1. Staff Nurse- Staff nurses provides direct care to patients. They are answerable to the ward supervisor for the assistance they perform in the ward management and supervision.

Nursing Supervisor or Ward Sister is another career option. They are answerable to the nursing superintendent. They are responsible for nursing care, safety and comfort management of a ward or unit. They also assign work to the personnel working in the ward, regardless of whether they are in the nursing profession. If they work in a teaching hospital, then they also provide lessons to students.

1. Deputy Nursing Superintendents are answerable to the nursing superintendent. They hold the responsibility of assisting the latter in the nursing administration of the hospital.
2. Nursing Superintendent is accountable to the medical superintendent. They hold the responsibility of safety and at the same time efficient management of all of the services the hospital provides.
3. Director of Nursing holds the responsibility of keeping an eye on both the nursing services and the teaching services if the hospital offers nursing education.