Monday, November 7, 2011

Facts about nursing salaries

Facts about nursing salaries
Well, most of us think that nursing salaries are not so high and the status of nurses is not so good. Also, you may think that job opportunities for nursing may slowly diminish in the near future and there wouldn’t be any chances for the nurses to explore their work internationally. But, this wouldn’t be true with respect to the nursing salaries and the nursing profession.

The medical courses nowadays are charging high fees to the students, and there are many of the students who are even ready to invest their money in the nursing education, thinking that they will earn in doubles. So, this ensures in producing more and more nurses in the world.

Also, the demand for medical aid is so high that has led to so many nursing job opportunities. Since the nurses of today’s era are highly educated with advanced technologies, their demands have increased and so are their nursing salaries.

If the average nurses earn some amount of nursing salary then the highly experienced nurses will earn twice as much as the average nurses. So, as a conclusion the more experience you have, the more is your earning.

There are high demands of nurses in the foreign countries. The nurses who are ready for migrating to other places, been offered many other facilities like accommodation, food, in addition to their nursing salaries. Another clear reason for the nursing salaries being increased is not well known yet. The nursing jobs are forecasted everywhere, over the internet, newspapers, magazines, and so on.

The demands of nursing jobs are becoming popular because more and more people who are acknowledging the importance of a nurse to assist and support the patients during their sickness. For instance, the services of a nurse towards an elderly people are more advantageous and pleasing compared to the services of a helper. The elderly people are prone to sickness and therefore there is a need to attend to their sickness, so the nurse is required.

The nursing salaries also depend upon the specialization and the place where the nurse is doing her nursing job. The nurses who are called as ‘registered nurses’, earn higher income than ‘licensed practical nurses’. You can range the income of a registered nurse from $80,000 to $100,000 per annum and that of the licensed practical nurse is from $60,000 to $80,000. Apart from the regular nursing salaries, the nurses earn overtime payments, bonus and other stuff. So, the job of nursing is not a low profile or low income jobs.

The factors that may affect the nursing salaries are the nursing degree or the level of nursing education obtained, the number of years being worked or experience, state or country the nurse is working, the type of work the nurse does and her specialty in the job. This all factors count into either the progress or decrease in the nursing salary. Also, this is the profession that provides a service to human beings.

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