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Occupation Description

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required. Include advance practice nurses such as: nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists. Advanced practice nursing is practiced by RNs who have specialized formal, post-basic education and who function in highly autonomous and specialized roles.

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Location	Pay Period	2008
		10%	25%	Median	75%	90%
United States	Hourly	$20.87	$24.83	$30.03	$36.81	$44.35
	Yearly	$43,400	$51,600	$62,500	$76,600	$92,200
Texas	Hourly	$20.71	$24.66	$29.18	$34.15	$39.48
	Yearly	$43,100	$51,300	$60,700	$71,000	$82,100

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• Middle is the wage at which 50% of workers earn less and 50% earn more.
• Low is the wage at which 10% of workers earn less and 90% earn more.

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National Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics Survey
State Data Source: Texas Wage Information

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National Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections
State Data Source: Texas Workforce Commission, Labor Market & Career Information Department

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Registered Nurses are grouped into the following occupations for which the most important knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) are listed.

• Acute Care Nurses
• Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
• Critical Care Nurses
• Registered Nurses

Knowledge:

• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Medicine and Dentistry - Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Therapy and Counseling - Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

Skills: No information about "Skills" for this occupation is available.

Abilities:

• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Arm-Hand Steadiness - The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Source: Occupational Information Network: Acute Care Nurses.

There is no information about knowledge, skills and abilities. This may occur because data has not been collected or because this is a composite occupation (e.g., "All Other").

Knowledge:

• Medicine and Dentistry - Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Biology - Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
• Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Skills: No information about "Skills" for this occupation is available.

Abilities:

• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Source: Occupational Information Network: Critical Care Nurses.

Knowledge:

• Medicine and Dentistry - Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
• Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Psychology - Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Education and Training - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Skills:

• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.

Abilities:

• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Source: Occupational Information Network: Registered Nurses.

Tasks and Activities

Registered Nurses are grouped into the following occupations for which occupation specific tasks, the most important generalized work activities, and detailed work activities are listed.

• Acute Care Nurses
• Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
• Critical Care Nurses
• Registered Nurses

Occupation Specific Tasks:

• Adjust settings on patients' assistive devices such as temporary pacemakers.
• Administer blood and blood product transfusions or intravenous infusions, monitoring patients for adverse reactions.
• Analyze the indications, contraindications, risk complications, and cost-benefit tradeoffs of therapeutic interventions.
• Assess the impact of illnesses or injuries on patients' health, function, growth, development, nutrition, sleep, rest, quality of life, or family, social and educational relationships.
• Assess the needs of patients' family members or caregivers.
• Assess urgent and emergent health conditions using both physiologically and technologically derived data.
• Assist patients in organizing their health care system activities.
• Collaborate with members of multidisciplinary health care teams to plan, manage, or assess patient treatments.
• Collaborate with patients to plan for future health care needs or to coordinate transitions and referrals.
• Coordinate billing activities with supervising physicians.
• Diagnose acute or chronic conditions that could result in rapid physiological deterioration or life-threatening instability.
• Discuss illnesses and treatments with patients and family members.
• Distinguish between normal and abnormal developmental and age-related physiological and behavioral changes in acute, critical, and chronic illness.
• Document data related to patients' care including assessment results, interventions, medications, patient responses, or treatment changes.
• Interpret information obtained from electrocardiograms (EKGs) or radiographs (x-rays).
• Manage patients' pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions, monitoring patients' responses, and changing care plans accordingly.
• Obtain specimens or samples for laboratory work.
• Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests and screening procedures based on assessment results, differential diagnoses, and knowledge about age, gender and health status of clients.
• Participate in patients' care meetings and conferences.
• Participate in the development of practice protocols.
• Perform administrative duties that facilitate admission, transfer, or discharge of patients.
• Perform emergency medical procedures, such as basic cardiac life support (BLS), advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and other condition stabilizing interventions.
• Prescribe medications and observe patients' reactions, modifying prescriptions as needed.
• Provide formal and informal education to other staff members.
• Read current literature, talk with colleagues, and participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in acute care.
• Refer patients for specialty consultations or treatments.
• Set up, operate, or monitor invasive equipment and devices such as colostomy or tracheotomy equipment, mechanical ventilators, catheters, gastrointestinal tubes, and central lines.
• Treat wounds or superficial lacerations.

Generalized Work Activities:

• Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge - Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Detailed Work Activities: No information about "Detailed Work Activities" for this occupation is available.

Source: Occupational Information Network: Acute Care Nurses.

