Careers in Nursing

Nursing is a wonderful career choice for both men and women and it is one of today's most challenging and rewarding careers. Nursing is many things. It is healthcare, illness prevention, health promotion, and rehabilitation. It is giving care, teaching, and counseling. Nursing is an art and it is a science. But most of all, nursing is caring --- caring for and about people. Caring is the thread that weaves it all together.

This is an exciting time to enter the nursing profession. The current nursing shortage and the aging population indicate that the demand for nurses will be at an all time high in the next few years. It is predicted that by 2020, there will be 434,000 vacant positions in nursing nationwide. So, not only are you guaranteed a job but you can literally get a job anywhere in the country that you might want to go.

In addition to job security, the wide array of job opportunities and choices available in the field of nursing have made it a very desirable and attractive profession. The options are no longer just hospital nursing or working in a Dr.'s office. There are numerous other choices: travel nursing, home health nursing, legal nurse consultant, forensic nursing, occupational health nursing, school nursing, hospice nursing, health educator, ambulatory care centers and on and on. You can also continue your education and become a nurse anesthetist or some other type of advanced practice nurse. You have an excellent future in the profession of nursing.