Registered Nurses
Registered Nurses provide nursing care to patients in hospitals, aged care and other health care facilities, and in the community.
Fun facts
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Strong Future Growth
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1937 Weekly Pay Before Tax
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50% full-time Full-Time Share
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89% female Gender Share
Tasks
There are many tasks done by registered nurses. A few are listed below:
- assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care for patients according to accepted nursing practice and standards
- working in consultation with other Health Professionals and members of health teams, and coordinating the care of patients
- providing interventions, treatments and therapies such as medications, and monitoring responses to treatment and care plan
- promoting health and assisting in preventing ill health by participating in health education and other health promotion activities
- answering questions and providing information to patients and families about treatment and care
- supervising and coordinating the work of Enrolled Nurses and other health care workers
Specific occupations
- Nurse Practitioner
- Registered Nurse (Aged Care)
- Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health)
- Registered Nurse (Community Health)
- Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency)
- Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability)
- Registered Nurse (Disability and Rehabilitation)
- Registered Nurse (Medical)
- Registered Nurse (Medical Practice)
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
- Registered Nurse (Perioperative)
- Registered Nurse (Surgical)
- Registered Nurse (Paediatrics)
- Registered Nurse
- Flight Nurse
- Nursing Officer (Defence Forces)
- Registered Nurse (Infection Control)
- Registered Nurse (Remote or Rural Area)
- Mental Retardation Nurse
- Practice Nurse
- Psychiatric Nurse
- Operating Room Nurse
- Registered Nurse (Anaesthetic)
- Registered Nurse (Operating Room)
- Registered Nurse (Recovery)
- Registered Nurse (Child and Adolescence Mental Health)
- Registered Nurse (Drug and Alcohol)
- Registered Nurse (Psychiatric Rehabilitation)
- Registered Nurse (Psychogeriatric Care)
- Registered Nurse (Gerontology)
- Registered Nurse (Health Education and Promotion)
- Registered Nurse (Public Health)
- Registered Nurse (School Nurse)
- Registered Nurse (Acute Care)
- Registered Nurse (Emergency/Trauma)
- Registered Nurse (High Dependency)
- Registered Nurse (Neonatal Intensive Care)
- Registered Nurse (Paediatric Intensive Care)
- Registered Nurse (Rehabilitation)