Occupation Specific Tasks:

• Administer medications including those administered by injection.
• Assess patients' mental and physical status based on the presenting symptoms and complaints.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members, including psychiatrists, psychologists, or nursing staff, to develop, implement, or evaluate treatment plans.
• Conduct individual, group, or family psychotherapy for those with chronic or acute mental disorders.
• Consult with psychiatrists or other professionals when unusual or complex cases are encountered.
• Develop and implement treatment plans.
• Develop practice protocols for mental health problems based on review and evaluation of published research.
• Develop, implement, or evaluate programs such as outreach activities, community mental health programs, and crisis situation response activities.
• Diagnose psychiatric disorders and mental health conditions.
• Direct or provide home health services.
• Distinguish between physiologically and psychologically based disorders and diagnose appropriately.
• Document patients' medical and psychological histories, physical assessment results, diagnoses, treatment plans, prescriptions, or outcomes.
• Educate patients and family members about mental health and medical conditions, preventive health measures, medications, or treatment plans.
• Evaluate patients' behavior to formulate diagnoses or assess treatments.
• Interpret diagnostic or laboratory tests such as electrocardiograms (EKGs) and renal functioning tests.
• Monitor patients' medication usage and results.
• Monitor the use and status of medical and pharmaceutical supplies.
• Participate in activities aimed at professional growth and development including conferences or continuing education activities.
• Participate in treatment team conferences regarding diagnosis or treatment of difficult cases.
• Provide routine physical health screenings to detect or monitor problems such as heart disease and diabetes.
• Refer patients requiring more specialized or complex treatment to psychiatrists, primary care physicians, or other medical specialists.
• Teach classes in mental health topics such as stress reduction.
• Treat patients for routine physical health problems.
• Write prescriptions for psychotropic medications as allowed by state regulations and collaborative practice agreements.

Generalized Work Activities: No information about "Generalized Work Activities" for this occupation is available.

Detailed Work Activities: No information about "Detailed Work Activities" for this occupation is available.

Source: Occupational Information Network: Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses.

Occupation Specific Tasks:

• Administer blood and blood products, monitoring patients for signs and symptoms related to transfusion reactions.
• Administer medications intravenously, by injection, orally, through gastric tubes, or by other methods.
• Advocate for patients' and families' needs, or provide emotional support for patients and their families.
• Assess family adaptation levels and coping skills to determine whether intervention is needed.
• Assess patients' pain levels and sedation requirements.
• Assess patients' psychosocial status and needs including areas such as sleep patterns, anxiety, grief, anger, and support systems.
• Assist physicians with procedures such as bronchoscopy, endoscopy, endotracheal intubation, and elective cardioversion.
• Collaborate with other health care professionals to develop and revise treatment plans based on identified needs and assessment data.
• Collect specimens for laboratory tests.
• Compile and analyze data obtained from monitoring or diagnostic tests.
• Conduct pulmonary assessments to identify abnormal respiratory patterns or breathing sounds that indicate problems.
• Coordinate patient care conferences.
• Document patients' medical histories and assessment findings.
• Document patients' treatment plans, interventions, outcomes, or plan revisions.
• Ensure that equipment or devices are properly stored after use.
• Evaluate patients' vital signs and laboratory data to determine emergency intervention needs.
• Identify malfunctioning equipment or devices.
• Identify patients who are at risk of complications due to nutritional status.
• Identify patients' age-specific needs and alter care plans as necessary to meet those needs.
• Monitor patients for changes in status and indications of conditions such as sepsis or shock and institute appropriate interventions.
• Monitor patients' fluid intake and output to detect emerging problems such as fluid and electrolyte imbalances.
• Participate in professional organizations and continuing education to improve practice knowledge and skills.
• Participate in the development, review, and evaluation of nursing practice protocols.
• Perform approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patients' clinical status.
• Plan, provide, or evaluate educational programs for nursing staff, interdisciplinary health care team members, and community members.
• Prioritize nursing care for assigned critically ill patients based on assessment data and identified needs.
• Provide post-mortem care.
• Set up and monitor medical equipment and devices such as cardiac monitors, mechanical ventilators and alarms, oxygen delivery devices, transducers, and pressure lines.
• Supervise and monitor unit nursing staff.

Generalized Work Activities:

• Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings - Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Detailed Work Activities: No information about "Detailed Work Activities" for this occupation is available.

Source: Occupational Information Network: Critical Care Nurses.

