Dear candidate, you may not see pros and cons while studying. Main advantages and disadvantages of nursing as a career are:

Advantages: It is a noble profession in which nurses help selflessly the patients, working hours and hours. They risk there lifes, without thinking of there families, in many diseases to save other person. The profession also allows for career advancement, often giving the nurse an additional sense of personal fulfillment. Nurses have choices in their specialty beginning in nursing school and continuing throughout their careers. Nurses can choose opportunities in the hospital, or from many opportunities outside of the hospital as well. The choices seem to expand for nurses every day. The ability to choose your own specialization is an excellent benefit for those that choose a career in nursing. Nurse careers offers many opportunities for advancement. Armed with a nursing degree, many nurses are able to advance into management, sometimes even into company leadership positions. Job security is a featured benefit of the nursing career. A nurse career provides excellent wages and benefits. Nurses can now expect a very fair salary and to be paid extra for overtime work.

Disadvantages: Much physical demand is placed on nurses. Lifting is often a requirement of the job, and nurses may have to lift and transfer patients, as well as boxes and equipment, as a normal course of work. Nurses also work on their feet for many hours at a time, placing strain on their backs and causing sore feet. There work is very long for hours. They work infinitely according to the shifts decided for them. They give less time to their families and close ones as they have to remain much time on duty.