2007-02-01 20:48:41 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I love all the nurses. They are angels in my eyes. They sacrify all their times to help to serve for miserable patients, we must respect, appreciate and love the nurses
2007-02-01 21:07:26 · answer #1 · answered by Neighbour 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think if you have compassion, patience, and the desire to comfort those who are hurting, then nursing would be a wonderful and fulfilling profession for you.
I don't know where people are getting the idea that nurses are paid in peanuts, unless they're thinking of CNAs or LPNs. These are the ones who usually get stuck with the grunt work.
RNs (Associate or Bachelor Degree) are paid extremely well, and there are many areas of specialization. I've never heard of one making less than $20 per hour. With a little more schooling (a Masters Degree), you can become a Nurse Practitioner - who basically performs the same duties as a doctor (you can diagnose patients and write prescriptions), or a Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). CRNAs can make over $100,000 per year.
There is a huge demand for nurses. Most jobs I've seen advertised in the paper even offer sign-on bonuses up to $1500. So, there definitely are financial perks. I've heard the work is hard (emotionally and physically) and the hours can be long, but if caring for others is your passion, I think it would be a great career choice! You would be using your life to make a positive difference in the lives of others.
For more information on pay, check out
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Registered_Nurse_(RN)/Hourly_Rate
2007-02-01 21:37:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a nurse and its OK have some days when I really cant face going in, but it is a good job if you want to travel the world as people always need nurses.
2007-02-01 20:58:12 · answer #3 · answered by Captain Shamrock 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would. I have worked in an aged care facility and liked it. I may well take to nursing when I finish my degree. There is a world wide shortage of nurses and you can work anywhere around the world.
2007-02-01 20:59:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pay is exceptionally good for semi skilled profession.
Conditions are good and promotion prospects are good.
go for it.
Those who say pay is not good are just remembering the left wing propaganda from the last nurses dispute and have never been nurses.Please ignore,nurses pay is disproportionately higher than any other equivalent field, all the way from training to qualifying.
The salary figures are freely available.
2007-02-01 20:56:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I did pre nursing in college to get a taste of it adn it really was hard, but what put me off was anytime i wantted to spend time with the patient you had to move to the next... It is rewarding and fun and you can meet hot doctors...
2007-02-01 21:39:50 · answer #6 · answered by sweetness 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's another example of the people we need the most getting the smallest amount of the purse. No i wouldn't be a nurse, i would like to be one of the people we don't need so much, they seem to earn more.
2007-02-01 21:09:04 · answer #7 · answered by cassidy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. I don't like sick people. My sister-in-law's a nurse, she says it has its moments but she's mostly teaching nursing now and happier with that.
2007-02-01 21:17:09 · answer #8 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would love to do it (despite the long hours and low pay) to get the rewards of helping people get better, but, I don't have the stomach for it.
Fair play to those who have the stomach for it - keep up the good work
2007-02-01 20:55:58 · answer #9 · answered by Bristol_Gal 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not for all the tea in China. Hospitals are so dirty these days, I would be scared of picking up a deadly bug.
Plus the pay is not worth the risk.
2007-02-01 21:01:26 · answer #10 · answered by Afi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