Am I suited for this?

[Math-me-no-likey!]

Hi I'm new at this. I have had no drive in my life for years. That was until I had my daughter. I took the Meyer and Briggs test, it told me that I would do well being a radiology tech. I have already took steps in becoming one. However I have had thoughts that maybe I don't want to stop there. I have been looking into what it would take for me to be a nurse. I love helping people, and feeling needed, and there would be a lot of excietment. :redbeathe

Unfortunatly I have never been good at math, and fear this would ruin any plans I have of advancing. I just dont want to give up without trying all I can to be a great person for my daughter. As of right now I have mostly taken all the core classes for rad tech, like A&P 1 and med term, ect.

So I would like some advice. What is the minimal math requirements for emergency nursing? Is it best I just stay with Rad Tech? Is it possible to be anything besides a pee-on?

[uscstu4lfe]

the math required for nursing is very, very basic. you managed to create an account with allnurses.com. You will have no problem with the math....

[racing-mom4, BSN, RN]

1st all Rad techs are a vital part of the health care team.

That being said:mad: On to your question---I to HATE math. In fact I had to ask my then middle school children to help me with my algebra class. I just didnt get it. But you will, you will study and study and do practice questions and then you will get it. You honestly dont use much math in real world nursing, unless I am now just used to the basic nursing math that I dont pay attention.

Dont let the math scare you, if need be, take a pre-algebra class, I did. Nursing math is something we had to do every semester, you will soon memorize your conversions and formulas and you will get it.

Best of luck on the rest of your schooling!!!

[Riseupandnurse]

Speaking as an x-ray tech who went into nursing, I don't think you should be so frightened by the math. Nursing math is very basic and the truth is that in modern hospitals you don't have to figure out many equations for yourself once you're in practice. You need to be aware that Xray is getting seriously overcrowded because the schools are graduating too many xray techs. I know this anecdotally from speaking with new grads and the supervisor of radiology department who just hasn't been hiring for quite some time, and also from the figures published in the Scanner, an official Radiologic Technologist publication. The US government predicts that in a few years there will be about 20,000 more RTs (ARRT) than is needed in this country. Please consider switching to nursing.