How to become a nursing professional
Official title: Nursing professionals
Also called: Clinical nurse consultant, District nurse, Nurse anaesthetist, Nurse educator, Nurse practitioner, Operating theatre nurse, Professional nurse, Public health nurse, Specialist nurse
Nursing professionals provide treatment, support and care services for people who are in need of nursing care due to the effects of ageing, injury, illness or other physical or mental impairment, or potential risks to health. They assume responsibility for the planning and management of the care of patients, including the supervision of other health care workers, working autonomously or in teams with medical doctors and others in the practical application of preventive and curative measures.
Main tasks
- Planning, providing and evaluating nursing care for patients according to the practice and standards of modern nursing
- Coordinating the care of patients in consultation with other health professionals and members of health teams
- Developing and implementing care plans for the biological, social and psychological treatment of patients in collaboration with other health professionals
- Planning and providing personal care, treatments and therapies including administering medications, and monitoring responses to treatment or care plan
- Cleaning wounds and applying surgical dressings and bandages
- Monitoring pain and discomfort experienced by patients and alleviating pain using a variety of therapies, including the use of painkilling drugs
- Planning and participating in health education programmes, health promotion and nurse education activities in clinical and community settings
- Answering questions from patients and families and providing information about prevention of ill-health, treatment and care
- Supervising and coordinating the work of other nursing, health and personal care workers
- Conducting research on nursing practices and procedures and disseminating findings such as through scientific papers and reports
Ways in
- University: Nursing & Midwifery degrees, Offered by 9 universities in Hong Kong
- Licence or registration: Registering body: Nursing Council of Hong Kong. Law: Nurses Registration Ordinance (護士註冊條例), Cap. 164. Summary by Peernovo; check the body's current rules.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Median pay: HK$48,000 a month
- About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a nursing professional?
Ways in include: Nursing & Midwifery degrees.
Do you need a degree to become a nursing professional?
Usually. 88% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Will AI change the work of a nursing professional?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026