1. How to become a Registered Nurse
Hyerin’s Career Path
How to become a Registered Nurse

2. My Career Goals I want to become a Registered Nurse by 2024.
To get there, I will need to:
Graduate high school by June, 2018.
Pursue further studies in a nursing program at recognized college.
Gain more than 100 hours of volunteer experience in a hospital by the end of my nursing program

3. What is a Registered Nurse?
 RN's provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.
As a RN, I would regularly evaluate and
record patient symptoms, coordinate
patient care, take vital signs and keep
track of patients’ medical information.

4. About my future career
Registered nurses usually work in hospitals, physicians’ offices, home healthcare services, nursing care facilities, patients’ homes, schools, or outpatient clinics. Some serve in the military.
The average national salary for this career is $66,000 .
RN’s that work 8 to 10 hour days typically work about 40 hours or so per week, however nurses that work 12 hour days may end up working around 36 hours per week. Registered nurses work shifts meaning that their schedules change regularly.

5. My job has a 14.5% chance of becoming automated
An important part of a Nursing job requires the formation of trust and close relationships with patients and their guardians.
Each patient has their own needs and nurses need to be accommodating to different kinds of help.
Robots are different from people in the sense that they do not have feelings and accommodating each individual needs in different ways may be too complex.
These reasons are why this job is likely
not going to be automated in the near future.

6. Registered nurse would be great for me because I have…
Good problem-solving skills, good judgment and patience
The ability to work cooperatively with other members of the health care team
Outstanding organizational Skills

7. I am not quite ready for this career, but I will get there!
These are skills for the job I still need to learn:
This is how I will get those necessary skills:
Advanced English language skills and the ability to communicate effectively with staff and patients
Through volunteering, I will practice communicating with others in a hospital and learning related vocabulary.
A strong knowledge base in biological, psycho-social and nursing sciences
I will take many nursing courses to expand my knowledge in health science.

8. This is what appeals to me with this career…
I love learning new things and helping people. I want to be a nurse because I can get the chance of helping others, gain medical knowledge to help others get or stay healthy, variety on the job and no repetitive tasks.

9. These are some things I find less appealing about this career…
Nursing is naturally a stressful job and stress in nurses can cause depression. Factors that cause stress for nurses are unrealistic expectations by their managers, peers and patients, heavy workloads, time pressure , and all that sort of things.

10. Potential obstacles to getting this career
The possible obstacles:
My plan to overcome them:
Post-secondary schools require high quality of English skills to apply for Nursing program.
Be confident and speak as often as possible to as many people as I possibly can in English and learn new words with example sentences .
 Pass the National Council Licensure Examination for RNs (NCLEX-RN).
Take advantage of resources that provide practice test questions, study guides and flashcards. Also, find the study method that works for me.

11. Potential obstacles to being successful within this career
The possible obstacles:
My plan to overcome them:
conflicts in nursing relationships
Collaborating to find a mutual solution when both sets of interests are too important to be compromised
Stressful environment
Maintaining a routine of regular exercise and good nutrition and continuing in faith practices, which provide a steady focus and centering

12. The training/education required for my career is:
RNs must be licensed to practice, a process that requires that they complete an accredited nursing program and pass the National Council Licensure Exam for Registered Nurses, or NCLEX-RN.
Also, complete a bachelor’s nursing degree program.

14. I intend to go to Trinity Western University for that career
Adress: 7600 Glover Road Langley, BC V2Y 1Y1, Canada
Program: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Certification: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Length: 4-years
Cost: $740 per sem. hr.

15. Financial Plan I am going to pay for my program:
I should have to get the help of my family but I try make money by work. I will apply for a work permit and work during breaks and in the summer.

16. Here is where I can get that:
Admission requirements:
Students applying to Nursing must complete both an application to the University and one to the Nursing program (a separate application and reference).
completion of Grade 12 or GED with a minimum cumulative GPA of B-
Required courses when in the program:
NURS Clinical Skills I, NURS Nursing Care of Older Adults, NURS Clinical Practice: Adult Health I, NURS Clinical Practice: Adult Health 2, NURS Nursing Care of Childbearing Family, NURS 321 – Nutrition, NURS Nsng Care of Adults in Complex Illn, NURS Nursing Care of Adults in Community, NURS Consolidation in Nursing Practice

17. High school courses required
Grade 11 courses:
Grade 12 courses:
Biology 12
Math 11 (Pre-Calculus 11 or Foundations of Math 11 for BC students)
Chemistry 12
English 12

18. Registered Nurses are awesome!!!
3 fun facts about RN:
Nurses are consistently named one of the most trusted professions, year after year.
The top occupational health concern of nurses is back injury.
Only three out of five nurses work in hospitals.

19. Thank you