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Kaylah Betancourt Nurse

__[|Tasks]__
 * Nurses help take care of sick and injured people.**They give emotional support to families and the patients. **They also keep a record of the patients history.** [|Nurses also have to check and make sure they educate family's about their health needs. Nurses also have to give minor patients medicine. They also have to arrange for patients to have appointments and treatments after their recovery, or if they have been discharged from the hospital.]

[|__Level Of Education Required__]
 * To become a nurse you must have at least 9 years of college.** First, you must take a course in a nursing program for at least 2 years. You must have a bachelors degree in nursing. **And you must have a nursing diploma.[| You need 2 years to earn a associates degree, 4 years of a bachelors degree in science.]**

[|__Salary__]
 * On average a nurse makes $65,130. The average entry level salary for a nurse ranges between $30,000 - $45,000 per year. This job of nursing comes with benefits.**[| Nurses who have been working for at least 3-6 years earn up to about 67,000 a year. Nurses who work up to 8 years earn up to 68,000- 103,000.]

[|__Future Prospects/ Chances Of getting This Job__]
 * The jobs for nurses are expected to grow before 2018**. In 2008 there were 2.5 million job openings. **The amount of job openings will grow because more people are going to get hurt or injured.**

[|__Average Hours Spent On The Job__]
 * Some nurses work part time Or 10-12 hours**, **but some work 24 hours**. **Nurses have to work Monday- Sunday. Some nurses have to work holidays including Christmas and thanks giving** because people are always getting sick, or some patients just need 24 hour care.

[|__High School__]
 * To prepare to become a nurse in high school you must take 3-4 years of English. You must have 2-3 years of Science, including Biology and Chemistry. You must also complete 3-4 years of Social studies.**

[|__College Or Other Education/ Training__]
 * You must take at least 2 years in college to attain a associates degree in nursing. In some colleges you are required to take the (N.A.T) Nurse Aptitude Test**. To prepare in college you must take Algebra, Humanities,Microbiology, and Social and behavioral classes.

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