Hey Rn's,,do you ever wish you had done physical therapy instead?

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do you ever wish you had been a pta or pt instead? fall is coming up and i can't decide on adn/rn or pta. talk to me.....thanks...

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Specializes in Women's Health.

NEVER Nursing has much more to offer.

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Specializes in Ambulatory Care, Case Manager.

When I was in my clinical rotation, my patient was with his PT doing his exercises and for one second wondered if I should change careers. If you have a lot of patience and you don't mind the routine, then you should go for PT. Nursing can be very unpredictable: you have to deal with different personalities both staff and family, "put out fires", don't have time for breaks sometimes, be extremely knowledgeable on the disease process, etc...That's when I wished that I went into a different career. It has its good and its bad. One of the good things about nursing is that you get to explore different specialties. In my opinion, nursing is never boring and you are constantly learning.

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Specializes in Tele,PACU,ICU,CCU,ER,Home Care.

Definitely PT. If you plan on getting an ADN you should also plan to get your BSN, since associate degree RN's are not considered

nurses anymore. You will most likely not be able to find a job as an ADN since most facilities will only hire BSN's.

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Specializes in Cardiothoracic ICU.

I always wondered why there are so many doctor's of physical therapy, their work seems more like something a CNA would do. ;0

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Specializes in Home Health.

No, actually wished I had gone to Medical school.

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Specializes in Women's Health.

Definitely PT. If you plan on getting an ADN you should also plan to get your BSN, since associate degree RN's are not considered

nurses anymore. You will most likely not be able to find a job as an ADN since most facilities will only hire BSN's.

If you do PT you will need even more education.

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Specializes in Tele,PACU,ICU,CCU,ER,Home Care.

True. Nursing just can't seem to make up it's mind on the qualifications, (degree), needed to be a "good nurse", it seems that other professions do.

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Specializes in med-surg, step-down, ICU/CCU, ED.

nope. My gig suits me just fine...:)

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15 years after graduating college I'm saying...darn I knew I should have went to nursing school instead! Which is what I am doing now! :yeah:

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Specializes in Plastics. General Surgery. ITU. Oncology.

No I like nursing. What I don't like so much is the superior attitude of just about every other healthcare discipline. Physios, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Radiographers and ESPECIALLY the completely useless "Specialist" nurses such as stoma care and Head and Neck who do NO work at all except bark orders at us nurses on the front line.

All these people think that the ward nurses work for them. They all, without exception, run crying to the nurses when a patient is wet or soiled and the Physios think we should do their work for them. "Oh we got this patient out of bed. He's tired now YOU hoist him back in"

Drives me nuts. Generalists (us poor sap nurses) always lose out to the lazy "specialists"

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Specializes in Labor and Delivery.

Not for a second.:nurse:

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