachelor’s degree, one can go further for the course, “Master of Science in Nursing” (MSN). After completion of academic course in nursing, numbers of advanced specialist courses are also available to make one’s career brighter in the field of nursing.  The following are such specialist courses.

Critical Care Registered Nurse (CCRN)
Certificate of this course can be achieved by qualifying the exam conducted by most of the major and famous hospitals. The duration this certificate course is of six-months, where everything from cardio care technique to technique of detecting the drug reactions is covered. Holder of this certificate course is mainly concerned with the job concerned with Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care Unit or telemetry where constant monitoring is needed. Salaries are also quite higher as compared to other floors and the nurses in this floor have observe few patients only because constant monitoring is needed their. 

CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator)
This certified course is always in demand in most of the hospital and in the offices of doctors. Now a day’s, increase in diabetic and obesity patients have enhanced the scope of this course and also increased the opportunity of employment with this course. The main task of the workers related to this course, is to teach Diabetic patients, how to control their diet? How to inject insulin, and also how to test sugar level in blood?

ACRN - HIV/AIDS Certified Nurse
Another certification course having sadly good scope, because of dramatic increase in the patients of AIDS that is ACRN-HIV/AIDS Certified Nursing course. The nurses belonging to this course have to study about HIV/AIDS.  They have to study symptoms of disease, immunology and also have to deal with some sensitive classes that are concerned with both “Intra Venus” drug users and homosexual class. After completion of this course nurse can work in hospital or some special clinics that that are dealing with AIDS prevention and treatment program
    
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
This is one of the difficult certification courses in the field of nursing but this course is more profitable one as compared to other courses. The Nurses completing these courses have to deal with the Anesthesia given to patient during any surgery. The duration of this course is two years and require apprentice of two years. After completion of this course, a nurse will get handsome amount of salary.

Oncology Certificate in Nursing (OCN)
The nurses belong to Oncology have to deal with radiation aftercare, chemotherapy and patients of cancer. This worthwhile certified course is completed with ability of working in hospital, local clinics or the centers for cancer treatment. The duty of these nurses is of long duration but less physical work.
Any of the above given certification course is available in major health care schools in city, which will help you to get higher pay in any hospital and also provide various future opportunities

-Bruno Auger

Nursing career is considered as the most desired career all over the world. There are people who desire to move ahead in their career are now considering nursing path since it is financially beneficial too. There are various reasons for the worldwide interest in nursing. Nursing career has many options. Being a nurse, you have an option to choose a specialization of your choice based on your skills and knowledge. Besides this, nursing profession is now being regarded as the most respected as well as highly praised profession all over world.

In nursing, career advancement is followed by financial advancement. A nurse when advances in her career, she is benefited financially too.

In developing nations, requirements of nurses is day-by-day growing. Nursing job availability and its associated options have been the reasons for its boom. This blossoming and flourishing nature has encouraged people to go for nursing career. When this career is considered, everything follows it since finding nursing jobs on internet is very easy. A very good advantage of nursing jobs is if you do not have necessary skills in one area, you can easily choose another area that suits your skills and expertise. The variety of job options help you choose your own specialization in nursing career and do not make you feel like you are forced to get into nursing profession. You get what you want in your life.

Besides this, it is the career of a lifetime since nursing profession offers large number of opportunities for career advancement. There are various levels in nursing hierarchy that offer career advances in a nurse’s career. It shows that this profession is of changing face and is not stagnant. A nursing job itself is a benefit to a nurse and has prospects of further advancement. This feature makes nursing job more tempting than before.

Its nature makes nursing job a noble profession to adopt. Not only it benefits people who take up nursing job but whole society is benefited from those who get into nursing profession. Nursing jobs are rapidly growing in numbers sending a positive signal indicating greater chances of improvement in quality medical service. Since nurses increase in number, numbers of people who work towards betterment in medical field do increase.

Nursing job not only provides emotional fulfillment to a person but fulfillment of career and financial needs, too. The main idea behind nursing to extend helping hands towards the people who really need it, as the nursing care adopted by nurses is the needed and important factor to make the job nursing more successful and even brighter. The job of nursing provides the opportunity to help some one who needs the nursing care.

Across the world, the job of nursing is now considered as one of the noblest job towards the mankind and now numbers of people are interested to join this successful cause. All this shows that joining a nursing field is a good choice. Nursing is a job that benefits the person who is involved in it, the people around him, and the society to which he belongs.

-Bruno Auger

The job of a registered nurse is quite tough. A registered nurse working in hospital should have knowledge of starting an IV, interaction of particular drug in patient and should also have knowledge about symptoms of various diseases. The theory of nursing includes complete care of a patient during the whole day. To meet this requirement of a patient, in most of the hospitals, a nurse in one shift has to handle only six patients, so that she can serve each patient finely and meet all requirements of patients, who can be observed in hospital because nurses are always on the move. Most of the nurses working in hospitals are satisfied from their work and these registered nurses get good salary.           

Average Salaries
Legally, the average salary of a registered nurse should be around $59,061 /year. As you can observe, the above mentioned salary is good enough for a person having only bachelor degree and qualified state certification exam. In many professions, a person having masters’ degree do not get that much of salary as one registered nurse gets. The initial salary for registered nurse depends on the company or the status of hospital she/he is working. However, initial salary for fresh-out graduate nurse get at lest $43,000 of salary per year.    

Bonuses
A registered nurse gets number of bonuses, if she don’t get then she can negotiate with company or hospital in which she works. As many countries were facing the shortage nurses and numbers of hospitals are in search of good nurses. Many hospitals are committing to provide a bonus of $2,000-$3,000 per year to the nurses who were interested to join their hospital. Some hospitals are also committing to provide the bonus of $5,000 for three years. Beyond the bonus if any nurse is interested to work in weekend shift he/she will extra salary of that work. Nurses were also “called in” during their off day and offered premium pay of that day.

Certifications
Nurses can demand for higher salary if they have additional certificates along with their graduation certificate. The registered nurse who is CCS (clinical care specialist), CDE (certified diabetes educator), ACLS (advance cardiac life support) or having any special certificate, can ask for higher initial salary. Hospitals also repay for taking specialty certified course, so the profession of nursing is a win from both sides. 

Choose the right job
All registered nurses are not subject to same work, working field of nurses may be different and salary also depends on it. For example, the nurse who is subjected to work on extra cardiac training (telemetry), pediatric unit or intensive care unit will get higher pay as compared to other. Each floor needs some special quality in registered nurse. The nurses working in office of doctor, concerned with clerical work of hospital or a school nurse will get less salary as compared to the nurses working on specialist floor.

In nursing, a person get bonus, education and future carrier, so registered nursing is the challenging, rewarding and a Nobel profession.

-Bruno Auger