Am I nuts?

[akcw1981]

Hey everybody, I'm 34, and a college freshman. Ughhh... anyway what I was planning on was nursing. But that wasn't always a dream of mine. About 10 or 12 years ago, when I first heard of it, I thought surgical tech sounded super cool. I never did anything about it, I just thought it would be cool.

Well about a year ago I decided Respiratory therapy would be great as well so this year I enrolled in a community college to take prerequisites for that only to change my mind to nursing as of about two months ago. Nursing sounds more solid, it will have the most opportunities. But NOW I think I really do want to do surgical technology. I am well aware of the pay difference. So my question to you is AM I NUTS? I feel it may be a better fit because I know I want to be in the hospital and I want to help people, but being the introvert that I am I kind of like the sound of my patients being asleep. Any advice would be great! Thanks!

[Chinpop]

OR nurses scrub in from time to time. The reason Surgical techs exist is because they do the what OR nurses do for less. FLAME AWAY but it's true.

So as an OR nurse, you will not only be well rounded but also get to do your precious surgical learning as well. Of course seeing how you flip flop constantly I can see that soon you would become jealous of the surgeon and then dream of going back to medical school and one day, in your early fifties, finally becoming a surgical doctor.

Haha, good luck.