Hey there!!
I'm still in nursing school ....*waiting on december to come around* B)B)B)B)B)B)
I didn't have a CS degree....mine was in C.I.S. more the biz side rather than hardcore programming.
When I graduated with my 4 year degree I thought I had it all planned and after getting my first 'REAL' (career oriented) job. I became a work-a-holic
14-16 hour days. I was hired on as a consultant/junior programmer and
worked with databases and the company software package...extracting the info and shoving it into our software.....to say I was a desk-jockey would be
putting it mildly to say the least....
i agree with what the gentleman above said that he is too much of a people person....i'm also a people person....and honestly, i didn't know if nursing was for me until I had my first nursing clinical...i was tired as crap afterwards but i can tell you that i knew it was for me...
i don't know why you are considering nursing school...or where you are in your life....i can tell you that the nursing courses are nothing like any other courses i have taken before....they are intense...they are hands on...and they all build on top of each other...
if you go for your ADN or BSN .....they both enable you to take the same test
NCLEX-RN which if passed = RN
if your just thinking about going to nursing school...i'll tell you this...i planned about 2 years ahead of it....i wanted to clear some debt before I went back to school so that my stress levels weren't going to be sky high due to money....also look around you....find out which schools offer the ADN or BSN programs (whichever you are interested in)...if you get ADN..you can do your NCLEX-RN and start working and then build to BSN....only diff BSN makes is if you want to get into mgt. later.....and then obviously graduate work if you want that....but make sure you know the DATES!!!!! of when the school you are looking at has admission deadlines....some schools admit once a year....then your scr&wed if you miss it....also some schools want you to have certain pre-req's done before you even submit an application....(this one i have found to be wisshy wasshy....i have a ton of friends taking these so called pre-req's to get into the nursing program ....at the same time they are taking their nursing courses)...my advice though is to take anything and everything you can BEFORE you get to the nursing courses so that you can FOCUS in on the nursing courses...because its class time + clinical time + study time....+ study time + study time + ???JOB??? + ???FAMILY???
you decide...
oh yeah...the pro's and con's are easy...
+ job security
+ job versatility (ER nurse, ICU nurse, PEDIATRICS nurse, OSTOMY nurse..etc..)
+ good money
+ flexibility in hours
+ tons of cute nurses
(although, I'm more of a brutishly handsome and charming sort of guy, if I do say so myself
.........later
hope this helped...
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