Are you looking for one of the best careers in America? 根据美国最近的一份报告.S. News and World Report survey, most of the nation's top jobs are in the 医疗保健 industry. Both 注册护士 (RN) and nurse practitioner (NP) rank among the top ten — and with good reason.
什么是“顶级工作”?"
The Survey identified several key areas for ranking jobs. These criteria included the balance between your personal life and work, 应力水平, 10-year job growth in both volume and percentage (based on U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics data), 工资中位数, future job prospects and employment rate; the latter three carried the most weight in their calculations. Nurse practitioner and 注册护士 ranked numbers four and six, respectively.
注册护士
U.S. News and World Report's survey says there are four primary ways RNs specialize: either by focusing on specific health conditions, 身体的特定部位, 人口或工作环境. Nurses also perform a variety of tasks, from participating in 医疗 procedures and treatments to performing clerical work. In the survey's most heavily weighted factors, RNs scored big. In 2012, their national 工资中位数 was $65,470 annually. It's a fast-growing profession, too. Through 2022, the number of RN jobs will increase by 19.4%，即526,800个工作岗位. Combining this growth and job prospects with a low unemployment rate of only 2.6 percent, it's no wonder 注册护士s rank sixth among America's best occupations.
护士
According to the article accompanying the survey, "If you're currently training to be a nurse practitioner, 你中大奖了." All nurse practitioners begin as 注册护士s, so many of them already have a clear idea where they want to specialize. 像注册护士一样, it is the more weighted criteria that pulls the position of nurse practitioner into the top ten. The survey's authors describe their unemployment rate as an "astonishingly low" .9%. Some earn three-figure salaries, but the national median is $89,960. Also astonishing is the expected demand for 37,100 new jobs — a growth rate of 33.7%. Clearly, if 护理 is the career path you expect to follow, your future is bright. There will be a need for you whether you intend to work as a 注册护士 or advance in a nurse practitioner field. 护理 can sometimes be a stressful profession, but what is not included in the report is what some nurses see as most important of all — the ability to serve others. That immeasurable trait follows any nurse wherever they go.
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