What would you do as a Registered nurse?
Registered nurses
- usually work shifts, including early mornings, nights and weekends
- usually work in hospitals, health centres and aged care facilities
- may do emotionally demanding work
- need to be safety conscious, communicate well and identify and solve problems
Tasks
- monitor and assess patients
- plan and provide nursing care
- develop health care plans
- provide medicine and treatment for patients
- manage patient records
- support patients to manage their health
- educate people about health
- assign work to enrolled nurses and health care assistants
- train and guide other health care staff
- stay up to date with nursing knowledge and research
How can you become a Registered nurse?
You need a qualification to become a registered nurse.
You need
- a bachelor's degree in nursing
- an Annual Practising Certificate
- to pass a police check
You may need
- a graduate certificate or diploma in nursing
- a master's degree in nursing
- to pass a medical assessment and drug test
If you're in school
You need University Entrance to do the study or training for this job.
