What is the status of nurses in America?

Nursing in China is still in its infancy, and the development of nursing industry cannot be separated from the cultivation of nursing talents. Does the nursing industry have a future? What is the reason why the nursing level in China has not reached the international level?

First, the overall social reasons

At present, the status of nurses in China is not high, because the public's demand for nursing has not been improved. In the 1980s, the status of teachers in our country was very low, because the people's food and clothing were all problems in the 1980s, so education was out of the question. But now intellectuals are valued, and the status of teachers has been improved, because with the improvement of people's living standards, people's demand for education has greatly increased, and teachers are gradually respected. What about the nursing industry? Because now people begin to pay attention to health and health care, but they don't realize the importance of nursing in health problems. The shortage of nurses will not only make nurses overworked, but also be dangerous to patients. A set of data shows that the mortality rate of patients is related to the number of nurses who take care of patients. If a nurse takes care of 4-6 patients, the mortality rate of patients is higher than 14%. On this basis, every time a nurse takes care of a patient, the mortality rate of the patient will increase by 7%. Another reason is that the national income has not reached the standard that most families can hire private care.

Second, the medical system is unreasonable.

In addition, the medical system has also affected the development of nursing talents. For many years, influenced by the concept of "service is worthless", it is almost a common practice in hospitals to pay more attention to medical care than nursing. Hospitals focus on doctors and equipment that can bring benefits to hospitals. The hospital will not hesitate to introduce international advanced equipment and technology. In sharp contrast, management and service are relatively backward. Although there are many doctors in various departments, there is not much communication between them, and doctors' orders change frequently every day, which leads to a lot of repetitive work for nurses. In addition, under the current cost accounting system of hospital economic management, nurses are scattered in various departments, and their mobility is poor, which makes the already insufficient nursing force even more tense. Hospital system reform has been put on the agenda. The importance of having nurses in the system reform, the ratio of medical care and so on.

Third, doctors pay little attention to nurses.

At present, most nurses have no autonomy. At present, the nursing work in the hospital only focuses on infusion, intramuscular injection, intravenous injection, medication and dressing change. There are many local nurses who take care of nurses, and some hospitals employ nurses as nurses. Doctors should not treat nurses as people who give injections, give medicines and make rounds.

When the patient is admitted to the hospital, the nurse will monitor the patient's condition all the time, find problems at any time and find ways to solve them. Nursing is not only from the perspective of disease, but also from the aspects of patients' diet, psychological care, exercise amount and mode, patients' living habits and beliefs. These tasks can assist the doctor's treatment plan and help patients recover faster.

Fourth, the limitations of education.

Although the enrollment of nursing colleges has expanded, people have doubts about the educational ability of rapid enrollment expansion, so there is a view that the overall level of graduates has declined. In addition, the curriculum emphasis of nursing colleges is still biased towards medical treatment. Many of the nursing knowledge of those diseases in the teaching materials are out of touch with the clinic and have not changed for a long time. In fact, nurses know patients best, and the problems in the process of patient treatment are often discovered by nurses first. Treatment is a dynamic process.

Fifth, nurses' own consciousness.

After graduating from school, nurses began to care. There are not many nurses in China who are retrained after employment. In fact, we all know that a person in a position must constantly improve his professional skills if he wants to keep moving forward. Although there are many training institutions for nurses, not many people participate. Of course, a few people already know that having an international registered nurse license can not only go abroad for employment, but also find a relatively good job at home. According to the data provided by Angel International Nurse Training Center, the largest and earliest international nurse training institution in China, about 100 people in Guangzhou receive CGFNS/RN scientific research training in Angel every year, and more than 500 people have participated in the training since 200/kloc-0. The reason for the small number is that many nurses find it too difficult to verify CGFNS/RN. In fact, in foreign countries, many registered nurses are not students of nursing colleges, but later obtained nursing licenses through the study and training of registered nurses. Non-nursing majors can obtain a nurse's license, and it should not be so difficult for nursing students to improve their professional level and integrate with the international community.

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The golden rice bowl is within reach.

Author: Nurse Community | Wednesday, April 5, 2006

Everyone covets the golden rice bowl.

The concept of "golden rice bowl" has been deeply rooted in China. Holding a golden rice bowl can make you live a comfortable life, so people who live with a golden rice bowl are enviable. Because the golden rice bowl is rare, there are many stories about it. Someone is fighting for it; Some people can betray their relatives and friends for it; Some people will become unreasonable because of this; Some people can put aside ethics for this ... in short, they should try their best to get the golden rice bowl.

