What are the current trends in nursing as a profession?

As a nurse, it is my hope you are asking this because you are interested in nursing. As the babyboom generation is retiring, more nurses are moving into new and exciting directions and there are less nurses in education, there is a massive nursing shortage which will only get worse before it gets better. This shortage results in high and sometimes dangerous patient/nurse ratios. As a result, nursing is moving in a fabulous direction. Nurses are earning more, and can usually pick their position. However, it is not an easy job, you work for every cent you make, and at all times must be on your toes, as people's lives often depend on you.

In addition to this, there are many advances and changes in medicine which are opening doors for nurses. Not only are nurses working at the beside; in hospitals, helicoptors, nursing homes, cruise ships, etc. But the induction of computers for health care charting and dication has moved nurses into infomatics, or designing computer systems, there are legal nurse consultants who review malpractice and other cases. The doors in this profession are open in so many directions, there is not much you cannot do with a nursing degree.

There is a long term nursing shortage. It will probably get worse before it gets better. Wages are going up and so is the workload. Depends on what you want.

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