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Long hours are often required and can sometimes be a mandatory part of work. Most nurses still participate in shift work, often having to work nights, weekends, and holidays as part of their jobs. While the benefits of choosing the nursing profession can be many, the disadvantages of the career must also be considered.

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When you consider becoming a nurse, you may think about the excitement and opportunities to make a difference in someone's life. Both of those things can be true about working as a nurse. But nursing is not like you see on television. Every moment is not exciting, and not every patient encounter will be rewarding. Before you decide to enter nursing school, it is helpful to have a realistic idea of the pros and cons of working as a nurse.

Pros

You will make a difference. Nursing is a great career choice if you want to be in the helping profession. There may be days when you literally save someone's life. Knowing what you did helped someone can be a very gratifying aspect of the job.

The work can be diverse and interesting. Nurses work in various patient care areas including labor and delivery, surgery and the intensive care unit. As a nurse, you may have a chance to take care of all types of people and treat various conditions. No two days are the same, which can keep the job exciting.

There is a lot of camaraderie among healthcare workers. Working together trying to save someone's life or care for their illness can be a bonding experience. Nurses understand what their coworkers in healthcare have to deal with. Having camaraderie makes the job more enjoyable.

There are many different opportunities in the field. One great thing about nursing is there are many opportunities outside of direct patient care. Nurses work in areas, such as discharge planning, case management, and education. Hospitals are also not the only industry that employs nurses. Insurance companies, law firms, and schools also hire nurses.

Flexibility. Some nurses work full-time, but many opportunities also exist to work part-time or on call. Travel nursing jobs are also an option if you like an adventure!

Cons

You will be exposed to all types of germs and viruses. If you are squeamish, nursing is probably not your best career choice. Nurses deal with blood and other bodily fluids. They are also exposed to all types of viruses and other pathogens.

Some days will be overwhelming. The job can be stressful for a variety of reasons. For example, there may be times you are short staffed or get a sudden increase in new patients to treat.

Patients do not always want or appreciate your help. It would be great if all your patients thanked you and were polite. But that is not how it works in the real world. Some patients are easy to work with and others are not.

You will see sad situations. There will be times in your nursing career where you witness sad or tragic situations. Patients do not all make it, and watching someone die can be tough.

You may have to work holidays, nights and weekends. Working as a nurse is not a 9-5 job Monday through Friday. Nurses who work in hospitals and nursing homes are needed around the clock. You may have to work varied shifts including nights.

So how do I know if nursing is right for me?

The best way to decide if nursing if the right path for you is to spend some time seeing exactly what nurses do every day. Work shadowing is increasingly difficult to obtain in US hospitals, which is why our placements in the Dominican Republic, Europe, Thailand and Africa are so useful for many pre-med students, who get to combine their passion for nursing with an incredible travel adventure. What more could you ask for?!

Gap Medics provides year-round hospital work experience for people aged 16 and over. Our shadowing placements offer a unique insight into the work of doctors, nurses, midwives, and dentists - helping students to focus their career aspirations before embarking upon medical training.

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10 Must-Know Pros and Cons of Becoming a Nurse

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Meaningful Work. The benefits of nursing are much more than the personal, strictly job related career benefits. We are privileged people who have the opportunity to comfort people; whether their distress is physical, emotional, mental or spiritual.

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Positive and Negative Aspects of Nursing

While there are both positive and negative aspects of nursing, I often share details on how to shift perspective to the positive on this blog. For today's post, I would like to present another angle.

A few weeks back, I asked my nursing tribe on social media:

" What's your best advice to newer nurses for dealing with the negative nurses on the job?"

Negative Nurses: We All Know One!

That's right. Even though there are positive and negative aspects of nursing, today's article will share advice on how to deal with the negative nurse that you may be forced to work with. Cause, let's be honest... we all know at least ONE negative nurse!

Let's hear what the nurses from across the country had to say on this topic:

Be proud of being a nurse with compassion, honesty, integrity and most of all objectivity!

Learn that stress is not something to avoid, but to use as a tool to make a difference in your life and others.

Kill them with kindness!

Smile and wave! Miserable people love company; disengage yourself from them. Surround yourself with the dreamers and doers.

We become what we focus on so find your positive role model. The nurse who knows who she/he is, loves the profession, and is deeply vested in humanity is the one who will succeed. The nurse who works tirelessly and honestly, stating that this isn't work... this is who I am and you can strive to be.

