Nursing Careers

Nursing is a challenging profession that offers a diverse variety of career paths and opportunities for professional growth. You will also have the opportunity to make significant contributions to the health of the nation, including your loved ones. Depending on your aspiration, you may choose to become:

• Registered Nurse or
• Enrolled Nurse.

Registered Nurses
Career prospects for skilled, qualified registered nurses are good. Depending on your aspiration, you may further your career as:

Nurse Clinician
Nurses can aspire to be skilled clinicians in a specialised field of nursing. Nurse Clinicians will be equipped with knowledge and skills in a clinical specialty such as Critical Care, Oncology, Continence Management and Diabetes Education. They provide direct care to patients and perform some specialised procedures in their area of practice.

Nurse Educator
Nurse Educators work in a hospital or an educational institution. In a healthcare institution, they practise as Nurse Educators who plan and implement education and training programmes for nurses. They can also be lecturers who are responsible for the education and training of nursing students in an education institution.

Nurse Manager
Nurse Managers manage a ward or department in an institution. They are responsible for creating a conducive working environment and managing the professional and personal development of their staff.

Career Tracks in Public Healthcare Institutions

 

After becoming a Registered Nurse, you can develop your nursing skills in various specialties. You may choose to pursue from the following specialties:

• Community Health
• Critical Care
• Emergency
• Gerontology
• Mental Health
• Medical-Surgical
• Midwifery
• Nephro-Urology
• Neuroscience
• Oncology
• Operating Theatre
• Ophthalmic
• Orthopaedics
• Paediatrics

Source: Health Professionals Portal

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