I need help deciding whether to be an RN or ultrasound tech?!

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Members are discussing the pros and cons of pursuing a career as a Registered Nurse (RN) versus an Ultrasound Tech, focusing on salary, hours, schooling, and job outlook. Some members mention the challenges of getting into nursing school and the variety of opportunities available for RNs, while others highlight the potential for a more stable work schedule and lower stress in the role of an Ultrasound Tech. Concerns about weak stomachs and job satisfaction are also addressed in the conversation.

Okay so I really want to do one or the other of these but can't decide.

What are the pros and cons on salary and hours/schooling.

Also, I kinda have a weak stomach and was wondering, does that go away?

Do you have to get used to it? Or do you already have to be used to it before becoming an RN? That's what's got me leaning more towards Ultrasound tech. I'd really appreciate the help/adivce. Thank yoU! ?

Not to be rude by I wonder if her confidence level is low. Sonography is never boring.

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...Lunch? I have no idea what that is, unless you count the two minutes I run into the bathroom to empty my nearly-exploding bladder around noon. I work hard through the time I am supposed to leave (5:30). Just when I'm about to be finished and caught up two hours past the time I'm supposed to leave, the ER is paging me again. I stay, scanning patients, until 2 am. I get home. I get 30 minutes of sleep. The ER pages me again. I go back to work. I get the patient done, get another 30 minutes of sleep. My alarm goes off, and it's off to the races again, except this time I'm so bleary-eyed and out of it that I don't remember what I'm doing...

Gee. It sounds like there's enough steady workload there for the facility to hire a second sonographer if not a third. Then at least TWO of the graduates would have found jobs. Or, they could attach and apartment to that unit so the on-call sonographer can just live there fulltime. (snort!)

This inadequate staffing s^%& in the medical field (and other places) is getting ridiculous. No time for pee breaks? No time for meal break? Ridiculous. TAKE your breaks. Let the employer figure out how to cover it.

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