Many China people studying in the United States aspire to be clinical nurses.

According to the US "World Journal" report, the US economy has little impact on medical-related occupations. For new immigrants from China, a nurse practitioner, between a doctor and a registered nurse (RN), is an ideal career, because there is no need to break through the narrow door of medical school, but the salary is not lost to the primary care under HMO management medical system. Shao Qiliang, the chief consultant of studying abroad in the United States, said that in recent years, many China people are determined to become clinical nurses.

Zheng Lili (pseudonym), a registered nurse working in Xize Hospital, plans to enter private Azusa Pacific University to study for a master's degree in clinical nursing this fall. She studied in the Department of Nursing of Taiwan Province National Taiwan Province University. Although she can't become a doctor, clinical nursing is the closest profession to a doctor.

According to the website of California Nursing Council, there are nearly 65,438+6,000 clinical nurses with higher education than registered nurses in the whole state, an increase of 16% compared with five years ago. California is 23 states in the United States that allow clinical nurses to perform most gatekeeper duties without the supervision of doctors. But there are exceptions. Clinical nurses still need the telephone supervision of doctors.

The annual salary of clinical nurses ranges from 75,000 yuan to 1.3 million yuan, depending on experience and service field. For example, the salary of emergency room clinical nurses is higher than that of janitor clinical nurses with similar work nature. At present, the annual salary of HMO gatekeepers in Los Angeles County ranges from106,000 yuan to186,000 yuan, and the salary of experienced clinical nurses is not lost to doctors.

Wu's clinical nurse, who works in Minute Clinic affiliated to CVS Pharmacy, said that many people in China yearn for this bank. Basically, registered nurses can apply for a master's degree in clinical nursing as long as they have a bachelor's degree and two years' working experience as registered nurses. The duration of such courses varies from one to two years. Once you graduate, you will become a formal clinical nurse as long as you pass the national clinical nurse examination. California's clinical nurse license is issued by the California Nursing Board, not the California Medical Board.

She believes that many people don't know that they are not registered nurses or doctors, but they do things similar to doctors, but doctors receive more training. They also have nurse training, but nurses can't prescribe medicine, but they can prescribe medicine.

Ma Chongqing (pseudonym), who works as an operating room nurse in a hospital, said that registered nurses do not necessarily need a bachelor's degree. You can still be a registered nurse as long as you can pass the exam. When I graduated, my salary was 30 yuan, which was in short supply. However, she stressed that before entering the nursing department, she must take courses such as pathology and bacteriology, which will take three years.

The clinical nurse surnamed Wu said that to apply for a master's degree in clinical nursing, you must have a bachelor's degree, and you can apply without being a registered nurse. The law also stipulates that only doctors can be clinical nurses after 20 15, so many people will transfer to clinical nurses before 20 15.

A family doctor said that with the aging of baby boomers, the shortage of doctors is becoming more and more serious, and many hospitals have clinical nurses as gatekeepers. Some experienced doctors are as strong as young doctors.