| Community nurses are very skilled and provide | | | | earns about 15% more the salary of a top earning |
| diverse health care specialties in many areas | | | | RN. |
| throughout their professional lifespan. Being fully | | | | - Being such a nurse, you could be directly involved in |
| trained and equipped to provide a vast range of | | | | addressing some social issues related to health care. |
| healthcare needs anywhere in the community, | | | | For example, you could be a part of the team |
| community nurses can be considered as the Good | | | | campaigning for HIV awareness. You could also |
| Samaritans of the society. Community nursing is in | | | | participate in Anti-Polio vaccination drives. The list is |
| demand for sure, but is that the only reason why | | | | virtually endless but the point is - You can be a social |
| you should take to this domain? | | | | interface with the society. |
| Here are 4 reasons why you should be a community | | | | The reasons to be a community nurse may be |
| nurse | | | | sound, but the task in itself is very challenging. Apart |
| - Not many nurses opt for this stream of nursing. In | | | | from being on top of your role, you always have to |
| fact, a survey reported only 30% nurses take to this | | | | think on your foot, as challenges would hit you from |
| form of nursing, especially when they wish to start | | | | all ends. Lady Florence Nightingale probably best |
| their nursing career. This is a direct incentive for all of | | | | defined community nursing and her example lives on |
| you who wish to join this form of nursing - Less | | | | for a lot of nurses who wish to take to this form of |
| competition. | | | | nursing. With this role, you can be sure of one thing - |
| - The job role of such a nurse is so different from a | | | | Apart from tackling the medical issues impacting |
| RN or a LPN for example. A community nurse | | | | people, you would also deal with a lot of social issues |
| primarily works as a part of a multi-disciplinary team, | | | | too. |
| and is equipped to handle any emergency on a | | | | With most forms of nursing, you would find nurses |
| community level. | | | | working behind the scenes, making patient's stay in |
| - Higher pay-scales for community nurses - The | | | | the healthcare setting, pleasurable. But in being a |
| added responsibility of taking care of nursing needs | | | | community nurse, you would be exposed to a |
| on a community level brings a rise in the pay-scales | | | | completely different role. |
| of the nurses. On an average, a community nurse | | | | |