I am currently a 2nd sem. nursing student that will graduate in may 2012 with my nsg diploma. I graduated with my BS in biology with a poor gpa (2.8) I think. I took alot of harder classes together and was rushed to graduate after transferring and switching majors. I had considered switching to nursing to eventually become a crna, but it was going to be impossible for me to get into the bsn program at my former school. Anyway, I chose biology and was looking at AA school or PA school. After graduating with a poor gpa and working I figured instead of going to grad school and showing I could do that level of work and then applying to PA/AA school I opted to go to rn school and set out to become a crna.
I have been working for a few months as a cna( the only male one) on a med/surg unit and I really dislike it. It is stressful and sometimes nasty and it makes me wonder if I made the right choice going to rn school. I'm not sure I would enjoy working on the floor as an rn, but could see myself working in the OR or possibly the ICU(limited exp. there). I know there are is a variety of jobs for rn's, but I have a few concerns. I'm a male, which is good and bad, I'm over 6'5" and worry about back problems down the road. I am also concerned that I with my low gpa that I will never get into crna school.
I like the idea of getting my feet wet and some experience b/c I have always been interested in healthcare and medicine. I know it's still early, but I have been looking at a few options for myself such as PA, Perfusionist, possibly MD(although not likely), even a med/surg sales rep, etc. I'm just not sure I would be happy with being a floor rn for the rest of my career and I would like to have a job that I enjoyed and made a decent amount of money doing.
Any advice at all would be helpful to me and greatly appreciated. If I were to go another route besides nursing what would you suggest?? Since I am currently in rn school I think it would be a bad idea not to finish...
