What is it like to work as a nurse in Japan?

The nursing program in Japan is indeed a good employment direction for those majoring in nursing, because its development prospects and high-paying employment are far inferior to those in China.

For current nursing care in Japan, the market demand is a long-term and increasing demand.

1. Domestic demand: 1. The number of domestic nursing major graduates is large and is increasing every year. Hospital employment is basically saturated. There are many graduates who are not employed, and the nursing major has high employment pressure.

2. It is basically difficult for domestic nursing graduates to find a satisfactory job after graduation, and working in domestic hospitals is affected by problems such as low wages, high work intensity, many late and night shifts, and low status.

3. Domestic hospitals have job competition, unequal resource distribution, and high entry requirements. There are even requirements that have nothing to do with their major, such as height, appearance, popularity, location, etc. to select nursing talents.

4. Domestic hospital recruitment is moving closer to internationalization, and nursing talents with overseas nursing experience and overseas nurse qualification certificates are needed to improve hospital medical and service levels.

2. Foreign demand: 5. The serious aging of Japan’s population and the influence of traditional concepts (Japanese women basically do not work and become housewives after marriage, and the nursing profession is dominated by women) have led to a shortage of nursing talents in Japan. There is a huge shortage of nurses in hospitals, and some hospitals have closed down due to lack of nurses. By 2025, the shortage of nurses will reach 370,000, and it will grow year by year.

6. Japanese hospitals have low requirements for the introduction of nursing talents. The demand is high (professional and language skills are enough), the salary is high (the annual salary in the first year of work is more than 200,000 yuan and increases every year), and there are many holidays. (There are about 120 days of vacation per year), good welfare benefits and good working environment. The sharp contrast has attracted a large number of nursing talents to find employment overseas.

3. Development prospects

1. Education and employment development prospects: In the future, with the development of economy and the improvement of people’s living standards, more and more people will study abroad and work abroad. And there will be an increasing trend in the future for a long time.

2. Development prospects of the nursing industry in Japan: At present, there are still many deficiencies in my country's medical level and medical system. In the future, the country will spend great efforts on medical reform. The premise of medical reform is the need for a large amount of technology introduction and talent reserve. This is also the original intention of the China Education Service Center to launch a nursing project in Japan. It sends nursing talents to study abroad and introduces advanced technology and overseas talents.

3. Personal development prospects of participating in the project: For individuals, they can achieve high-paying employment overseas, solve work problems, enhance personal professional skills, enhance personal knowledge and enrich personal experience. This can also be used as a springboard to pass after returning to China. The talent introduction path leads to high-paying, high-vocational jobs in China.

4. Hospital internationalization development prospects: Hospitals are the main employment positions in the nursing profession. Currently, there are many large hospitals in China that have begun to recruit nursing talents with foreign work experience through talent introduction, such as Xiangya and the International Ward and International Medical Department of the Provincial People's Hospital.

IV. Policy support

1. Domestic policies: In the future, our country will implement a more open talent policy, accelerate the cultivation and introduction of talents, and improve the level of opening up to the outside world. In addition, there are a series of special welfare benefits and policy support for returned talents.

2. All colleges and universities implement the "Internationalization of Education and International Employment" talent training plan, enrich the content and form of education and focus on improving the employment rate of colleges and universities, and are keen on jointly cultivating talents through school-enterprise cooperation.

3. Foreign policies: The Japanese government has established a special "Medical Work Visa" to introduce foreign nursing talents. Working in Japan and Japanese nurses have equal pay for equal work, are protected by Japanese law, and enjoy various rights and interests.

So under such a general situation, if you are studying nursing, then nursing in Japan is still worth a try.