Benefits Of Professional Nursing
Abstract
Nursing has become one of the most respected professions in the world. Nursing has combined science and technology with people skills like: communication, problem solving, teaching, and compassion. I has found lots of benefits of professional nursing like personal satisfaction, career mobility, job security, scheduling flexibility and competitive salaries. The variety of opportunities for nurses is endless. A nurse can work in a different fields like hospitals, corporations, research labs, health insurance companies, rehabilitation centers etc. A nurse can earn a competitive salary and work anywhere in the world. Nurses can specialize in the same way doctors do in areas such as pediatrics, geriatrics (caring for the elderly), emergency medicine, etc. With advanced education, nurses can become independent clinical specialists like nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists or nurse practitioners. All of the above factors have affected my decision to …show more content…
LPNs have no trouble earning $35,000 to $40,000 a year, not including overtime. For registered nurses, wages are even higher. Newly minted registered nurses can make between $40,000 and $60,000 right out of nursing school, depending on their location or willingness to relocate. In 2004, the media income for all registered nurses was over $52,000. These figures are very likely to continue to increase, given the coming surge in baby boomers coming into their golden years. There aren't nearly enough nurses now to fill all the available nursing jobs, and the shortage is going to be severe in 10 or 15 years. Experts believe that we'll be almost a million nurses short of what we need by 2020. And since wages are set by supply and demand, that means that wages will continue to go up, probably sharply. Hospitals and retirement homes will be forced to offer more and more money and benefits to attract and retain quality
Nursing has become one of the most respected professions in the world. Nursing has combined science and technology with people skills like: communication, problem solving, teaching, and compassion. I has found lots of benefits of professional nursing like personal satisfaction, career mobility, job security, scheduling flexibility and competitive salaries. The variety of opportunities for nurses is endless. A nurse can work in a different fields like hospitals, corporations, research labs, health insurance companies, rehabilitation centers etc. A nurse can earn a competitive salary and work anywhere in the world. Nurses can specialize in the same way doctors do in areas such as pediatrics, geriatrics (caring for the elderly), emergency medicine, etc. With advanced education, nurses can become independent clinical specialists like nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists or nurse practitioners. All of the above factors have affected my decision to …show more content…
LPNs have no trouble earning $35,000 to $40,000 a year, not including overtime. For registered nurses, wages are even higher. Newly minted registered nurses can make between $40,000 and $60,000 right out of nursing school, depending on their location or willingness to relocate. In 2004, the media income for all registered nurses was over $52,000. These figures are very likely to continue to increase, given the coming surge in baby boomers coming into their golden years. There aren't nearly enough nurses now to fill all the available nursing jobs, and the shortage is going to be severe in 10 or 15 years. Experts believe that we'll be almost a million nurses short of what we need by 2020. And since wages are set by supply and demand, that means that wages will continue to go up, probably sharply. Hospitals and retirement homes will be forced to offer more and more money and benefits to attract and retain quality