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Some may work nights, weekends, and holidays. They may be on call, which means that they are on duty and must be available to work on very short notice. Nurses who work behind desks, schools, and other places are not required to work twenty-four hours.
The job projected of Registered Nurses is to grown 16 percent from 2014-2-2024. The demand for healthcare needs will increase because of the aging population, given that the elderly people mostly have more medical issues than younger people. Nurses will also need to educate and take care of patients with various chronic conditions, such as arthritis, diabetes, dementia, and obesity.
Also the number of people who have health insurance is expected to increase because of the federal health insurance reform. Growth also is expected to be faster in outpatient care, whereas patients do not leave to go home, like those care centers that provide same day chemo therapy, rehabilitation, and surgery. An increase number of procedures, as more sophisticated procedures previously done only done in hospital, are being performed in ambulatory care settings and physicians