Choosing a Career in Nursing

As a registered nurse you can make a difference in peoples’ lives. It’s an exciting, challenging profession with countless rewards and many opportunities, including work in Canada, the United States and abroad. It's a great time to think about nursing as a career - in fact, a report by the Canadian Nurses Association predicts (pdf) there will be a shortage of nurses in Canada by 2016.

Join a profession that offers highly-competitive salaries, flexible full-time or part-time work schedules and a variety of career possibilities in:

• Community health centres
• Clinical teaching in some schools of nursing
• Emergency
• Home care
• Pediatrics
• Operating Room
• Psychiatry
• Public health/outreach
• Care of the elderly
• Doctors' offices
• Nursing homes
• Drug and alcohol treatment
• Camp nurse
• Armed forces
• Poison control
• Staff development
• Support services for the abused
• Wellness programs

Is Nursing the right career for me?

There are several profiles of Seneca graduate success on this website. They provide a good sample of the opportunities available to graduates and can give you better idea of the kind of career you could have.

Why should I choose Seneca’s nursing programs?

Seneca offers its four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Honours) Degree program in collaboration with York University. The first two years of the program are offered at Seneca’s King Campus which boasts state-of-the-art labs and the latest equipment. Seneca’s professor’s all have real world experience and classes are small enough to provide every student with important hands on lab time.