Hi! My name is Amélie and for those who are interested in becoming a nurse like me, here is a summary of this career. You’ll learn everything there is to know about what it’s like to be a nurse, what nurses do on a typical day, where they work, how much they get paid, the studies and the training required, the dangers involved with this job, and the conditions to retire.
Nurses have the satisfaction of helping others and having a vital role in society.
Nurses administrate medications, care for wounds, educate and inform patients about self-care, and prevent diseases.
Every day is a different day for a nurse. There is no typical day since the work varies according to the patients conditions and the sector to which the nurse is affiliated. However, most nurses have to get up around 5 a.m. to start work at 7-8 a.m. Sometimes, nurses don't have time to have lunch break and will therefore eat whatever they can between to-dos. Then, their day ends between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Nurses work in hospitals, long-term care facilities like CHSLD, clinics, schools, corporations, or in businesses of their own.
The first path, which is the Nursing technique, is for those who already know by the end of high school that they want to become a nurse. It takes three years to complete and allows you to embark directly on the job market. For those who did not really know what to do for a career and decided to take the Natural Science program when they entered college, so they can have access to more options once at university, you can take the baccalaureate in Nursing. It takes three to four years to make and offers better pay than the technique. After two years of experience after the baccalaureate, if you decide to pursue your studies even further, you can do the master's degree in nursing. This will allow you to diagnose certain diseases and increase your salary.
Annually, nurses make an average of $46,956 to $106,821 for 37.5 hours per week in Quebec. Salary can vary depending on the years of experience, the post and the region.
Each degree of nursing education requires an internship. Without it, you can't graduate. The criteria are specific to each program.
Nurses are always overworked which can lead to burnouts, severe depression, and other mental health issues. As this is a profession where we take care of others, we sometimes tend to forget to take care of ourselves.
It would be impossible to replace all nurses by robots since patients are dependent of human contact. Robots could help transport drugs or patients, but could never take care of patients since they are devoid of emotions.
In Quebec, nurses can retire after 35 years of service or when they are at least 60 years old.
As for me, I have just been admitted in the Nursing program at University of Montreal and I can't wait to start.
Rationale: to inform or educate
Authority: edited reporting
Date: recently published
Accuracy: probably true
Relevance: relevant for this document
Sources: no sources cited
Rationale: to inform or educate
Authority: satire
Date: still relevant
Accuracy: probably true
Relevance: relevant for this document
Sources: cites sources