The golden rice bowl is actually a stable source of life, a favorable psychological hint, a symbol of status, a manifestation of rights and a political height.

Politicians have politicians' golden rice bowls, businessmen have businessmen's golden rice bowls, and literati have their own golden rice bowls. In the torrent of rolling times, soldiers, peasants and workers once belonged to the golden rice bowl family. Now, architects, designers and doctors are also golden rice bowls. The golden rice bowl is actually a term engraved with a distinctive brand of the times and a strong political background.

Being a nurse in America is a golden rice bowl.

Nurse, in people's eyes, is a hard and low-ranking profession. Although people call them angels in white, it doesn't change their low social status. Although it is proposed that nursing should be in line with international standards, many nursing colleges have begun to expand enrollment, and more and more junior college and undergraduate nursing students have graduated, there is still a gap between nurses in China and nurses in the United States and other European and American countries. This gap is mainly manifested in the work intensity, living standard and social status of nurses. In the United States, a nurse can only take care of seven patients on average; In the ICU, a patient needs a nurse. Due to the control of the ratio of doctors to nurses, there is a great demand for nurses in the United States. In recent years, the United States has been importing nurses from overseas. After the 9 1 1 incident, the wages of all industries in the United States have decreased, while the wages of nurses have been rising. Now some Americans are out of work and study as nurses. Some teachers also come to learn nurses. In recent years, few domestic nurses have tried to become American nurses. Not only did I go by myself, but my whole family immigrated to America. At present, being a nurse in America is a golden rice bowl. Needless to say, this job is stable and the income is nearly 100 times higher than that in China.

Everyone can get a golden rice bowl.

To be a nurse in the United States, the premise is to have a nurse license recognized by the United States. The immigration policy in the United States is very lenient for overseas nurses with CGFNS or RN licenses. This is why there are so many nurses in the Philippines who can work in the United States every year.

Many nurses began to panic when they saw that all the materials were in English during the process of obtaining the nurse's license, and psychologically began to retreat: CGFNS/RN exam is so difficult, how to get it? In fact, it is not as difficult as it seems, but one thing must be done first, that is, you must have confidence in yourself. On the basis of confidence, you can get CGFNS or RN certificate by studying hard and mastering certain examination skills. Now there are some institutions that can help nurses get certificates more quickly and smoothly and help them find employers in the United States. Five years ago, Angel International Nurse Training Center began to set up a direct channel for nurses to go abroad for employment in China.

Angel International is mainly engaged in scientific research and training of nurses. Since the establishment of 200 1, it has been working hard for the golden rice bowl of nurses in China. In 2002, Angel International cooperated with Chinese Nursing Association to sponsor 65,438+000 nurses in China to take CG/RN examination for free. Ms Barbara, President of China Nurses Association, was also invited to give the first and only public speech for Nurse China at the Beijing Science and Technology Museum. In 2004, we obtained a full scholarship list for 65,438+000 nurses from China to study for master's degree in the United States. Up to now, 500 nurses have participated in Anji's scientific research training, more than 80 have obtained CGFNS certificates, 14 have obtained US RN certificates at one time, and more than 30 Anji students have been employed in the United States and Canada.

After training at Angel International, they obtained a registered nurse license in the United States. Among the students who go to the United States for employment, there are nurses who have worked for 20 years and technical secondary school students who graduated from nursing school. They all came to the United States successfully and met with golden rice bowls, but they all worked hard. Their fighting spirit is worth learning from American nurses. Build up self-confidence, and through hard work, everyone can finally get the golden rice bowl they long for.

As we all know, to be a nurse in the United States, you need to get an RN certificate and apply for the exam yourself. The first step is to prepare information and submit it to the local nursing bureau in the United States. The preparation of information is very important, which directly affects the evaluation of this application in the United States. The information must be detailed and perfect. If any small problem is omitted, the application may be unsuccessful. There is an example: when a friend of mine applied for the qualification of registered nurse examination, all the materials were submitted, but he couldn't wait for ATT. He called the American Nurses' Bureau several times, and finally found out four months later that the first name and surname were just reversed in the two materials submitted to the examination center and the Nurses' Bureau. Because of this little oversight, ATT got it three months late.

When filling out the application form, you should fill in your name according to American custom, that is, your surname comes first. Because this is just the opposite of the habit of China people, it is particularly prone to mistakes. And the more such a small problem, the harder it is to find, so the applicants are very surprised. Why do you want to audit your own data? Obviously, everything is correct and the materials are complete. What's the problem? Below, I will list the matters that should be prepared and paid attention to in the application.