Positive Aspects of Nursing

There's no reason to go this alone! Achieve positivity, focus, and sustainability in numbers. Find like-minded colleagues and take a stance.

"Be the change you want to see." - Mahatma Gandhi

This quote reminds us that the first change begins with ourselves. It is so easy to see the bad behavior in others, but not in ourselves. When we can see that, we can change the culture.

Remember, it is not always the situation, but all your thinking about the circumstances that create stress. When you can see that it is stressful thinking- you can shift your perspective, calming the thoughts, and new solutions will present themselves. Hang in there... we need you as a nurse!

You Have a Choice: Choose the Work Environment that Lifts You Up

There are always going to be positive and negative aspects of nursing. Heck, there are pros and cons to any and all of the careers that you may find yourself in.

Everyone has the potential to demonstrate an unpleasant/negative disposition.

Staying mindful of this fact is the first step in creating a healthy workplace, in conjunction with these three steps for what to do about it.

1) Inquire if there is something you can do to help the negative nurse. Let them know that you sense their unhappiness and you would like to help them make their day better. You never know... they may simply be having a bad shift.

2) If this negative nurse complains all of the time, about almost everyone and everything, gently but honestly, tell them how you recognize that fact and ask if they have sought solutions to finding happiness in their work life. Tell them how you find seeing and hearing their unhappiness a cause of worry. If this person is effective and good in their work, tell them that too. Show genuine concern. They actually may want to change themselves, but do not know how to just yet.

3) If the behavior remains ongoing without positive change, worsening or becomes compounded with other negative behaviors, in a private moment, tell the negative nurse that you cannot allow their negativity to affect your work life. Share up front that you will have to terminate conversations with them if they begin to slide into negative speak. And then do it. Be kind, but be true to your word, stating: "I cannot allow your negativity affect my work day. I hope things improve for you and that you have a better day" and walk away. Trust me- this works.
OK, what did we miss? Share in the comments below how you handle the positive and negative aspects of nursing? Feel free to share this post with your nursing colleagues. Enjoy your next shift!
About the Author: Keynote speaker and virtual conference host, Elizabeth Scala MSN/MBA, RN, partners with hospitals, nursing schools, and nurse associations to transform the field of nursing from the inside out. As the host of the Nurse's Week program, The Art of Nursing, Elizabeth supports nursing organizations in celebrating and recognizing their staff in a meaningful way. Elizabeth received her dual master's degree from Johns Hopkins University. She is also a certified coach and Reiki Master Teacher. Elizabeth lives in Maryland with her supportive husband and playful pit bull.

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Being in the nursing field gives you a platform to help patients, but if you're interested in extending your care to a whole facility, you might consider a career in nursing informatics. As a nursing informatics specialist, you'll be able to assist with health information data and technology to increase nurses' quality of care. Keep reading to find out more about this impactful career.

What Is Nursing Informatics?

Nursing informatics is an intersection between patient care and patient health information. As a nurse informaticist, you'll be responsible for many of the tools and processes nurses use daily. Job duties include:

Designing, creating, testing, and putting into place new or modified information solutions, like electronic health records and communications tools

Consulting with nurses on how to set up healthcare software and hardware, such as monitoring devices

Analyzing information systems data to improve nursing services and reduce errors

Acting as a translator between nurses, system engineers, analysts, or designers

Creating strategies and policies to introduce, evaluate, or modify healthcare technology

Developing ways to better ensure patient data security and confidentiality

While more technical than other nursing careers, the main goal of nursing informatics is enhancing patient care. Better information systems and data mean fewer medical errors and better handling of patient data.

How Nursing Informatics Differs from Traditional Nursing

While nursing informatics and traditional nursing have the same roots, they differ in how they touch patients' lives.

Traditional nurses find themselves face-to-face with patients, using software and hardware devices to keep track of health status. Nursing informatics specialists work towards these same patient outcomes by integrating nursing practices with information and communication technologies to create safe and effective standards of care.

Think of it as the behind-the-scenes work that allows nurses to do their tasks with as much advanced technology as possible, such as interprofessional workflows and communication systems, or detailed electronic medical record (EMR) management.

Nursing Informatics vs. Health Informatics

Another important distinction to make is between nursing informatics and health informatics. Nursing informatics is focused on patient care, specifically by optimizing the technology used by nurses. Health informatics is focused on the administration concerns, such as those surrounding data security and technology compliance standards.

Nurse Informaticist Job Description

So, what exactly does a nurse informaticist do? Overall, you'll get a good balance between independent work and user-facing support.

