Nursing practice in a wide range of settings, from
hospitals to visiting people in their homes and caring for them in schools to
research in pharmaceutical companies. Nurses work in occupational health
settings (also called industrial health settings), free- standing clinics and
physician offices, nurse –led clinics,
long –term care facilities and
camps. They also work on cruise and in
military service.
Nurses act as advisers
and consultants to the healthy care and insurance industries, many nurses also
work in the health advocacy and patient
advocacy fields at companies such as advocate. Including helping in a variety of clinical and
administrative issues. Some are
attorneys and other work with attorneys as legal nurse consultants, reviewing
patient records to assure that adequate care was provided and testifying in
court.
Nurses can work on temporary basis which involves doing shifts without a
contract in a variety of settings, sometimes known as per diem nursing, agency
nursing or travel nursing, nurses work as researchers in laboratories,
universities, and research institutions.
Nurses have also been delving into the world of informatics, acting as
consultants to the creation of computerized charting programs and other
software, etc (ANA 2007)
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