Nursing
...emand for nurses will rapidly increase. The fact that people are living longer and the country’s growing population adds to the high demand of nursing. Being able to apply your knowledge in a field that helps people is very satisfactory, which leaves a career in nursing open for opportunity. The second plus offered in a nursing career is salary. From the Nursing Careers for the 21st Century journal, the chart shown indicates that nurses start off with a very stable salary that ranges from about $35,000-$76,000 (Barker p.4). This allows individuals with this particular degree to provide for family care and needs, and assort payment on bills. Third, a nursing career has an outstanding list of short and long-term benefits. A career in nursing allows one to continue with their education by learning to cope with illness, develop management, teaching, and communication skills. Having a career in nursing helps those with children because you don’t have to move around from place to place. One you earn your degree in this particular field, you can be settled in any area that you choose because nurses are needed everywhere. Another great benefit of nursing is that it doesn’t require as much training as seeking a doctoral degree or many others degrees because there is two year nursing institutions offered in many areas of the world. The career field of nursing is not at all broad. It leaves doors open for expansion and many promotions. One of the negative impacts on nursing is that the demand can decrease as quick as it increases, which can cause a shortage of nurses that leads to a loss of jobs. Nurses don’t perform operation, so there’s no need for them in the medical field. If you are fortunate enough to get a lead in the field of nursing, one can get burned out very easily in your particular field which closes the door of opportunity for many individuals. Another negative impact on nursing is the fact of salary. Nurses don’t make enough money for the 21st century. In the upcoming years, $35-$76-000 will not be enough money to make a comfortable living because inflation is increasing rapidly. There are many other occupations that put nursing on the back burner when it comes to salary. The last negative impact of nursing is benefits. Continuing education, learning to cope with illness, developing management, teaching, and communication skills is something learned from personal experience for most individuals. If the nursing field is not booming in an area, then one would have to move around from place to place until an area is found that best suits their qualifications background. If there is room to grow in this career field, then it could take many years of training to develop the skills and knowledge neces...