What is Great About a Nursing Career?

Nursing Shortage – job opportunity and security

• More nurses are needed outside of the hospital setting.
• The current nursing workforce is aging. As more nurses retire (many are expected to retire over the next 10-15 years), more will be needed to replace them.
• Advances in health care are helping people live longer, there are more elderly people who need care.
• The number of people who are sicker and in need of more skilled nurses is growing.
• According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, RN's are projected to create the second largest number of new jobs.

Flexible hours

• Nurses can work days, evenings, or nights.
• Some nurses work 36 hours in 3 days or 40 hours in 4 days (then have 3-4 days off).
• Some work part-time or only on weekends.
• Article about how some couples save money with childcare through working flexible shifts

Many different places to work

• Community health clinics
• Long-term care facilities
• Medical offices
• Military
• Public schools
• Home care
• Corporate Health Care
• Research Centers
• Insurance
• Outpatient and Surgical hospitals
• Higher Education

Salary - Salary informational site

• Annual median wage from SOC code from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics: RN is $57,280.

Other excellent reasons:

• Make a difference
• Give back to society
• Do extraordinary things daily
• New and different challenges
• new science and technology in the future
• With more education comes more opportunity, flexibility and higher salary
• Great sense of accomplishment

More Information...

• Good things about a nursing career
• “Explore a Career on the Move”
• National League for Nursing
• Links to many nursing sites
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing – Your Nursing Career – A Look at the Facts