1, 2×2 inch passport photo

2, graduation school transcripts (including subjects, class hours (theory) and clinical practice days/hour)

3. Course description

4. Teaching syllabus

5. Freshmen need graduation certificates, and former students need nurse certificates in China.

6. Application Form for Registered Nurse Examination

7. Application fee, fingerprint fee and fingerprint card

Two sets of these materials need to be prepared, one for the local nursing bureau in the United States and the other for the RN examination center. In addition, my nurse friend who trained in Angel International reminded us to pay attention when filling out the form: if some contents have fixed English expressions, they must be filled in according to the inherent English usage, such as school name and place name.

As we all know, nurses in the United States are well paid, and the United States lacks1.20 thousand nurses every year. So the United States needs to introduce nurses from other countries every year. At present, the Philippines has the largest number of nurses who immigrate to the United States. In the past two years, more and more people from China have taken the examination of Registered Nurse License (RN) in the United States. However, although it is attractive to be an international nurse, it is not so easy to get a passport to work in the United States-a registered nurse's license in the United States. Many nurses who want to go abroad stopped before RN verified this obstacle, and RN verification became the biggest stumbling block for our nurses.

In fact, the research of RN is the same as any other exam. As long as you have confidence and master the skills of studying the exam, you can pass the exam through hard work. Angel International Nurse Training Center has 5 years' experience in training nurses in CGFNS/RN research. Among them, 14 students took the RN exam, and all of them passed at one time, and the pass rate of RN research remained at 100%. By analyzing the situation of each student and the review process of each training, some experiences may be useful for those who prepare for the RN certificate. I hope these experiences can help you successfully obtain the American registered nurse license.

Mr. Huang Renyu once said that China people's understanding of many issues often stays in a vague stage, and it is impossible to make a "quantitative" analysis and judgment. China society should have "digital management". Then learn from this truth, we should make a plan when we study, and strictly implement this plan. According to your own situation (learning ability, overall disposable time, family environment, special circumstances), make a reasonable study plan, the study plan should be detailed, and track the effect of the planned study. After the implementation of each month, summarize the implementation of the plan for that month. If it is difficult to carry out as planned, it is necessary to adjust the plan and reduce the daily learning tasks. Fully grasp your own learning situation.

Secondly, the time span of the whole study and research should not be too long, and it is best to conquer the RN license in one breath. If you don't have the strength to take the exam after 2-3 years, your learning motivation is likely to relax, which may lead to the loss of learning confidence and make RN textual research a fantasy.

In terms of specific study, don't be afraid of English books. When reading an English book, you'd better read the whole paragraph first and get a general idea of what the content is about, so you don't have to stick to some unfamiliar words. Although it is a good habit to look up the dictionary frequently, it is best not to look up the dictionary while reading English books, which is easy to get lost between articles and new words. What if there are too many new words? You can browse the whole paragraph first and write all the new words you can't understand on a piece of paper. Read the whole paragraph, use the electronic dictionary to find out the meanings of all the new words at once, and finally look at what you are talking about, so that you can read English textbooks efficiently. In addition, buy a better medical dictionary and pharmaceutical dictionary, which can solve professional problems more deeply.

Family support is also important. With their support, one can increase confidence and the other can have more time and energy to study.

One month before preparing for the exam, all the textbooks have been learned and the review is almost the same. RN's examination approval has also been applied for. By this time, the previous textbooks and exercises have been filled. It is very effective to strengthen memory by buying new textbooks and exercises and doing the previous questions again. In this final review, copy out the things you haven't remembered separately and conquer them one by one.

Some nurses study RN through self-study, and some choose training institutions to study with their sisters under the supervision and guidance of teachers. You can choose according to your own situation. Of course, choosing a good training institution and having teachers to teach problem-solving methods and examination skills can improve learning efficiency, shorten review time, avoid detours and enhance confidence. Both Chinese and western teachers in Angel International Nurse Training Center hold American nursing education degrees or CGFNS/RN certificates, and have accumulated rich teaching experience. In the RN scientific research and training place, an English training course for nurses was recently opened to provide all-round services for nurses' scientific research.

Nurses can gain more initiative in nursing by training and obtaining international registered nurses, fully understand the doctor's medication plan and help patients recover faster. The improvement of nurses' professional level can also improve the nursing status in China.