Nursing Career Education Quiz Targets Growing Industry, Says LearnAndBecome.com

LearnAndBecome.com offers a new nursing career education quiz to help people discover if they have what it takes to become a nurse. Because the demand for nurses has never been higher, hospitals and nursing schools are increasing recruitment efforts and many now offer additional benefits to new nurses.

(PRWeb) June 22, 2007 -- LearnAndBecome.com, top online career and education Web site, offers its “Could Nursing Be Your Passion?” quiz to help people determine if a nursing career education is right for them. According to the American Nurses Association, the United States is experiencing a registered nurse (RN) shortage. Many employers now offer signing bonuses, flexible work schedules, and subsidized training to attract RNs to meet this demand.

The LearnAndBecome.com nursing career education quiz asks questions about various work styles, comforts and challenges. For example, visitors are asked whether travel, time-off, challenging projects or meaningful communication is most important to their jobs.

"Nearly all Americans desire a better balance between work and leisure," says LearnAndBecome.com. "A really great career should offer you everything you desire and more."

LearnAndBecome.com also addresses the common concern of discomfort when handling patients. According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, two out of five registered nurses work outside of hospitals, and many nursing specialties involve little or no direct contact with the patients.

Employers everywhere have reported trouble attracting and keeping new nurses. Many are increasing their recruitment efforts to help balance today’s aging, depleting RN workforce. A shrinking, aging workforce presents one of the major challenges to the nursing industry. A Health Resources and Services Administration survey reported that only eight percent of today’s RNs are younger than 30, while around 41 percent are over 50.

An American Nurses Association article examines these shifting nurse demographics: "The nursing workforce is experiencing a unique time in history. It can be characterized as being age diverse as it includes nurses recruited directly from high school, those entering nursing as second careers and nurses nearing retirement."

LearnAndBecome.com is a top career and education site offering quizzes in a variety of educational areas. The site is designed to help visitors see if a career or education in a particular field is the right choice for them. LearnAndBecome.com quizzes range in topic from nursing careers to online degree education programs.

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