A high-level task for those on the job involves evaluating and supporting healthcare technology, whether software or hardware. This means you'll need to educate, train, and support the nurses who use it on an ongoing basis. It's also common to project manage those who are also working with you to streamline patient care services, since you'll have both the clinical and technical experience needed to determine the criteria for success.

Why It's Important

Technology is an integral part of any healthcare organization. To stay on the cutting edge, more facilities are recognizing the importance of having a healthcare information technology (IT) professional on staff.

In their 2016 Leadership Survey, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) examined the latest trends in healthcare IT. According to their findings, 95% of respondents "view health IT as a strategically critical tool to help healthcare organizations be successful."

This is good news if you're interested in pursuing a career in a critically vital field. The majority of respondents to the survey said this type of role can help with efforts focused on patient care. This includes clinical integration, primary care provider efficiency, mandated quality metrics improvement, and care coordination.

As a nurse informatics specialist, you can help deliver better results by performing tasks such as:

Policy writing

Training and supporting system users

Designing systems

Quality control

Project management

Choosing and implementing systems

Being able to communicate information and understand data can also help improve a healthcare organization's patient outcomes and allow them to make better decisions.

Nursing Informatics Salary Range

Though the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) doesn't specifically track salary for nurse informatics specialists, the median salary for computer systems analysts -a profession that's similar in its needed skills-is $88,270 per year.

According to HIMSS's 2018 Salary Calculator & Compensation Survey, the average salary for digital health professionals is $109,610. This data was sourced from across the U.S. from those who are involved in the direct management, development, or support of health IT.

Don't forget that a nursing informatics salary will depend on where you're working and where you live. Tech hubs like Seattle and San Francisco boast the highest average pay, while salaries in southwest and south central states tend to be slightly lower.

How to Become a Nursing Informatics Specialist

It's important to keep in mind that a nursing informatics specialist needs a unique blend of qualifications and skills, since the role involves computing, nursing, and information science. If you're interested in this career, first consider if you have the traits outlined below.

Analytical

Problem-solving skills

A great listener

Excellent communication skills

An active learner

A curious mind and a comfort asking questions

An original thinker

The ability to generate fresh ideas

Organized

A structured approach to your work

An initiator

A readiness to identify problems and suggest solutions

Educational Requirements

While computer skills are necessary to enter the field, the main entry point into this career is with a registered nursing (RN) license.

To become an RN, you'll need to earn either an associate's or bachelor's degree from an approved nursing school. However, if your ultimate career plans include informatics, it's best to earn at least a bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN), especially since many employers are now requiring a BSN to enter the nursing profession. This is also typically the minimum requirement for informatics jobs at healthcare facilities.

Undergraduate nursing programs will include a wide array of healthcare and nursing courses, including:

Nursing research

Public health nursing

Anatomy

Nursing practice and theory

Chemistry

Nutrition

Health promotion and disease prevention

If you want to advance your degree and specialize accordingly, earning a master's in nursing (MSN) can help. Coursework for graduate education can prepare you for a career that straddles the line between nursing and technology. Some of the classes you might take include:

Systems analysis and design

Healthcare database systems

Workflow in healthcare systems

Nurse leadership

Transforming nursing through technology

After you've completed your chosen degree program, you'll then need to become licensed. Nurses must pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) in order to become licensed in their state.

Once you become licensed, certification is the next step toward becoming a specialist. You can earn certification credentials from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

HIMSS provides 2 certification options for nurses who hold a bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited school. If you have 5 or fewer years of experience, you can take an exam to earn the Certified Associate in Healthcare Information Management Systems (CAHIMS) credential. If you have more experience in healthcare IT, the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) certification demonstrates your advanced knowledge and skill set.

Career Path

Those who are educated in both nursing and informatics are well-suited to hold several nursing positions. You may find that one part of the job appeals to you more than another. Here are some examples of nursing informatics specializations:

Nurse vendor representatives are sales-focused and work to showcase systems to customers

Nurse communicators are in the trenches with nurses to identify computer system needs and help train users

Nurse managers manage the information systems used by the nurses

Nurse programmers create the programs that support the technology used by nurses

Job Outlook for Nursing Informatics Specialists

Evolving technology and its role in the healthcare field has created a growing need for skilled specialists. Nurses with advanced computer skills and a deep understanding of how technology affects healthcare can differentiate themselves in the field.

