Registered nurses (RNs) can work in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, physicians' offices, and nursing facilities. Some of their key responsibilities include performing physical exams, making diagnoses, treating patients, assisting in surgeries, and providing health education. RNs earn an average salary of $69,110 annually but salaries can range from less than $45,000 for those in the bottom 10% to over $96,000 for those in the top 10%.

1. By:
Gloria Avelino
And
Rubi Lazo

2. What do
they do?

3. RN's (registered nurses) can
do nearly anything they
want to do other than an
actual surgery. It is a very
fulfilling job. Registered
Nurses are part of a multi
disciplinary health care
team.

4. What are
some
examples of
the stuff
they do?

5.  Perform physical examinations
 Make tentative diagnoses
 Treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers.
 Conduct specified laboratory tests.
 Hand items to surgeons during operations.
 Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and ensure that
stock of supplies is maintained.
 Instruct individuals, families and other groups on topics such as health
education, disease prevention and childbirth, and develop health improvement
programs.

6. Their Duties 

7. How much do they
earn a year?

8. Registered nurses in the U.S. earned
$69,110 a year on average or $33.23 an
hour. Those in the top 10 percent of the
occupation in terms of annual income
made more than $96,630 a year. RNs in the
bottom 10 percent of the pay scale
earned less than $44,970. Fifty percent
of registered nurses earned between
$53,770 and $80,390.

9. Data Graphs

10. Podcast

11. RN Career

12. Where do
they work at?

13. Registered nurses work in hospitals,
physician’s offices, home healthcare services,
and nursing care facilities. They also work in
correctional facilities, schools, summer
camps, and with the military.

14. Duties

15. http://www.bls.gov/oes/2009/may/oes291111.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_nurse
http://explorehealthcareers.org/en/Career/21/Registered_Nurse_RN
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