Hello everyone, i am a 16 year old male interested in Nursing. I am currently doing my high schooling online, which allows me plenty free time to research careers and what not that i may be interested in doing after high school. I was interested in Neurosurgery for quite a bit, but felt as though i was more into it for the money and not the job itself. Plus, have you SEEN how much debt medical school students end up in? No thanks LOL. I would like to go to college for Nursing because i feel the job will suit me better. More time spent with patients, flexible schedule, the benefits of travel nursing, as well as good pay. I would much rather spend 2-4 years in college learning to do a job i'll enjoy and still get paid well, then go to school for 14 years, doing a job i only got into for the money, as well as ending up in tons of student debt. Also i have a question. How flexible is the nursing schedule exactly? Is it true that you can work three 12 hour shifts a week or are you always on call? I love the idea of over time as well. If i felt the need to work more, that option is always there for me. Also Nurses have more flexible specialties and what not. Do you love your job? What is your work schedule like? If you could go back in time and become a doctor, would you?
I don't want to become a Nurse and be treated differently and feel like I'm at the bottom of the barrel and what not because I'm not an MD or something lol.
I am also interested in perhaps shadowing a nurse during the summer, so i can get more of a feel of what goes on and what not. I feel like it'll really benefit me.
Please do your best to expose my young mind to the career of Nursing as much as possible, It will really help me with deciding my career after these two years of high school are up, although I'm still pretty set on nursing.
Thank you for your time (:
P.S. i know i still have plenty of time to decide my career but i see no harm in researching what career i want to do after high school, and learning as much about it as i can now, then in two years. I like to know what i want to do right off the bat, instead of winging things. Plus, since i'm doing high school online, i have plenty of time to conduct research. I would just like to hear from the Nurses themselves. Thank you, i hope to be a Nurse one day!
I don't understand why people force themselves to continue with a career they really wont/don't enjoy haha. It simply mesmerizes me. People assume that just because nursing isn't for them, it must not be for any one else. People assume that just because they are a "genius" and nursing school was hard for them, it won't be any easier for another "genius" that comes along. I don't get why Nursing is receiving so much negativity and yet people still do it. What is with that? I would like to know. Very interested to see these replies.
What in the world does me having no work experience have to do with why someone is forcing themselves to stick in crappy situations for decades upon decades lmao. Save yourself the time and go for something else if nursing is so bad for you. The fewer negative nurses, the better for the patients.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
What in the world does me having no work experience have to do with why someone is forcing themselves to stick in crappy situations for decades upon decades lmao. Save yourself the time and go for something else if nursing is so bad for you. The fewer negative nurses, the better for the patients.
If you've never worked before you've never sucked it up through a crappy job just for a paycheck. Going back to school cost money, that many people don't have. It's easier to stay in the field their in, especially if they are close to retirement.
No not negative. You asked for opinions, that's what you got.
Exactly. That's why i'm not letting a few peoples bad opinions influence my career choice lmao. I refuse to work in a job i absolutely hate. That would be a complete waste. I'm gonna die one day. My death will occur, and life is only a count down to that. I'd be damned if i stuck working a job i hated for decades, living very miserable. Some people honestly love their jobs, believe it or not.
If you've never worked before you've never sucked it up through a crappy job just for a paycheck. Going back to school cost money, that many people don't have. It's easier to stay in the field their in, especially if they are close to retirement.
Would you tell my husband to go to school?
I understand that. It still doesn't explain why people have to be so negative about their career choice. Why not look at the bright side and try to enjoy it until it works?
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Exactly. That's why i'm not letting a few peoples bad opinions influence my career choice lmao. I refuse to work in a job i absolutely hate. That would be a complete waste. I'm gonna die one day. My death will occur, and life is only a count down to that. I'd be damned if i stuck working a job i hated for decades, living very miserable. Some people honestly love their jobs, believe it or not.
If you've never worked before you've never sucked it up through a crappy job just for a paycheck. Going back to school cost money, that many people don't have. It's easier to stay in the field their in, especially if they are close to retirement.
Would you tell my husband to go to school?
I do not know what your husband is going through, neither do i know what you're going through so no i wouldn't. But if it was me, i would honestly find something else. Okay sure going back to school costs money. But there is also the option of trade school which is cheaper than college, less time than college, and can land you a job you enjoy. I'd do anything for happiness. You don't even need to go back to school to find a job you enjoy. Hell, you don't have to switch jobs at all. Why not find another hospital to work at perhaps? Maybe become a travel nurse and go to different hospitals. There are many alternatives. Plus travel nursing sometimes offer (all the time?) the benefits of paid for housing or gas expenses when ever you switch to another hospital. There's always a way. A loophole to enjoy life. Hell, if i had to. I'd even get out of nursing to join the military. If i didn't have kids and it meant i'd be on a road to happiness.
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On the contrary, for me it will give me life!