The job of a registered nurse is quite simple. Registered nurses monitors symptoms and changes in the patient’s condition, while doing that they have to record everything. RNs also provide advice to the public …show more content…
RN salaries are pretty decent but it depends on the experience, educational background, and location. The average annual wage is $59,290. $28.51 per hour. The experienced annual wage in North Carolina is $76,930. $36.99 per hour. More experience, means more …show more content…
Duke is ranked 4th of the top 10 nursing school. Duke is very selective, their acceptance rate as of 2016 is 10.4%. Being a private research university, its costs much more money. The estimated cost of attendance for 2016-2017 is $70,092 which is $17,523 per semester. The prices are: Tuition and fees: $51,510. Room: $8,286. Board: $6,830. Books and personal expenses: $3,466. To get into Duke, there's a certain GPA to have, SAT score and ACT score. Administration goes for the people that have higher numbers, but the average GPA is a 4.17, average SAT score is 2250, and the average ACT score is 34. Right now my GPA is a 3.09 and since Duke is where I want to go, I have some work to do.
Being a registered nurse has many pros and cons. The work is very diverse and interesting. There are new people to meet, different types of patients. RNs learn different information, discover new and different disease while finding a cure. The cons of to being a RN is that, they never know their schedules. The schedule may says “ 9:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. ” but that RN may work until 6:00p.m. RNs typically work 8 or 10 hour days, about 40 hours a week some days more. Nurses may have to work weekends, nights, and even holidays. Some may have