| A nursing career is a popular career these days. | | | | about the various types of cells and tissues in our |
| Nurses are highly in demand, get good salary, and can | | | | body and their functions. |
| often find work in convenient hours: working in shifts | | | | Microbiology |
| means you can have full days of to spend with your | | | | Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, as |
| family, working as a travel nurse can get you to | | | | viruses, bacteria or fungus. You will learn about the |
| interesting places, working as a managing registered | | | | parasites that infect our body, how to identify |
| nurse can give you great salary. Is this profession | | | | various types of bacteria. You will find out what is |
| also for you? And if it is, what route is the best for | | | | nutrition of the microbes you will inspect, how they |
| you, meeting your goals and giving you the most | | | | grow and how we can control them. You will read |
| suitable way for you? | | | | about food microbiology, medical microbiology and |
| The first thing to decide upon is what nursing degree | | | | industrial microbiology and also immunology: how our |
| you would like to get. You may decide to take it in a | | | | immune system functions and responds to viruses. |
| few stages, going for example first for an LPN | | | | You will use laboratories to inspect these forms of |
| degree, starting to work and then completing your | | | | life under the microscope. |
| licensing to a RN. You may decide to go to the | | | | Pharmacology |
| nearby college, or travel to somewhere across the | | | | In pharmacology courses you will study about the |
| country. Whatever you decide, let's take a look here | | | | administration of various medications and intravenous |
| at some of the classes you will have to take during | | | | substances. You will learn about the side effects of |
| your studies: | | | | medical drugs and how they affect our body's |
| Anatomy and Physiology: | | | | various systems. You will study what special |
| This is one of the basic courses any health | | | | considerations you have to take when administering |
| practitioner has to take, in order to learn about the | | | | drugs to geriatric patients or babies. |
| human body. Usually both these subjects (anatomy | | | | Practical Nursing |
| and physiology) are taught together, in the same | | | | If you are going to become a practical nurse, you |
| course. Anatomy refers to the structure of the | | | | have to study what this profession entails. You will |
| human body, while physiology refers to the human | | | | learn the basic concepts and skills of nursing, about |
| body's functions. In this course (in its various levels) | | | | intravenous therapy, caring for patients and their |
| you will learn about the various systems that makes | | | | families and other specialized subjects. Some ethical |
| our body function as it does. You will learn about the | | | | and legal issues of nursing are also addressed during |
| cardiovascular system, the skeletal system, the | | | | this course. You will study about a variety of nursing |
| urinary system, the respiratory system - just to | | | | areas and gain practical experience in various nursing |
| name a few of the systems of this magnificent | | | | settings, as surgical and medical nursing, various |
| machine which is the human body. You will learn | | | | hospital units, rehabilitation centers and more. |