Nursing is a profession with healthcare responsibility is an acute requirement in Singapore. Nursing is a highly skilled profession in which an individual takes responsibility for a patient well being.
Broadly, there are different types of nurses as per their skillset providing their services in medical jobs and healthcare jobs such as nurses taking care of patients in ward with basic skills and the specialized trained nurses with hands-on expertise in operations and emergency medical events.
Today after witnessing the global outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic countries across the globe including top economies like Singapore.
Singapore with its small population has made a huge development in the past few decades. And now the country wants to develop in the field of healthcare by bringing best-in-class hospital infrastructure, medical education institutes, modern nursing-healthcare technologies, transparent healthcare policies, and many more.
Singapore Nursing Board(SNB) is the prime body for nursing in Singapore and derives the policies and regulations. SNB is directly governing the registration and regulation of nursing jobs and other healthcare jobs in Singapore.
How many types of nurses are there in Singapore?
There are different kinds of nurses in Singapore namely:
- 1) Enrolled Nurse
- 2) Registered Nurse
- 3) Advanced Practice Nurse(APN)
1. Enrolled Nurse
An enrolled nurse is one who obtains an "N" or "O" level qualification with 2 years of education comprising 15 months of full-time training and 9 months of practical training in the hospitals.- These nurses get trained in medication administration, perform in-ward patient well-being activities, and teach patients about self-care.
- The enrolled nurses work under the supervision of the registered nurses who guides them to provide basic nursing facilities to the patients.
- An enrolled nurse can get an average gross salary of S$ 2453 or S$17.15 per hour.
2. Registered Nurse
- A registered nurse needs 2+ years of education and training, for becoming a registered nurse in Singapore one Diploma in Nursing or a Bachelor of Science (in Nursing) i.e. both diploma and degree holders are eligible to apply for a registered nursing job in Singapore.
- A registered nurse can specialize in one or more combination of fields and can provide their services in the department of:
- Critical care, Infection control, diabetes education, Orthopedic, pain management, emergency services, ear-nose-throat(ENT), and many more.
- Besides daily work a registered nurse can pursue further studies and also become a specialized expert in their chosen field.
- A registered nurse can earn an average of S$5960 per month with salaries ranging from the lowest S$ 3390 to the highest S$ 9970 depending upon their field in healthcare.
3. Advanced Practice Nurse(APN)
- To become an Advanced Practice Nurse(APN) an individual must be registered with the Singapore Nursing Board (SNB) and must have at least 3 years of experience as a registered nurse in the specific field.
- APNs are nurse practitioners, clinical nursing specialists, anesthetic experts, midwife nurses, and emergency service experts and assist doctors in complex patient diagnoses, specialist care, and treatments.
- APNs are trained in using the latest medical technologies which they can handle and prepare reports for further analysis for the doctors.
- An APN can compensate an average gross salary of around S$ 73 per hour or S$ 11000 per month with around S$ 3125 annual bonus.
- The requirement of APNs for nursing jobs in Singapore is rapidly rising and demand has risen by 12 times after the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.
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