Nursing is an excitingyet demandingcareer field that offers a variety of diverse career paths and employment settings. Nurses are a vital link between patients and other medical professionals, and they often act as patient advocates and spokespersons. Simply put, the health care industry could not exist without nurses. Because of the rapidly growing elderly population and continued advances in medical technology in this country, registered nurses should have good career opportunities in the coming years.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Careers in Focus .

There are 219 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2011 by Facts On File Inc .