| Due to the fact that the skills of a registered nurse are | | | | assignments that can instantly create a positive effect |
| valued the world over, the nursing profession is able to | | | | through professional health care provision in the |
| provide a wide array of opportunities for working, both | | | | specific role that they have been allocated. |
| at home and abroad. The global demand for applicants | | | | As a potential employee, the previous experience you |
| to fill registered nursing jobs extends from the | | | | have will greatly influence the roles offered to you. |
| developed to developing nations. The World Health | | | | However, once a proven work and ethical history has |
| Organisation recognised the important contributions | | | | been established, the level and range of skills that you |
| that registered nurses contribute to the worldwide | | | | possess may be extended through active training or |
| healthcare industry, noting that nursing personnel | | | | through the opportunity to work in a new specialty |
| contribute to over fifty percent of the world's total | | | | area, such as intensive care or geriatric nursing. |
| health workforce. | | | | Medical recruitment agencies not only specialise in |
| Staffing dilemmas are creating unprecedented | | | | streamlining the recruitment process, but also offer |
| opportunities for those involved within the healthcare | | | | assistance regarding the requirements for registration, |
| sectors. According to Nurse Source, Canada, Australia, | | | | immigration and advice in terms of housing, banking |
| Western Europe and the United Kingdom are reporting | | | | and aspects of cultural adaption and integration when |
| significant nursing shortages. In response to this | | | | preparing for your move overseas. |
| situation, many public and private health organisations | | | | A further opportunity for experienced Registered |
| and institutions are actively searching for nurses to fill | | | | Nurses is an education role, whether in a specialist |
| the available jobs, sometime through innovative | | | | training institution or within a health providers facilities. |
| marketing techniques such as advertising jobs in | | | | Due to the high demands for nurses, applications to |
| nursing journals, web sites, social networking | | | | nursing schools are soaring, with nursing students |
| applications and the like. | | | | accounting for more than half of all medical students. |
| However, one of the more successful recruitment | | | | However, many are being turned away in response to |
| strategies has been the employment of medical | | | | a lack of registered nurses available to train new |
| recruitment agencies and specialists, who attract a | | | | recruits. Many private and public organisations now |
| large pool of suitably qualified and experienced | | | | have their own training and mentoring programs in |
| personnel to fill the available positions. Not only does | | | | place to attract new nursing staff. The new impetus of |
| this provide the health service with a pool of great | | | | training and mentoring may become part of the senior |
| human resources, the process and cost of vetting and | | | | nurse's duties and roles in the near future. For those |
| interviewing is eliminated as the agency envelopes this | | | | nurses who have recently retired or spent time away |
| responsibility. This results in qualified and experienced | | | | from the industry, an educational role may be the |
| staff being available for both long and short term | | | | doorway to productive input within the health sector. |