Occupation Specific Tasks:

• Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, and other anesthetics.
• Assess the needs of individuals, families or communities, including assessment of individuals' home or work environments to identify potential health or safety problems.
• Conduct specified laboratory tests.
• Consult and coordinate with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care plans.
• Consult with institutions or associations regarding issues and concerns relevant to the practice and profession of nursing.
• Direct and coordinate infection control programs, advising and consulting with specified personnel about necessary precautions.
• Direct and supervise less skilled nursing or health care personnel or supervise a particular unit.
• Engage in research activities related to nursing.
• Hand items to surgeons during operations.
• Inform physician of patient's condition during anesthesia.
• Instruct individuals, families and other groups on topics such as health education, disease prevention and childbirth, and develop health improvement programs.
• Maintain accurate, detailed reports and records.
• Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions.
• Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
• Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions.
• Observe nurses and visit patients to ensure proper nursing care.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patient's condition.
• Perform administrative and managerial functions, such as taking responsibility for a unit's staff, budget, planning, and long-range goals.
• Perform physical examinations, make tentative diagnoses, and treat patients en route to hospitals or at disaster site triage centers.
• Prepare patients for, and assist with, examinations and treatments.
• Prepare rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and ensure that stock of supplies is maintained.
• Prescribe or recommend drugs, medical devices or other forms of treatment, such as physical therapy, inhalation therapy, or related therapeutic procedures.
• Provide health care, first aid, immunizations and assistance in convalescence and rehabilitation in locations such as schools, hospitals, and industry.
• Provide or arrange for training or instruction of auxiliary personnel or students.
• Record patients' medical information and vital signs.
• Refer students or patients to specialized health resources or community agencies furnishing assistance.
• Work with individuals, groups, and families to plan and implement programs designed to improve the overall health of communities.

Generalized Work Activities:

• Assisting and Caring for Others - Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
• Documenting/Recording Information - Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Detailed Work Activities:

• administer injections
• administer medications or treatments
• assist in examining or treating dental or medical patients
• care for mentally ill patients
• collect clinical data
• communicate technical information
• conduct patient assessments
• deliver babies
• explain testing procedures to patient
• follow clinical radiation safety procedures
• follow dental or medical office procedures
• follow infectious materials procedures
• follow institutional care procedures
• follow life support procedures
• follow patient observation procedures
• identify body response variations
• instruct on topics such as health education or disease prevention
• interpret medical laboratory test results
• inventory medical supplies or instruments
• lift or transport ill or injured patients
• maintain dental or medical records
• make presentations on health or medical issues
• monitor medical oxygen equipment
• obtain information from clients, customers, or patients
• order medical laboratory tests
• prepare medical treatment room
• prepare patient reports
• prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments
• prepare supplies or equipment for surgery
• recognize childhood diseases
• record medical history or data
• set up incubators in hospitals
• set up medical oxygen equipment
• set up patient care equipment
• take vital signs
• treat medical condition of patient
• understand properties or composition of drugs
• understand technical operating, service or repair manuals
• use behavior modification techniques
• use clinical problem solving techniques
• use counseling techniques
• use interpersonal communication techniques
• use knowledge of investigation techniques
• use knowledge of medical terminology
• use knowledge of nursing terminology
• use medical lab techniques
• use nursing practices or procedures
• use personal care procedures
• use research methodology procedures in health care
• use sanitation practices in health care settings
• weigh patients

Source: Occupational Information Network: Registered Nurses.

Tools and Technology

Registered Nurses are grouped into the following occupations for which Tools and Technology information is available.

• Acute Care Nurses
• Critical Care Nurses
• Registered Nurses

Acute Care Nurses  View Detailed Report

Tools:

• Arterial line catheters - Arterial line catheters, Swan Ganz artery catheters
• Cardiac output CO monitoring units or accessories - Cardiac monitors, Hemodynamic monitors
• Cardiac pacemaker generators or implantable defibrillators or accessories - Transcutaneous pacemakers, Transvenous pacemakers
• Floor grade forceps or hemostats - Alligator forceps, Ring forceps, Straight hemostats
• Suction kits - Nasal suctioning equipment, Oral suctioning equipment, Tracheal suctioning equipment

Technology:

• Medical software - Allscripts Professional EHR, Amkai AmkaiCharts, Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR System, Cerner Millennium, ChartWare software

Source: Occupational Information Network: Acute Care Nurses.

Critical Care Nurses  View Detailed Report

Tools:

• Cardiac output CO monitoring units or accessories - Cardiac monitors, Hemodynamic monitors
• Cardiac pacemaker generators or implantable defibrillators or accessories - Transcutaneous pacemakers, Transvenous pacemakers
• Cardiac ultrasound or doppler or echo units or cardioscopes - Doppler ultrasound equipment, Echocardiogram equipment
• Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters or sets - Angiocaths, Pulmonary artery catheters
• Suction kits - Nasal suctioning equipment, Oral suctioning equipment, Tracheal suctioning equipment

Technology:

• Information retrieval or search software - American Association of Critical Care Nurses AACN Medicopeia, PEPID RN Critical Care RNCC
• Internet browser software - Web browser software
• Medical software - Allscripts Professional EHR, Amkai AmkaiCharts, Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR System, Cerner Millennium, ChartWare software

Source: Occupational Information Network: Critical Care Nurses.

