The pie chart illustrates what nursing graduates in the UK in 2009 chose to do after graduating, while the table provides details about the career choices of those who worked in the health sector.
Overall, the large majority of students chose to work in the healthcare industry after graduating from their nursing courses, and of those who decided on this career path, the majority of them worked as hospital nurses.
In 2009, 84% of nursing graduates in the UK went on to work in the health sector, while 2% decided to continue their education and keep studying. 8% of graduates chose to continue studying and worked at the same time, while 4% of graduates were unemployed. 2% of graduates chose other paths.
Of those who went on to work in the healthcare industry, 72% of them opted to work as hospital nurses, while 12.4% became midwives. 10.3% became community nurses, and 0.4% mental nurses. 1.3% became paramedics, while the remaining 2.7% chose other career paths.