If anyone in your close circle have already talked about his or her career in nursing, or if maybe you thought about being a nurse one day, this article can interest you. There is a lot of bad information about nursing job. There is no secret at all, everything we are hearing about is " the bad conditions" and " the salary". Let me talk about the goods sides now because there are so many! I really want to share this article with people because this is the most beautiful job in the world, and everyone needs to read this. It can be your sing! Send this to your friends.
Being a nurse is a very varied job, without any real limits on what it can involve. Nurses take care of sick people, they prevent disease and injury. They can work in so many places and specialize their career in a lot of areas. For example, some nurses are called "general nurses" which means they touch every specialization. In other words, they do everything! There is also surgical nurses, obstetric-gynecological nurses, neonatal nurses, psychiatric nurses, pediatrics nurses and so many others. It is a collaboration work with all the professional employees. Nursing career can offered you to do a million different things.
There is a million things nurses can do. They help prevent disease and injury. They also take care of sick and injured person, focuses on the protection, the promotion. They give some pills for facilitated healing. Nursing also mean to practice the advocacy with your patients, the families, every group of people, during the care of individuals, with some communities. They need to respect the dignity, the limits and an intuition for a patient's need. They are supportive with them patients and their families. Nurses do not just takes vitals, consider test results. They used their critical thinking for analyses them. They use their judgment every single time. To understand, the use it to integrate objective and subjective experience to understand the physical, biological and behavioral needs.
In general, nurses have some eight-hour shifts. They can work during the day and the night. On a typical day at work, there is a lot of variety of tasks, depend on the needs. They take care of their sick patient, they assist doctors, help during the procedures like during a surgery or for childbirth. They give some clear instruction to patients and educate them about their health. They have some good and hard skills with listening and communication.
There are so many places where nurses can work. For example, they can work in hospitals, in schools, long-term care facilities, clinics, in corporations or work in their own business.
No matter which types do you want to be, there is some education needed for every future nurse. There are four specific option: First: A two-year program at a junior or community college with some hospital training. Second : A three-year diploma program, run by the hospital or school. Third : A four-or five-year BSN programs at a college or University. Finally : A one-year program to become a licensed practical nurse. After all these years of studies, every nurse need to pass the national licensing exam for practicing. After completing your program and pass the exam, you become an ER nurse, which means a registered nurse.
There are some steps before having the highest salary. A beginner nurses may be around $60 000 per year. The highest salary is about $54,37 /hour. The average salary of nurses is around $72 000 - $75 000 per year. Your pays depend on your experience and the location. (Registered Nurse in Canada, 2026)
They need to complete one of four main program choices. During them, they are some training who needs to be success. After school, they need to pass a national licensing exam for practicing. There aren't any information about training after these successes.
There are some dangers for nurses because they are always in contact with sick people, with viruses and infections. There are some risque. They also handle with biological fluids such as bloods, secretions, urine... They are also exposed to chemical product like medication or medical treatment. It is a really physical work too, which expose them to other risque. They can be affected by the mental health and stress at work. In some special case, they can be exposed to physical or verbal violence from patient.
Robots couldn't fully replaces nurse in every each task they do in a day because the emotional, the human care, the empathy and critical judgment is for human. Of course, robot and artificial intelligence will help and change healthcare. Some simple and repetitive task could be performed by robots in the future. They can also help with the predictable job or with the routine.
In Canada, most nurses retire around 58-65 years old but there is more than 2-thirds of the nurses who retire before 65.
For now, I am finishing my second-year of three in nursing school. I am not far away from the end anymore. It passes so fast honestly. What is so beautiful about this career is all the friendship you can create. Every little smile you can put on strangers' face, only because you help them. Every patient and families who will be thankful about your job and for what you did for them. The important thing to know and to always remember is that you can make a big difference in someone's life.
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