Guys what made you chooose nursing

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Guys Hope life is treating you well

I am curious what made you guys get into nursing

Im thinking about it but I think a part of me is unsure/scared

Im 24 and have a bachelors degree already

I thought about going back for nursing, education or counseling/socialwork

Nursing seems to have more openings though

I am thinking about pros/cons of each

Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.

Also got my big push too, 25 yrs ago, when I became an Army medic.

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Also got my big push too, 25 yrs ago, when I became an Army medic.

Same, 91B then 91C....(Army code for medic and then nurse).. plus I was single, and all those cute female LTs looked alot better than the grungy inf guys that I ran around with.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.

From one ex-91C to another...glad to meet you. Came out as E-6 then...got out before being commissioned. But, that was 20 years ago....Jeeze, how time just slips away.

Should have stayed in....the retirement would have been nice....but, I was young and dumb then....Oh, well.

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Good thing we were not in the Navy or we would be the one's looking good.

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I'm not a nurse yet but I'm working my way up to that direction. the reason is for the good money.

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Job security was only one reason I considered when making the decision to transition from IT to nursing. I had a similar "experience of clarity" one day while pitching an infrastructure upgrade to the CEO of the company I was at. All of my stress and pressure really made no difference to the grand scheme of things. If I was not there, someone else would do the presentation.

I am only a student, but I know that I will make a difference now. I am already experiencing that in clinicals.

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Job security seems to be in nursing

Im only 24 but with my degree it seems a waste. Been interviewing for jobs for a yr and no luck which has led me to consider nursing.

I had thought about Radiology but it seems Nursing has more options.

So if you had to do it all over again would you still consider nursing?

My aunt is an LPN and tells me I should consider it. She loves it

Although she doesnt work in a hospital, she doenst have to work night shift..I THINK THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO LUCKY!

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My aunt is an LPN and tells me I should consider it. She loves it

Although she doesnt work in a hospital, she doenst have to work night shift..I THINK THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOO LUCKY!

Don't think of it as luck so much. It's more about job market demand.

Not all new grads have to work night shift upon graduation, in fact plenty do not.

Some of the factors involved here are geographical location (as the demand varies in different areas) and the specialty being sought after by the new grad.

If the employer has a harder time filling openings, they will be more open to hiring new grads.

At my hospital, a new RN who wants to start in med/surg would have no problem whatsoever finding a day position. And med/surg is a great place for people to start.

You mentioned that your aunt is an LPN but not working in a hospital. (I'm only guessing) that it is in some type of LTC facility, and this is another area where a new grad could get a day position with little difficulty.

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My factory job went to Singapore in the mideighties, and I didn't. While working as a manual laborer, a coworker related how his wifes' nurse pay was keeping them afloat. Until then I considered nurses in the same catagory as teachers(repected but woefully underpaid).

My old ACT scores in hand, I went to the local nursing school my next day off. Three years later I got my ADN. I haven't been unemployed for a day I didn't want to be since. I prefer nights for all the reasons mentioned earlier in this thread. I've been a Marine, a roughneck, a stripper, truckdriver, factory worker, bill collector and biker. These things are assets in the ER, but I'm pretty sure I would find myself crossways with the clipboard nurses running this place during the day...

My kids have grown up tiptoeing around if tonight is a worknight for poppa, and tearing off for three day weekends camping, daytripping to the amusement parks and hundreds of other kewl places when I'm off. I've been able to be a room daddy for them when they were in elementary school. That may have been the best! Good luck, and be satisfied! DO NOT GET INTO THIS FOR THE MONEY ALONE, YOU'LL BE MISERABLE!

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Well I want a job that I wont have to worry bout if it is secured or not. I know nursing pays descent money. But I want to look for the future also.

I guess I should let my bad experience of night shift work at my job I have now not influence my decision for nursing

It seems alot of people chose this career due to the security of the profression..this is definitely one job that cant be outsourced

So do you work 3 12 hr shifts and have 4 days off? that seems like a coool schdule

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I work the industry standard on 2, off 2, on 3; then off 2, on 2, off three now, but have worked 5 on,2 off, 2 on, 5 off, as well as 7 on, 7 off and the "Baylor Plan", where I worked Every fri/sat/sun and got a 6$/hr bonus to make up the difference. Notice the flexibility? Few jobs offer that; but more importantly..I feel I'm making a difference in my patients lives, I don't have that sense of powerlessness in the household emergencies, and if I rub the shiny off this pretty little job or become too decrepit I can use this degree for something else. RN isn't the opening of a door, it's the opening of 100.

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WOW THAT IS AMAZING....I heard that you can have flexible scheduling

THIS SEEMS SOOOOO COOL! Especially being able to not have to worry about having a hard time finding a job..Seems like you can pack up and move to any city in the USA and still be able to find a descent job

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