Bethany Kludt is a nursing student who has learned about the variety of career opportunities available to nurses. While most nurses work in hospitals, nurses can also work in private practices, clinics, nursing homes, schools, and other healthcare settings. Kludt was also surprised to learn there are four times as many nurses as doctors, as nurses work directly with patients by providing medication, coordinating care, and meeting other needs. Kludt is currently pursuing her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, which will allow her flexibility in her career path and open doors to various nursing roles and locations upon graduating.

1. Bethany Kludt:
Reality of Nursing

2. As a current nursing student at Ohio Northern University, Bethany
Kludt has learned many interesting facts about the nursing profession.
One of the first things that surprised her was the wide variety of
locations where a nurse can choose to work.

3. Hospitals are the primary employer of nurses, but definitely not the
only institutions and agencies that need nursing help. Of all of the
employed nurses in the world, roughly sixty-two percent work in
hospitals. The remaining thirty-eight percent are spread throughout
places such as private practices, public health agencies, home health
care, primary care clinics, and outpatient surgicenters. Other nurses
find their calling in health maintenance organizations, insurance or
managed care companies, schools, nursing homes, in the military, and
with hospices. The possibilities for Kludt in the future are endless.

4. She has also learned that there are four times more nurses in the
health care field than there are doctors. This is because nurses are the
professionals who work directly with the patients. It is the nurse,
whether an RN or an LPN, that handles the giving of medication, the
coordination of tests and services, the general maintenance and
upkeep of the patient's needs, and so on. Without nurses, the health
care field would collapse.

5. Bethany Kludt is currently studying to receive her BSN, a four year
Bachelors degree of science in nursing. Upon completion of her college
education, she will have choices as to what type of nurse she becomes.
Options available include two, three, and four year programs to
become a Registered Nurse. Regardless of her choice, she will need to
sit for the NCLEX-RN state licensing exam before she can become a
working professional nurse in the field. The BSN that she is seeking will
allow her to choose any nursing field in any of the available locations.