While the BLS also lacks specific job outlook statistics for nurse informatics specialists, they expect a 9% increase in opportunities for computer systems analysts through 2026. Recent surveys conducted by HIMSS also found that 79% of healthcare employers plan to hire more IT staff in the future.

Where You Can Work

Nursing informatics isn't just needed in hospitals or large medical facilities. Other areas of the medical field-public health, pharmacology, and global health-need the expertise and tech-savviness of these professionals.

If you're looking for a leadership role in nursing, informatics can also afford you that opportunity. Because you'll be responsible for creating strategies, implementing policies, and ensuring better patient care, specialists can be a great fit for someone looking to move into advanced nursing. According to the HIMSS survey, 67% of hospitals employ a "clinical IT leader" such as a Chief Nursing Informatics Officer.

Organizations with this type of leadership role tended to place a higher importance on health IT than their counterparts, according to the survey.

Even if you're not ready for an executive level position, there are plenty of roles available for skilled professionals, such as nurse managers, nurse communicators, and nurse programmers.

Ready to Get Started?

If you're ready to learn more about this fascinating intersection of healthcare and technology, use the Find Schools buttons to browse education programs that can prepare you for a career in nursing informatics.

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In addition to having solid health care skills, those who succeed in the nursing profession possess unique qualities of character and spirit. These are nine personal attributes every nurse needs to provide the best possible patient care.
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9 Essential Nursing Skills

1. Compassion

A nurse must be drawn to caring for the sick and injured. This includes having empathy for the pain and suffering of patients, as well as a strong desire to make the hospital experience as positive as possible.

2. Communication

Since a nurse is often a patient's advocate as well as a link between family members and hospital staff, the ability to effectively speak and listen is critically important. Nurses in the research and education sectors also must be able to communicate and collaborate effectively.

3. Ethics

A nurse needs a solid framework of ethics that will guide personal and professional conduct. This framework should include a commitment to humanitarian service and concern for the dignity of all patients.

4. Critical Thinking

Nurses are faced with important choices on a daily basis and must be able to use critical thinking to aid in decision-making. Furthermore, nurses who are involved in policy-making need critical thinking in order to successfully improve health care for all members of society.

5. Attention To Detail

A nurse's actions on the job can have far-reaching consequences. Whether you're a family nurse practitioner or nurse midwife, even the smallest mistake may have tragic results, therefore, strict attention to detail must be second nature for a nurse.

6. Confidence

Nurses must be confident they have the skills and knowledge to provide the best possible care. They must be able to work independently with little supervision, knowing they will get the job done. Self-doubt can be dangerous when a nurse is faced with a critical situation.

7. Adaptability

Flexibility and the ability to adapt are especially important for nurses. Like doctors, nurses are often required to work long hours. They must also deal with fluctuating schedules, and the ability to cope becomes paramount in such situations.

8. Stamina

Nursing is a demanding profession that requires physical, mental and emotional strength. An effective nurse needs a high energy level and a healthy lifestyle in order to succeed.

9. Commitment To Development

Health care is a dynamic field. In order to stay current, a successful nurse is dedicated to continuing education and participation in professional organizations.

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This article was written by Social Media Outreach Coordinator Erica Moss on behalf of Work It Daily-Approved Partner, 2tor. An education technology company that partners with institutions of higher education such as Georgetown University to deliver their online Masters in Nursing degree. Now you know if you have the essential nursing skills to be a practitioner.

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Since 2009, the number of nurses in the United States has grown by almost 7%. Thanks to an aging population, the job growth for nurses is expected to continue apace in the near future. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projected total job growth for registered nurses would be 19.4% between 2012 and 2022. That places nursing jobs among the most rapidly growing in the U.S.
Check out the 2016 edition of this annual study.
That growth is not occurring evenly in all parts of the country, however. Some metros have seen the number of jobs for nurses shrink over the past few years, while others have seen job growth in excess of 30%. Meanwhile, growing wages for nurses across much of the country have been hampered in some cities by skyrocketing rent and living expenses.

Methodology

To find the best places to be a nurse, SmartAsset looked at Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data on income and employment for nurses in 127 of America's largest metro areas. Specifically, we considered the following six metrics:

One-year employment growth.

Five-year employment growth.

Nursing jobs as a percentage of the total workforce.

One-year income growth.

Five-year income growth.

Income after housing costs. This is the average income minus average housing costs, including property taxes and insurance. (Note: housing cost data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau.)

