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CAREER CLUSTERS
Health Science
What does a career in Nursing look like?
A career in nursing involves providing healthcare services, support, and advocacy to individuals of all ages. Nurses work in diverse settings such as hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and community health organizations. Their responsibilities include patient care, administering medications, coordinating treatment plans, and educating patients and their families. Nursing requires a blend of clinical skills, empathy, and effective communication. Various specializations, such as pediatric nursing, critical care nursing, or psychiatric nursing, offer opportunities for specialization within the field.
Inside look at the Module:
Students learn hands-on about the roles and responsibilities of nursing professionals including taking vitals, patient education, phlebotomy, suturing, and medical math (solutions & dilutions).
Project-based activities include:
Activity: Nursing Overview & Terminology
Activity: Handwashing
Activity: Vital Signs - ABC: Airway, Breathing, Circulation
Activity: Phlebotomy
Activity: Narrative Writing & Checkpoint Test
Activity: Sensing Patient Health
Activity: Measurement, Dilutions, & Calculations
Activity: Communications & Patient Education
Activity: Suturing
Activity: Argumentative Writing, Career Research & Planning, and Checkpoint Test
FEATURES
• NAF Approved
• University of California A-G Approved Course
• Project-Based Learning
• Career Ready Practices
• Reading and Writing in Context
• Customizable Content
Career Pathway:
There are hundreds of related careers in the Health Science Career Cluster, some more similar than others. By classifying these similar careers into narrower categories called pathways, it helps individuals look at a range of options when it comes to employment in an area with similar skills and knowledge. Although this system of classifying careers into clusters and pathways is helpful in navigating career options, it is not the only way. This module is more specifically aligned with the Diagnostic Services Career Pathway. Individuals in this pathway share a set of skills and knowledge that expands on the skills and knowledge needed in the Health Science Career Cluster. Individuals in the Diagnostic Services Career Pathway demonstrate the following skills and knowledge:
Communicate key diagnostic information to healthcare workers and patients in an accurate and timely manner.
Assess and report patient’s/client’s health status in order to monitor and document patient progress.
Demonstrate the principles of body mechanics for positioning, transferring and transporting of patients/clients, and perform them without injury to the patient/client or self.
Explain procedures and goals to the patient/client accurately and effectively, using strategies to respond to questions and concerns.
Planning Your Career:
By working through this Health Career Area you will begin your journey toward developing the skills and knowledge to be successfully employed in this pathway. By taking your experience and building on it by applying these skills in different scenarios you will be better prepared to take the next step in your educational path. At the end of this module, you will select two of the related careers and describe the means by which to achieve those opportunities.
These are the careers you will explore in this Health Career Area:
Registered Nurse
Certified Nursing Assistant
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Informatics Nurse Specialist
Phlebotomist
Licensed Practical Nurse
Nurse Practitioner
Physician Assistant
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