| What is your dream profession? Must a "good" job | | | | make someone's life brighter, giving him or her |
| only pay well? Yes, we all have bills to pay. However, | | | | another day on Earth can be the best on-the-job |
| if going to your job becomes excruciatingly | | | | reward. |
| unbearable, is it worth the money? A decent salary | | | | 4. Flexibility in career options |
| should be one criterion, but not THE criterion, when | | | | As a nurse, you can work in various positions, and in |
| choosing your first career-or a new career. Here are | | | | various places. The sky is the limit. You can work in |
| some benefits of becoming a nurse, which you | | | | Timbuktu or Kalamazoo. You can work in critical care |
| should certainly consider when selecting a career: | | | | or you can work in home care. You can be a |
| 1. A good salary | | | | coordinator, editor, or educator. If you are looking for |
| Of course, "money is not everything." However, it | | | | a career that offers you lateral and geographical |
| can come in handy when you have bills to pay. A | | | | movement, consider nursing. This element of nursing |
| starting base salary for staff RNs, is $37,000; for | | | | can be particularly appealing in a world that changes |
| RNs, it is $37,000, and for masters-level RNs, it is | | | | as fast as you can zip off an e-mail! |
| nearly $50,000. Nurses with at least three years of | | | | 5. Scheduling that is flexible |
| experience, tend to earn about $10,000 more at the | | | | Nursing could cause you to work some whacky |
| masters level. Right now, healthcare and technology | | | | shifts, including nights and weekends. While this can |
| jobs are the hottest. So the simple rule of supply and | | | | be problematic for some people, it can be a plus for |
| demand is applicable-nurses are needed, so their | | | | others. Working in the evening can provide you with |
| salaries are excellent. | | | | several options:o Daytime classeso Caring for children |
| 2. Personal fulfillment | | | | in the daytime (and saving on daycare)o 12-hour |
| The work of a nurse can be quite fulfilling. They are | | | | shifts that give you extra days off during the week |
| on the front lines in the war against illness and | | | | In most professions, a "9-to-5" means, well, working |
| disease. While the results are not favorable 100% of | | | | 9-to-5. However, the flexibility of nursing schedules |
| the time, it is certainly fulfilling to know that you have | | | | provides you with more options. |
| improved someone's life, or made their battle with | | | | Why should you become a nurse? The five |
| ruthless diseases, just a little more bearable. | | | | aforementioned reasons are some of the main ones. |
| 3. Helping to save lives | | | | When selecting your first career or a new career, |
| From distributing important medication to providing a | | | | consider becoming a cheap urbane scrubs-clad nurse. |
| helping hand in major surgery, nurses are constantly | | | | Nursing can certainly be one of the most rewarding |
| working no only to make people healthier- but to | | | | jobs on earth. It nurses the needs of you and those |
| save their lives. While it is certainly rewarding to | | | | you need your assistance. |