Other competitors in the healthcare sector include: CareFusion (CFN), Teleflex Incorporated (TFX), and Quidel (QDEL).
At CareFusion nurse educators spend as much as 80% of their days on the road.
Analysts expect higher profit for CareFusion (CFN) when the company reports its first quarter results on Thursday, February 7, 2013.
In devices, Hospira commands a 17% market share as the number two player in the industry, behind the market leader, CareFusion.
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CareFusion's nurse educators teach up to 20 nurses at a time in hospital classes that run from one to three hours.
Analyst sentiment about CareFusion has waned during the last three months.
Example: CareFusion, a San Diego-based maker of medical devices, has more than 50 nurse educators on its staff, plus a part-time team it hires through the staffing company Adecco.
CareFusion nurse educators work mostly at hospitals, where they teach nurses how to use the company's products, like the Alaris Smartpump, which pushes medication through a catheter, or the PleurX catheter system, through which end-stage cancer patients drain body fluids.
Among the perks of the job, according to Cheryl Graziano, CareFusion's vice president of clinical operations: The proper use of medical devices is vitally important, so nurse educators can enjoy knowing that they're helping save lives and preserve the fragile health of ailing patients.
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