Decent pay. Nurses are paid according to their education and experience. Teamwork & empowerment. Very often nurses work in a team of health-care professionals, sometimes leading that team. They manage and co-ordinate patient care or programs, often acting as an inter-professional liaison. A goal of all nursing should be collaboration and leadership. Multitasking. Because nurses are constantly exposed to competing priorities it is vital that they tend to their physical and emotional well-being. This is especially true when shift work is involved. Rich rewards. Day in day out, nurses work hard to improve the health of individuals and communities, providing many opportunities to have a positive and profound impact on those whose lives they touch. - See more at: http://careersinnursing.ca/why-nursing/work-expectations#sthash.PmjIf62u.dpuf