Wikipdia says this about Nursing: Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians, therapists, the patient, the patient's family and other team members, that focuses on treating illness to improve quality of life. In the United States and the United Kingdom, advanced practice nurses, such as clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners, diagnose health problems and prescribe medications and other therapies, depending on individual state regulations. Nurses may help coordinate the patient care performed by other members of a multidisciplinary health care team such as therapists, medical practitioners and dietitians. Nurses provide care both interdependently, for example, with physicians, and independently as nursing professionals.
Nursing is the most diverse of all healthcare professions. Nurses practice in a wide range of settings but generally nursing is divided depending on the needs of the person being nursed.
The major nursing specialities are:
communities/public family/individual across the lifespan adult-gerontology pediatrics neonatal women's health/gender-related mental health
There are also specialist areas such as cardiac nursing, orthopedic nursing, palliative care, perioperative nursing, obstetrical nursing, oncology nursing, nursing informatics, telenursing.
Top paying nursing specialities (and their average annual salaries - As per Monster.com) include:
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist – $135,000 Nurse Researcher – $95,000 Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner – $95,000 Certified Nurse Midwife – $84,000 Pediatric Endocrinology Nurse – $81,000 Orthopedic Nurse – $81,000 Nurse Practitioner – $78,000 Clinical Nurse Specialist – $76,000 Gerontological Nurse Practitioner – $75,000 Neonatal Nurse – $74,000
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