Here is something to think about for anyone who is undecided on a career, and are trying to figure out what would be an ideal job. Nurse employment opportunities are exploding. Even as you read this, there are thousands and thousands of nursing jobs in America going unfilled because of a huge shortage of trained nurses. Pick up any Sunday paper in any city in America and check the classified ads for employment. You’ll see a whole bunch of ads looking to hire nurses. Many of them will be offering huge signing bonuses of five and even ten thousand dollars.
Why is there such a shortage? Why would hospitals and other medical providers pay ten thousand dollars as a bonus to someone who takes a nursing job? Nurse education programs just are not turning out enough nurses to meet demand: that is why. And part of the reason is that a registered nurse who has the qualifications to teach nursing on a college level can make so much more money in the private sector than she can teaching. That is because pay for nurses is excellent. Their wages have risen faster than just about any other job over the past ten years, and experts say that trend will continue.
How much can you make in a typical nursing job? Nurse salary surveys are being taken all the time, and the results might surprise you. Many registered nurses make seventy thousand dollars a year or more. Even licensed practical nurses can make fifty thousand or more. Of course, most people do not go into nursing for the money, but because they want to help people. But it is nice to know you can be doing a job that makes people’s lives easier while getting paid well to do it. And if money is a concern, the opportunity for overtime in nursing is tremendous. There has never been a better time to become a nurse in America than right now!
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