Registered Nurses  View Detailed Report

Tools:

• Acute care fetal or maternal monitoring units or accessories - Bilimeters, Fetal monitors, Fetal scalp electrodes
• Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment or accessories or related products - Electrosurgical devices, Grounding pads, Loop electrosurgical excision procedure LEEP equipment
• Flexible endoscopes or accessories or related products - Colonoscopy equipment, Gastrointestinal GI endoscopes, Sigmoid equipment
• Floor grade forceps or hemostats - Curved hemostats, Hemostats, Straight hemostats
• Medical oxygen masks or parts - Non-rebreather masks, Partial masks, Ventimasks

Technology:

• Calendar and scheduling software - Per-Se Technologies ORSOS One-Call
• Information retrieval or search software - Drug guide software
• Medical software - DoctorsPartner EMR, Eclipsys Sunrise Clinical Manager, Eclipsys software, Electronic medical record EMR software, Epic Systems software
• Spreadsheet software - Microsoft Excel
• Time accounting software - Kronos Workforce Timekeeper

Source: Occupational Information Network: Registered Nurses.

Education and Training

Occupation: Registered Nurses
Most Common Educational/Training Level: Associate degree
Related Instructional Programs:

• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
• Clinical Nurse Specialist
• Critical Care Nursing
• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
• Nurse Anesthetist
• Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
• Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
• Nursing, Other
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing
• Pediatric Nurse/Nursing
• Perioperative/Operating Room and Surgical Nurse/Nursing
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
• Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing

WIA Eligible Training Provider List: https://services.twc.state.tx.us/PROVIDERCERT/dispatcher?link=HREF&pageid=PUBLIC_SWL_SEARCH

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections (Education/Training Level, Educational Attainment); National Center for Education Statistics (Typical Instructional Programs)

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• Transplant Nurse, Nursing Spectrum
• Trauma Nurse, Nursing Spectrum
• Veterinarian, Princeton Review
• Veterinarians, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
• Veterinarians, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Veterinarians and Veterinary Inspectors, California Occupational Guide

• Biological Technologists and Technicians, Job Futures
• Blood Bank Technology-Specialist, American Medical Association
• Cardiovascular Technologist, American Medical Association
• Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Clinical Laboratory Science Professional, American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology Occupations, American Medical Association
• Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Cytotechnologist, American Medical Association
• Dental Hygienist, American Dental Association
• Dental Hygienists, CareerZone
• Dental Hygienists, California Occupational Guide
• Dental Hygienists, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Dental Related Occupations, American Medical Association
• Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Diagnostic Radiologic Technologists, California Occupational Guide
• Dietetics, American Medical Association
• Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians, California Occupational Guide
• Dispensing Opticians, California Occupational Guide
• Electrocardiograph Technicians, California Occupational Guide
• Electroneurodiagnostic Technologist, American Medical Association
• Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic, American Medical Association
• Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics, California Occupational Guide
• Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics, CareerZone
• Health Information Management Occupations, American Medical Association
• Histotechnician (HT), American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Laboratory Assistants and Laboratory Technicians (Except Health), California Occupational Guide
• Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, CareerZone
• Licensed Vocational Nurses, California Occupational Guide
• Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists, California Occupational Guide
• Medical Appliance Technicians, Learn More Resource Center
• Medical Laboratory Technician (MLT), American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Medical Records and Health Information Technicians, California Occupational Guide
• Medical Records and Health Information Technicians, CareerZone
• Medical Records and Health Information Technicians, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Medical Technologist (MT), American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Neonatal Nurse, Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist, American Medical Association
• Nuclear Medicine Technologists, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Ophthalmic Dispensing Optician, American Medical Association
• Ophthalmic Medical Personnel, Association of Technical Personnel in Ophthalmology
• Opthalmic Professions, American Medical Association
• Opticians, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
• Opticians, Dispensing, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Optometric Technician and Optometric Assistant, California Occupational Guide
• Orthotist and Prosthetist, American Medical Association
• Orthotists and Prosthetists, Learn More Resource Center
• Paramedic, Princeton Review
• Perfusionist, American Medical Association
• Pharmacy Technicians, California Occupational Guide
• Pharmacy Technicians, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Psychiatric Technicians, California Occupational Guide
• Radiologic Technologists, CareerZone
• Radiologic Technologists and Technicians, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Radiologic Technology Occupations, American Medical Association
• Registered Dietetic Technician, American Dietetic Association
• Surgical Technicians, California Occupational Guide
• Surgical Technologist, American Medical Association
• Surgical Technologists, Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Surgical Technology, Association of Surgical Technologists
• Veterinary Technicians (Animal Health Technicians), California Occupational Guide

• Athletic Trainer, American Medical Association
• Dialysis Technician, California Occupational Guide
• Medical and Health Services Managers, Learn More Resource Center
• Music Therapist, American Medical Association
• Therapeutic Recreation Specialist, American Medical Association
• Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow