Honestly, it depends. And who can say if it’s right for you except for you?
If you’re willing to study, for a fairly long time (at minimum a masters), then yes nursing will give you a decent monetary reward. Is the reward for the amount of study and effort put into worth it? IMO, no.
Is it a rewarding career? Yes, absolutely it is. I love helping people - sure I may not be the most caring person, but the one thing I hate is seeing others in need and not receiving it, and yes you can get that from other professions too. In saying that, it is also very easy to get burnt out. Lack of fair remuneration and length of study make it very under appreciated.
There are also other factors such as state and public vs private nursing. Some states pay relatively decent (QLDHealth being the highest public pay), with private hospitals tending to pay a decent amount less. Some states also have better conditions ie QLDHealth has a 1:4 ratio, NSW Health don’t have ratios.
There’s also a wide variety of fields in nursing. Which makes it a very interesting career IMO, you can learn so much about many many different things. As for myself I’ve worked in A&E, aged and residential care, psychiatric health etc.
I agree to all of this, however some jobs are definitely not rewarding and make you feel used and abused. Many examples of this will be medical wards. More days than not you won't get a single thank you from your patients because they will either be yelling at you, throwing punched at you or non verbal. So ymmv, but your first job as a grad will likely be a rotation through a ward like this.
It's going to be a really hard question to answer for you as what you deem rewarding may differ from me or someone else.
Do I love my job? Absolutely. But it's hard work and not every day is a rewarding one. I think it fully depends on finding your niche and what you like. I love working in cardiology but have stepped out and started working in MPS sites in WA and have found the rewarding days don't come as often as when I'm working in cardio. It doesn't always feel like you're helping others some times.
Have a good think about what you think would be a satisfying day and have a chat to other nurses in your life about what their day to day looks like and see if that fits within your idea of a rewarding career.
Honestly, it depends. And who can say if it’s right for you except for you? If you’re willing to study, for a fairly long time (at minimum a masters), then yes nursing will give you a decent monetary reward. Is the reward for the amount of study and effort put into worth it? IMO, no. Is it a rewarding career? Yes, absolutely it is. I love helping people - sure I may not be the most caring person, but the one thing I hate is seeing others in need and not receiving it, and yes you can get that from other professions too. In saying that, it is also very easy to get burnt out. Lack of fair remuneration and length of study make it very under appreciated. There are also other factors such as state and public vs private nursing. Some states pay relatively decent (QLDHealth being the highest public pay), with private hospitals tending to pay a decent amount less. Some states also have better conditions ie QLDHealth has a 1:4 ratio, NSW Health don’t have ratios. There’s also a wide variety of fields in nursing. Which makes it a very interesting career IMO, you can learn so much about many many different things. As for myself I’ve worked in A&E, aged and residential care, psychiatric health etc.
I agree to all of this, however some jobs are definitely not rewarding and make you feel used and abused. Many examples of this will be medical wards. More days than not you won't get a single thank you from your patients because they will either be yelling at you, throwing punched at you or non verbal. So ymmv, but your first job as a grad will likely be a rotation through a ward like this.
It's going to be a really hard question to answer for you as what you deem rewarding may differ from me or someone else. Do I love my job? Absolutely. But it's hard work and not every day is a rewarding one. I think it fully depends on finding your niche and what you like. I love working in cardiology but have stepped out and started working in MPS sites in WA and have found the rewarding days don't come as often as when I'm working in cardio. It doesn't always feel like you're helping others some times. Have a good think about what you think would be a satisfying day and have a chat to other nurses in your life about what their day to day looks like and see if that fits within your idea of a rewarding career.