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註冊基本要求
喺香港要做執業護士，一定要先符合香港護士管理局嘅法定註冊要求，無論係登記護士定註冊護士，都要攞到管理局發出嘅有效註冊同執業證明書先可以合法執業。護士管理局會根據《護士註冊條例》監管所有執業護士嘅專業操守，確保醫療服務質素。
薪酬參考
護士嘅薪酬取決於僱主。醫管局同政府護士職系按公務員事務局公布嘅薪級表支薪，有起薪點、每年增薪點同頂薪點，註冊護士同登記護士屬唔同薪級，註冊護士較高。私家醫院、診所同院舍就由僱主自訂薪酬架構，可以高於或低於公營體系，視乎人手同專科。夜班同輪班津貼、辛勞津貼、超時補薪同約滿酬金通常另計，唔包括在底薪之內。實際薪點同金額，要睇醫管局或公務員事務局公布嘅現行薪酬表，本站唔換算成月薪估算。
晉升方面，臨床路線可以由註冊護士做到專科護士、病房經理、部門運作經理；亦可以轉往護士學校教書、公共衞生或者管理工作。
持續進修路徑
香港護士管理局要求所有註冊護士喺每個執業周期內完成指定嘅持續專業進修（CPD）學分，以維持執業資格。除咗滿足法定要求，護士仲有多條進修升呢嘅路線：
1. **專科護士訓練**：醫管局同本地大學聯合開辦多個專科護士課程，包括深切治療科、急症科、兒科、精神科、老人科等，完成課程並通過評核可成為專科護士（RN(S)），薪酬會相應提升。
2. **學位升級**：登記護士可以透過兼讀制高級文憑或學士學位課程，升級成為註冊護士。已經係註冊護士嘅，可以修讀護理碩士（MNurs）或者哲學碩士（MPhil）、博士（PhD），進入學術或者高級管理層路線。
3. **管理課程**：有意晉升至護士長、部門運作經理等管理崗位嘅護士，可以修讀醫療管理、服務領導等相關碩士課程，醫管局亦有內部培訓計劃培育管理人才。
4. **進階執業護士（APN）**：部分專科嘅護士可以接受額外訓練，成為進階執業護士，享有處方藥物同獨立處理個案嘅權限，呢是護理專業發展嘅高級路線。
English
Basic registration requirements
To practise as a nurse in Hong Kong, you must first meet the statutory registration requirements set by the Nursing Council of Hong Kong. Whether you are an enrolled nurse or a registered nurse, you must obtain a valid registration and practising certificate issued by the Council before you can legally practise. The Council oversees the professional conduct of all practising nurses under the Nurses Registration Ordinance to ensure quality healthcare services.
Salary Reference
Pay depends on the employer. Hospital Authority and government nursing grades are paid on the pay scale published by the Civil Service Bureau, with a starting point, annual increments and a maximum point, and registered nurses sit on a higher scale than enrolled nurses. Private hospitals, clinics and care homes set their own structures, which may be above or below the public sector depending on staffing and specialty. Night-shift, roster and hardship allowances, overtime pay and terminal gratuities usually come on top of the basic rate. Actual points and amounts are as set out in the current pay tables published by the Hospital Authority or the Civil Service Bureau, and this site does not convert them into a monthly estimate.
Clinically, progression runs from registered nurse to specialist nurse, ward manager and department operations manager, or across into nurse education, public health and management.
Continuing Education Pathways
The Nursing Council of Hong Kong requires all registered nurses to complete a specified number of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits in each practising cycle to maintain their registration. Beyond meeting statutory requirements, nurses have multiple advancement pathways:
1. **Specialist Nurse Training**: The HA and local universities jointly run specialist nurse programmes in areas like intensive care, emergency medicine, paediatrics, psychiatry and geriatrics. Graduates who pass assessments become Registered Nurses (Specialist) with corresponding salary increments.
2. **Academic Advancement**: Enrolled nurses can upgrade to registered nurse status through part-time higher diploma or degree programmes. Registered nurses can pursue Master of Nursing (MNurs), MPhil or PhD degrees, leading to academic or senior management careers.
3. **Management Courses**: Nurses aspiring to become nursing officers, department operations managers or similar leadership roles can take master's programmes in healthcare management or service leadership. The HA also has internal training schemes to develop management talent.
4. **Advanced Practice Nurse (APN)**: Nurses in select specialties can undergo additional training to become APNs, with privileges to prescribe medications and manage cases independently — this is an advanced career pathway in the nursing profession.