In this video I will talk about 3 Reasons to be a Registered Nurse in 2021.
Being a registered nurse in 2021 can seem like a wrong choice, especially in
today's circumstances but here are 3 reasons why I think you should be a
nurse RN in 2021.
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So the first reason you should become a registered nurse is you play a
critical role in a person's health.
Of course throughout the course of a patient stay in the hospital, you have a
team that is working on improving the health of the patient but there are some
roles that are more involved.
Each discipline is equally important, the only difference is the nature of work
you do.
And anyone that has worked in healthcare knows the importance of nurses in
the healthcare team.
Nurses are the first person that a patient interacts with and receives care
from and they are typically the last.
They are also the last line of defense in making sure the patient is given the
proper treatment they need.
This means that nurses are the ones who provide treatment to patients from
start to finish and that is very rewarding.
To see a patient with a condition and to help relieve them is very satisfying
and is one of the reasons why I became a registered nurse and you should
too!
The second reason you should be a registered nurse is job flexibility.
I have said this in my other videos but the fact that you have so many career
options with one degree is amazing.
You can work in the hospital at the bedside, work on the charting systems, or
leave the hospital and work in so many different fields from research to
public health.
That to me is one of the greatest benefits of nursing.
Having that job flexibility will always keep you satisfied because you are able
to move onto a different field of nursing whenever you want.
It is also really easy to further your education and obtain teaching positions
or to increase your scope of practice to be a provider.
If you really think about it, the fact that you can further your education and
gain so much more responsibility is unparalleled to any other career I can
think of.
It is also amazing the fact that if you choose to become a nurse practitioner,
you can choose a specialty field and after a few years if you are not as
enthusiastic about that field from when you first started, you can switch into
another field.
For example if you did cardiac NP and decide you want to do geriatrics, you
can easily switch without needing to do years of education.
That is why being a registered nurse is so great, you get so much flexibility in
what you can do, it really just depends on what you WANT to do.
There are so many more reasons but the last reason I want to mention in this
video is the work life balance of a nurse.
As a bedside nurse specifically, I work 4 shifts in a row that are 12 hours long.
2 Days and 2 Nights, this allows me to have 4-5 days off in between my next
set of shifts.
This means that I can go on vacation for 5 days and come back to work the
next day.
If I wanted to take a longer break, I can just swap my last night shift from my
set and swap my day shift for my upcoming set and all of a sudden I have 7
days off.
This to me is incredible as you can plan to have major vacations all the time.
There are also vacation times that allow you to go travel easily as well, if you
take a few days off a set you have so many days back to back off that it really
feels like a long vacation, like I typically take 2 vacation days and go on a
major trip to Europe or US just by having 2 days off.
Another great aspect of the work life balance for nursing is the fact that you
can easily work full time or more than full time as a casual RN.
This means that you can get paid a lot more one month and have fun/enjoy
the next month and barely work!
This is also great for families as they can easily take time off for their children
if needed.
So there you have it, those are my top 3 reasons to be a registered nurse in
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