my current job is a teacher assistant in preschool. I am currently doing prerequisites for bmcc nursing program.
I hate my job I hate working with kids changing diapers and being exhausted all week. the bad thing that my job pays 16.39 an hour so I need to know what entry hospital job can I get that starts at 16 an hour so i don't lose financially.
also please inform me of any hospitals that do tuition reimbursement!!!
Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.
Sitters: also CNAs who are taking care of the patient one on one. The patients are usually medically complicated and/or with behavior challenges, so they are strong candidates for needing toileting assistance.
Because TJC is now putting such a focus on suicide prevention in the inpatient setting, more and more facilities are hiring non-clinical patient sitters for patients deemed a suicide risk. Literally ALL they do is watch the patient for 8 or 12 hours. No hands on, no charting, nothing clinical. It would be mind-numbingly boring, but there you have it. I doubt they make more than minimum wage, though.
If you want to be a nurse solely for salary you will experience burn out quickly cause that will not help you love your job enough to deal with i.e peds geriatric changing diapers. the realization that you may encounter pts spitting at you swinging etc etc on your feet longgg hours family members expecting you to work like you have 8 arms and so much more. Good luck hunny, you will have your work cut out for you in school in clinicals alone
Physical Therapists need a bachelor's degree and then a graduate degree in PT, usually a doctorate.
Always a doctorate. PT used to have BS and MS programs but they moved to the entry level DPT several years ago. OT is still a masters level program in some cases but they're also moving to an entry level doctorate soon. I agree with your sentiment here also.
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Its one thing to change diapers on a nurses salary and ANOTHER on teacher assistants salary. Now instead of judging me, I am asking for help would really appreciate responses
Wow- just wow! Do yourself an enormous favor and do not go into nursing with this attitude and manner of communication.
any other positions besides front office? names of tuition reimbursement hospitals in NY?
I can almost see nr92 snapping their fingers, demanding this answer. Try dietary and housekeeping in the hospital if you don't want to do direct patient cleanup. Along with other responses, there is usually a timeline with tuition assistance programs, like you must work a year there prior to applying and it isn't always guaranteed that you get it. Also, depending on where you are in NY, new grads are having a hard time getting jobs, especially without a BSN. I'd look at a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) career to meet your needs. Good luck
I can almost see nr92 snapping their fingers, demanding this answer. Try dietary and housekeeping in the hospital if you don't want to do direct patient cleanup. Along with other responses, there is usually a timeline with tuition assistance programs, like you must work a year there prior to applying and it isn't always guaranteed that you get it. Also, depending on where you are in NY, new grads are having a hard time getting jobs, especially without a BSN. I'd look at a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) career to meet your needs. Good luck
Ok, so usually I try my hardest not to judge people based on these posts and/or tell them what to do in life, but are you really sure nursing is for you? You state that you’re tired of changing diapers and being exhausted. Bad news- you’re not going to escape that in nursing, and in fact, it’ll be worse.
Its one thing to change diapers on a nurses salary and ANOTHER on teacher assistants salary. Now instead of judging me, I am asking for help would really appreciate responses
Just caught this added info. Wow. Please don’t go into health care. You clearly are in it for a paycheck. I’ve seen a big difference in those who are in it for money vs. those who actually want to make a difference and help people. The way you write and post on here just gives me the image that you are immature. How about you look into careers within the business side of healthcare rather than direct patient contact.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
10 hours ago, MykRTstudent said:
Just caught this added info. Wow. Please don’t go into health care. You clearly are in it for a paycheck. I’ve seen a big difference in those who are in it for money vs. those who actually want to make a difference and help people. The way you write and post on here just gives me the image that you are immature. How about you look into careers within the business side of healthcare rather than direct patient contact.
I have a lot of problems with students who bash someone for wanting to go into nursing to have a steady job on a living wage. There is nothing at all wrong with "being in it for the paycheck."
In 40-some years I, too have seen a big difference in those who are 'in it for the money' and those who have a 'calling' to make a difference and help people. But what I'm seeing is that those who are in it for the steady job and decent paycheck are less disillusioned in their early nursing career, and tend to be better workers who get things done instead of, as one of my colleagues did, sit on the patient's bed all day cooing at her and stroking her forehead. As a charge nurse and preceptor, I'd much rather work with someone who is "in it for the money" than someone who is firmly convinced that they have a "calling" and only those with a calling need to apply.
I have a lot of problems with students who bash someone for wanting to go into nursing to have a steady job on a living wage. There is nothing at all wrong with "being in it for the paycheck."
In 40-some years I, too have seen a big difference in those who are 'in it for the money' and those who have a 'calling' to make a difference and help people. But what I'm seeing is that those who are in it for the steady job and decent paycheck are less disillusioned in their early nursing career, and tend to be better workers who get things done instead of, as one of my colleagues did, sit on the patient's bed all day cooing at her and stroking her forehead. As a charge nurse and preceptor, I'd much rather work with someone who is "in it for the money" than someone who is firmly convinced that they have a "calling" and only those with a calling need to apply.
Not trying to bash anyone at all.. but with comments as ridiculous as the OP has made, it really makes me wonder what their motive is and if nursing is really for them. Hence the mostly negative responses in this thread by many.
Of course making a livable wage is always something to consider, however the OP’s tone seems to lack any sort of compassion and only be interested in money. She also states that working with children she hates changing diapers and doesn’t like being exhausted. Excuse me? You know as a nurse those two things won’t be going away.. they’ll be worse actually. She’s going to absolutely hate being a nurse then.. because there will be plenty of cleaning BM along with several other bodily fluids, many of which you won’t see working with toddlers in a preschool. Oh, and 12 hour shifts too of course.
There are several jobs in healthcare that don’t have direct patient contact which pay nicely. Try to put yourself in a patients shoes.. would you really want a nurse coming into your room to care for you who is miserable and hates her job and is only interested in what her paycheck will look like? The OP’s comments/tone are absurd, and that is what has allotted my feedback.
Specializes in Neurosciences, stepdown, acute rehab, LTC.
Hmm, well, there is some in between here. There are the people just in it for a paycheck and then there are the mushy “calling” “passion” “this is my dream!” people, but a lot of us are somewhere in between. We are in it for the paycheck and see it as a stable career but then also enjoy the job and are empathetic towards patients and don’t mind changing diapers.
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Because TJC is now putting such a focus on suicide prevention in the inpatient setting, more and more facilities are hiring non-clinical patient sitters for patients deemed a suicide risk. Literally ALL they do is watch the patient for 8 or 12 hours. No hands on, no charting, nothing clinical. It would be mind-numbingly boring, but there you have it. I doubt they make more than minimum wage, though.