Nursing Jobs

Nursing has 6 role types: certified nursing assistants, patient care technicians, patient sitters, monitor technicians, licensed practical and vocational nurses, and registered nurses.

RNs finish an associate or bachelor's nursing program, pass the NCLEX-RN, and can assess patients, push IV medications, and lead care plans. LPNs train for about a year, pass the NCLEX-PN, and provide bedside care under an RN or physician.

A state-approved training program and a competency exam. Programs run a matter of weeks, and some long-term care employers pay for the course in exchange for a work commitment.

Yes. CNA, patient care technician, and patient sitter roles are the standard entry points, and hospitals often promote from them into tech and nursing school pipelines.

Hospitals staff 12-hour shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays, usually with shift differentials. Clinics and offices keep weekday hours; long-term care runs 8-hour rounds around the clock.

Watches cardiac telemetry screens for a unit's worth of patients and flags rhythm changes to the nurses. Hospitals often train CNAs or PCTs into the role and add a dysrhythmia course.