6 - Mobility




Nursing is a profession in which you have many opportunities to learn new skills or to become specialized in a variety of areas – you can have a dozen different “careers” and still be a nurse.

Within the hospital, upward mobility can be limited, as management positions may be the primary option.

Some nurses leave the hospital to go back to school for advanced practice nursing as nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, nurse midwives or clinical nurse specialists.

Others specialize in areas not found in some hospitals, like endoscopy or cardiac rehab, or become entrepreneurs in various health care fields.