Mrs. Bramley’s Class Mrs. Bramley’s Class Career Fair Career Fair

Gold Medal WinnerGold Medal Winner

NurseNurseByBy

Alexxis MendozaAlexxis MendozaTreeline elementaryTreeline elementary

2009 career fair2009 career fair

Skills, abilities, and interestSkills, abilities, and interest

• When you want to become a nurse you are When you want to become a nurse you are training to help people with there training to help people with there symptoms. symptoms.

• as a nurse you also have to make sure as a nurse you also have to make sure that the patients have the proper that the patients have the proper medicine.medicine.

• You also have to make sure that when you You also have to make sure that when you run test on them you have to do it right. run test on them you have to do it right.

Education and training for Education and training for the job.the job.

Nurses must graduate from a nursing Nurses must graduate from a nursing program. It takes two years to finish program. It takes two years to finish college and get your associate college and get your associate degree. But it takes four years to finish degree. But it takes four years to finish and get your bachelor’s degree. It and get your bachelor’s degree. It usually takes three years to finish the usually takes three years to finish the nursing program and get your nursing program and get your diploma. diploma.

Recommended class to take in Recommended class to take in high school to prepare for high school to prepare for

careercareer When you get into high school if you When you get into high school if you

want to be a nurse, you have to study want to be a nurse, you have to study five things. Such as anatomy, five things. Such as anatomy, chemistry, nutrition, psychology, and chemistry, nutrition, psychology, and nursing theory's. some nurses even nursing theory's. some nurses even have to learn how to speak different have to learn how to speak different languages. languages.

What do you do at work all day?What do you do at work all day?

When nurses go to work they watch When nurses go to work they watch people who are sick and who have bad people who are sick and who have bad symptoms. Sometimes they have to symptoms. Sometimes they have to run tests on the patients by drawing run tests on the patients by drawing blood. When nurses work they also blood. When nurses work they also teach people how to take care of teach people how to take care of themselves. themselves.

salarysalary

During nursing around the middle half During nursing around the middle half of all registered nurses earned of all registered nurses earned between $47,710 and $69,850. the between $47,710 and $69,850. the lowest amount of money made was lowest amount of money made was about $40,250. the highest amount of about $40,250. the highest amount of money earned wasmoney earned was more than more than $83,440.$83,440.

Helping people make a Helping people make a differencedifference