C AREER P ROJECT By: Alyssa Belanger

L ABOR AND DELIVERY NURSE

10 CHARACTERISTICS :

V ALUES Kind Caring Patients Social Gentle Fast paced

T ASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Takes care of women an newborns before, during and after the delivery. The nurse monitors the fetal heart rate to make sure the baby is doing well during labor and delivery. The RN is trained to handle both uncomplicated deliveries and a number of possible complication deliveries. During birth the nurse helps by cleaning up his or her nose and mouth and making sure the umbilical cord isn’t wrapped around its neck. During a c-section the nurse is expected to be also used as a scrub nurse who assists the surgeon by handing him or her the tools they need. Monitor the baby’s heart rate and mother’s blood pressure Time contractions Identify and assist with complications Help administer medications and epidurals Aid in inducing labor Prepare new mothers for before, during and after pregnancy

10 CHARACTERISTICS CONTINUES Working with people, data, things A labor and delivery nurse works with people data and things. Because he or she deals with the mother or the newborn child and the child. They also work with data by keeping track of the heart rate, vital signs ect. They work with things also, during a c-section they handle tools and help the surgeon. Work Environment The work environment all varies.. Some work under high pressure situations where they must have vigilantly monitor their patients’ conditions. Stressful work environments because they tend to take care of babies with medical problems.

Working hours Mornings Nights Day Rotating shifts Weekends Holidays Aptitudes and Abilities To be a labor and delivery nurse you have to have a positive attitude, because while you’re dealing with children you have to set off the expression that you’re going to take great loving care of the child to the mother. If you have a negative attitude towards your job the mother won’t want you to take care of their newborn son or daughter.

10 CHARACTERISTICS CONTINUES Education and training at least a diploma Associate's degree Bachelor's degree to be Bachelor of Science in Nursingcome a registered nurse. Bachelor's degree level include microbiology Nursing Health care practices Maternity nursing Pharmacology National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses

S ALARY

C AREER O UTLOOK I do not think that A Labor and Delivery Nurse will be replaced in the future because, who wants to be held by a cold rusty metal robot. A robot would have many choking hazards for babies because of the screws. There is a chance for them to fall out and put the young baby at high risk for death. Plus a mother would not be trust worthy with a robot taking her baby, instead of kind, caring, respectful women to take care of her new baby she just brought into this world. International Career Outlook This job can be practiced around the world. You have the choice wither you want to work out of the city, state, country, continent. It’s your choice if you want to leave where you are now to work far away. And having t learn a new language.

L AST 3 OF THE 10 CHARACTERISTICS 3 Lifestyle/lifestyle goals To own a 3 bedroom 1 and a half bath with basement house To own 2 ford trucks Have 1 or 2 children Marry Location Everywhere I wouldn’t have to move or relocate if I don’t want to. Career Cluster Humanitarian

S PECIAL E DUCATION T EACHER

J OB DESCRIPTION Special education teachers work with students who have a wide range of learning, mental, emotional, and physical disabilities. They adapt general education lessons and teach various subjects, such as reading, writing, and math, to students with mild and moderate disabilities. They also teach basic skills, such as literacy and communication techniques, to students with severe disabilities. I am interested in this job because I have a little brother who is disabled and I love how his teachers teach. My little brother has pretty much influenced me to be this because I live with him, I see him on a daily basis, and I know how to work with them. I just want to be a part of the growth of the mind program with kids.

10 CHARACTERISTICS Values Kind Respectful Understandable Caring Flexible with the kids learning skills Tasks and Responsibilities teaching either individuals or small groups of pupils within or outside the class; preparing lessons and resources; marking and assessing work; developing and adapting conventional teaching methods to meet the individual needs of pupils; using special equipment and facilities, such as audiovisual materials and computers to stimulate interest in learning

Working with people, data, things Being a special education teacher involves all of the above because as any teaching job you work with people (students), data (grading the grade percentages), and things (utensils).

W ORK E NVIRONMENT work with children from about 8:30am to 3:30pm. They usually do additional work outside these hours to plan classes, prepare resources and reports, or attend meetings usually work in early childhood education centers and in classrooms, offices and outside in school playgrounds. may have to deal with disruptive students Can get stressful You have to work with them not teach something and say do it. You have to work at their pace.

10 CHARACTERISTICS CONTINUES Working Hours 7:30-8:30 June-early September off (summer break) Off weekends Aptitudes and Abilities must have excellent communication skills so that they can interact with students, parents and educators. must be able to work with students in one-on-one and group settings, understanding the abilities and needs of each child. Special education teachers must be encouraging, creative and flexible, with the ability to motivate students and inspire the confidence needed to attempt new tasks

Education and Training Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE). School- centered initial teacher training (SCITT). Bachelor of Education (BEd). BA or BSc with QTS. Teach First (England only) - a two-year program including a PGCE where top graduates are placed in challenging schools. Masters Degree

S ALARY AND BENEFITS Benefits Salary

C AREER O UTLOOK The number of special education teachers is expected to increase by 15 percent from 2006 to 2016, faster than the average for all occupations. Although student enrollments in general are expected to grow slowly, continued increases in the number of special education students needing services will generate a greater need for special education teachers. The number of students requiring special education services has grown steadily in recent years due to improvements that have allowed learning disabilities to be diagnosed at earlier ages and medical advances that have resulted in more children surviving serious accidents or illnesses, but with impairments that require special accommodation.

I NTERNATIONAL CAREER OUTLOOK This job is practiced and taught everywhere, there is no need unless I plan to move out of state. Its your job to know if you do move what the teaching style is. Location Everywhere Career cluster Humanitarian