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When becoming a registered nurse, there are options of going on in school to get a higher position. Nurses that start with the title as a registered nurse take the route of going back to school to make more money. At the end of all the schooling needed, there is a state licensure test that must be taken in order to work and have a title as a nurse. There are alternatives of taking nursing and graduating with an associate's degree, but there happens to be more money involved with a bachelor's degree. Another reason why people consider the occupation as a nurse is because of the money. Nurses make a median salary of $86,470 in personal care services." ("Why Be A Nurse?"). Being in the medical field in general has its benefits with a multitude of money through the system. Money does not always revolve around the reason of getting a career in nursing, there has to be passion involved. With all that money, the career is flexible with schedules such as working three to four times a week but long hours. .
Depending on the specialty one would choose, he or she works during different times of the day in four, six, ten, or twelve hour shifts ("Why Be A Nurse?"). Different pay levels to reflect variations in regional market conditions (qtd. in Osborne 1). Another flexible factor are the locations, there is health care needed everywhere and a need for a nurse. There are options from working in an urban hospital, suburban doctors' office, and many more. In certain careers and professions, an individual is limited to the places allowed to work. "The range of nursing specialties is almost as varied as the personalities of the nurses themselves, so no matter what kind of person you are there's a place in nursing for you," ("Why Be A Nurse?"). Nurses have options of working in certain places but majority and statistically, twenty nine percent of nurses' work in general and surgical hospitals.
