Why is Pursuing Nursing in the USA a Strategic Decision? Por qué tratar de ser enfermeros en USA es decisión estratégica?

       Being a registered nurse (RN) in the USA is one of the most interesting, fascinating jobs,  and it's a health career with wide of possibilities. According to the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024), registered nurses are one of the most rapid evolving professions (6 percent from 2022 to 2032), quicker than average over all in relation to its dynamic, annually new opened positions and broaden horizons in its proper development. Being a registered nurse (bachelor's degree in nursing, an associate degree in nursing, from a recognized  approved nursing program) means that this professional can work in diverse medical and nursing settings. Some of these settings include, but are not limited to, private companies, public health departments, school nursing program, hospitals, occupational, research, education, legal offices, health insurances, and your own business. During 2022, almost 60% of the RN jobs placement were hospitals, 18 percent worked in ambulatory healthcare facilities (traveling nurses, physician's offices, outpatient care centers, and home health cares), 5 percent worked in the public or government sites, and approximately 3 percent in educational settings.     

  Let us share our experience: When we arrived to the USA, we left behind but inside of us our clinical, and professional experience as a physician.  Here, in the USA there are diverse mechanisms to start and pursue a similar passion. We have fallen in love with the registered nurse wide scope of practice, high knowledge and passion that this profession demands, essentially in the USA. When we talk with our nursing students, our hearts, souls and eyes denounce how we love this profession in this country. It is noteworthy to mention that we were physicians in our home country for roughly 11 years. We also worked in medical mission with passion, but some economical, social and political reasons in our former country, Cuba, interfered with this. In the USA, we have worked in different settings such as hospitals, research center and public health centers, private companies, and educational places. We have enjoyed all of these amazing experiences and hope to share our knowledge to other health care professionals, students and others. One of the most enriched opportunities has been working in the research and educational area. Both places have pushed one to continue the education, to not stop creating and dreaming.

We have learned that there different ways to impact the community and to serve others with professionalism, while one is working at the same time.

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