We ranked each metro area on those six metrics and then averaged those rankings, giving equal weight to each metric. Lastly, we calculated an index score ranging from 0 and 100 based on the average ranking. The city with the best overall average scored a 100.
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Key Findings

Oregon nursing bonanza. Three of the top ten metros for nurses are located in the state of Oregon.

Nurses are doing well in all regions. The West Coast, the South, the Midwest and the Northeast all place at least one city in the top ten of our rankings.

Double digit growth. Seven of the top ten metro areas for nurses have seen double digit nursing job growth over the past five years. Eight of ten have seen five-year income growth over 10%.

1. Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas
The Killeen metro area is located in central Texas about an hour north of Austin. The region's population has been growing rapidly in recent years. The city of Killeen grew by nearly 50% from 2000 to 2010. That growth means increased demand for healthcare services and for nurses in particular.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of professional nurses in the Killeen area has grown by 26% since 2009, while the average income has grown by more than 11%.

Nurses in the Killeen metro now earn an average of $63,775 annually. Plus they get to keep more of their earnings than nurses in many major cities, thanks to low housing costs and the tax environment in Texas, which has no state income tax.
2. Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The two largest employers in Winston-Salem are the Wake Forest University Baptist Medicare Center and Novant Health. Between the two, they employ more than 20,000 people, according to Winston-Salem Business, Inc. They are also likely the leading employers of nurses in the area. The BLS lists 9,760 nurses in the Winston-Salem area today. That is up from 8,930 five years ago.
3. Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State University, which is located in Columbus, is ranked as the 22 nd best graduate nursing school in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report. The school has a total student body of just under 700 students. If they want to stay put after graduation, nurses should have no problem finding a job in Columbus (which is also a top town for tech workers). The city has added an average of 1,500 nursing jobs annually over the past half-decade.
4. Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is one of the most expensive cities in the country, but nurses in the city generally earn more than enough to cover those high living expenses. The average income for nurses in Honolulu is $87,353.

Even after paying housing costs that are nearly $20,000 per year on average, among the highest in the U.S., the remaining discretionary income for nurses is over $67,000 (though that could be about $20,000 lower after federal and state income taxes).
5. Eugene-Springfield, Oregon
The Eugene area has seen a number of hospital openings and expansions this year, with more planned in the near future. In the spring, an $84 million psychiatric facility opened in Junction City, just north of Eugene. The McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center, located in Springfield, is beginning an $80 million expansion that is expected to be completed in 2018.

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Those projects, along with expansions or openings of other smaller clinics, will mean plenty of new opportunities for nurses in the Eugene metro area. That is in addition to job growth reflected in our study. The Eugene area already added almost 300 nursing jobs in 2014 alone.
6. Salem, Oregon
According to a study by the Oregon Health and Science University, the percentage of Oregonians who lack health insurance fell from 14% to just 5% between 2013 and 2014. That decrease, likely a result of the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of the state's Medicaid program, means more paying customers for hospitals.

Nurses may be among the beneficiaries of that increase in customers. The average income for nurses in Salem grew by 10.8% from 2009 to 2014.
7. Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania capital and surrounding area ranks as the seventh best metro area in the U.S. for nurses. Nurses in the area have seen strong income growth and strong job growth over the past five years. Incomes have increased by 10.7% over that time period, to an average of $64,286 in 2014. According to the BLS, nurse anesthetists in the Harrisburg area are the highest earners, with an average income of about $170,000, followed by nurse practitioners, who earn an average of $96,000 annually.
8. (tie) Asheville, North Carolina
According to the city of Asheville's 2014 financial report, the largest employer in the city is Memorial Mission Hospitals, which employs over 3,000 people in the city. The Asheville metro area ranked 5 th of the 123 metros in our study for the ratio of nurses in its workforce. Nurses constitute 4% of the total workforce in the area.
8. (tie) Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Oregon
Nurses in Oregon's largest metro area are among the most well-paid in the U.S. The average income for nurses in the Portland region is $84,291. That leaves about $70,000 after housing costs, the eighth highest level of any metro in SmartAsset's analysis. Even after paying Oregon state taxes of about $6,000 (on $85,000 in income), nurses in the Portland metro would still rank toward the top of the U.S.
8. (tie) Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia
From 2013 to 2014, the average income for nurses in the Virginia Beach metro area grew by 5.7%. That's the sixth highest income growth over that time period and it reflects a longer trend. Incomes for nurses in the Virginia Beach area have grown steadily since 2009, even as average incomes across the rest of the economy have remained relatively flat.

Read the 2016 edition of our study on the best places to be a nurse.
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