If ever it meant to help you decide whether nursing is something that meant to be your profession in your life, here are some information that might help you choose to study Nursing in Quebec.
Being a nurse is helping and supporting patients and collaborating with a colleague who works in the same the department. Every single day, you are near a patient who needs care to prevent and treat wounds.
Nurse always has to be thoughtful when taking cares of the patient, by giving them their medicine on time, by checking their vital signs, by following what the patient's doctor prescribed etc. Nurse puts aside their judgment while being in charge of a patient.
Nurse should be doing all the physical exams, changing bandages and following everything that is mentioned on the medical prescription. Nurses typically pull off tasks on their shift. Also, a nurse should alert if something is wrong with the patient to the doctor.
A nurse can work anywhere they like. Hence, there isn't any drawback in where they can work. A nurse can work in CLSC, in hospitals, at a school, in private or public clinics. They can even start their own businesses.
To become a nurse in Quebec, you need to go to Cegep. There are two options for a program. One is a Nursing program (DEC); it will take 3 years to be a nurse. And another option is a pre-university program, Nature Science, which is 2 years in Cegep and 3 years at university, and you'll be a nurse. After that, if you want, you can continue your studies; there's Bachelor of Sciences in Nursing (BSN) and further Master of Sciences in Nursing (MSN).
A wage depends on where you are working and years of experience. Generally, the lowest wage in Quebec is $26 per hour and the highest wage is $50 per hour.
As they learn the ropes, there are a lot of internships while they are in the program. However, nurses need to keep learning and memorizing every medication to treat patients more efficiently, and that way, when nurses get a lot of patients, they can easily provide care.
When being a nurse, you can be physically and mentally hurt. For example, getting back pain, being attached to a patient in critical condition, and then getting depression from it or not following PTSD correctly.
I don't think there are chances of being replaced by robots. Cause patients need a human connection to be taken care of. To understand patients, to support patients mentally there's a need to be human to comprehend patients' feelings.
Retirement age is 65, but you can retire earlier at around 58.
Being a nurse is demanding and a lot of hard work. By that effort you help people who need care. And in this profession, you keep learning something new along the way.
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