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NURSING CHS
NURSING

Nursing career is a commitment to a path of compassion and profound impact on healthcare. As a nurse, you become a crucial part of
the healthcare ecosystem, providing essential patient care, advocating for well-being, and contributing to a field that blends expertise
with empathy.

AVAILABLE ROLES (WHERE) AVAILABLE ROLES (WHAT)

Hospitals & Clinics: Working in various Staff Nurse: Working in hospitals, clinics, and
departments such as medical-surgery, pediatric, other healthcare settings to provide direct
emergency, or critical care units, etc., or working patient care. This is the most common entry-level
at plastic surgery clinics. position for nursing graduates.
Pharmaceutical Companies: Working in clinical Specialized Nursing Roles: Specializing in a
trials, drug safety, or medical affairs. Some of the particular area such as pediatrics, geriatrics,
leading pharmaceutical companies are Traphaco, critical care, oncology, psychiatric nursing, or
Imexpharm, etc. maternal health.
Educational Institutions: Providing healthcare, Community Health Nurse: Working in
responding to illnesses, or working as educators. community health settings, providing healthcare
services to individuals and families in the
International organizations/NGOs: Seeking
nursing professionals to support healthcare and community. This may involve health education,
humanitarian efforts like WHO, Save the preventive care, and community outreach.
Children, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Public Health Nurse: Working in government
Without Borders), or other agencies that work on health departments, NGOs, or community health
health issues. organizations, focusing on preventive care,
health education, and community outreach.
Research Institutions: Working in medical
universities, such as HMU, HueUMP, HCM UMP, Nurse Educator: Teaching in nursing schools or
etc., National Institute of Hygiene and conducting training programs for healthcare
Epidemiology (NIHE), Institute of Tropical professionals.
Medicine in HCMC, or Vietnamese Nurses Research Nurse: Working in research settings,
Association (VNA), etc.
assisting in clinical trials, conducting studies, and
Health insurance companies: explain medical contributing to the advancement of nursing and
issues to non-medical colleagues and interpret healthcare knowledge.
medical records for health insurance companies.
Nurse Practitioner (NP): In some cases, advanced
education and additional certifications may
enable you to become a nurse practitioner,
allowing you to diagnose and treat certain
medical conditions, prescribe medications, and
provide advanced care.

International Opportunities: Exploring
opportunities to work internationally, either
through collaborations, exchange programs or
seeking employment in other countries, offices,
health insurance companies, etc.
Entrepreneurs: Starting healthcare-related
businesses, such as home healthcare agencies,
wellness clinics, or consulting firms.

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