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#5 - Health Pays: Fitness Nursing
Pam Strayer, NursingLink
Interested in combining personal training with nursing? Fitness nurses can work in cardiac rehab, surgical recovery or in health clubs and spas. Some run health fairs or screenings. Others work in hospitals’ own gyms and fitness centers, doing assessments and providing personal training.
Sample job description: “Functions as an advisor and resource for Fitness Techs as a member of the patient care team for cardiac rehab unit…”
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ca1182
7 months ago
2 comments
this sounds very interesting
kristint
8 months ago
2 comments
I always wished I could combine the two: fitness and nursing. I would like to own my own gym and promote fitness in a community or at a wellness center or even a large complex.
bawall
about 1 year ago
120 comments
I think fitness should be a part of all nursing. I think it can prevention in further health problems for the patients nurses care for.