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!
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.
Lol trade school can end up costing way more money than anything else. And just dropping everything and finding something else is far harder than it seems.
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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 clearly don't know my husband. He would not enjoy anything in the trades more than the prison nor would he do well. He tried going to school three times & failed out three times.
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.
Where did I say nursing is bad for me? I love it but there is absolutely nothing glamorous about it - that is the truth. It's as blue collar as all get out. I just understand the reality and I really resent someone coming here saying that things are glamorous when they apparently don't understand the definition of glamour.
And yes, having experience working with others will change a lot of how you view things.
Though I still suspect that we're being trolled here......
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.
All jobs suck. Some jobs suck more than others. My job is awesome but there are still many days where you laugh to keep from crying. This is the reality for every single working person ever. If you think every single day you go to work should be awesome, you're going to have a very difficult adjustment coming for you. Ideally, yes, there should be more awesome days than not but sometimes, things are simply terrible. Does that mean I should just drop out of nursing school now and not graduate in June and find something that will keep me 100% happy every single 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.
People still go in to nursing because they have a pre-conceived idea of how things will be, and brush off any comments that don't fit their narrative. You want to go into nursing, go into nursing.
You want to base your career trajectory off of an informed decision, then go to the local college and attend career day. Ask to shadow a nurse.
There are very few careers that are more in-your-face, up-close-and-personal, intimate, and difficult as nursing. It's WAY more than what you learn in a book.
You also use "Therapeutic Use Of Self". That is something that comes from within. Some days you have more to bring to the table than others. For example: Try having your best friend die, and then having to go to work and watch the same scenario play out with one of your patients. It's real, and it's raw. That's nursing.
It's NOT GLAMOROUS. Not even close.
Listen to what is being shared with you. Do what you want. It makes no difference to me.
I've been a nurse for your entire life, plus 10 years. I've learned a thing or two. So have the other posters on this board.
Like i said, i appreciate all of the feedback. It's helping me understand what nursing is all about, but i still believe i'll love it. I'll be on this site for years to come. I can see it now. Signed up at 16, and is now a nurse. Let's see how i feel about nursing in 6 years shall we?
Lol trade school can end up costing way more money than anything else. And just dropping everything and finding something else is far harder than it seems.
Especially with kids and bills and a mortgage and health care costs...
I wonder if OP thinks recent reports about compassion fatigue are just the other nurses being negative.
No its fine. I'm starting to understand what you all go through now. By the way, i'm not trolling lol. I dislike trolls. Hence why i decided not to get my information from yahoo answers anymore and came to a more professional site. I'm 16 years old, home schooled, and have plenty of time to start researching my careers. Soon, hopefully in a few days i'll order some books on nursing or medical books in general that'll allow me to learn more about the profession. Any recommendations?
No its fine. I'm starting to understand what you all go through now. By the way, i'm not trolling lol. I dislike trolls. Hence why i decided not to get my information from yahoo answers anymore and came to a more professional site. I'm 16 years old, home schooled, and have plenty of time to start researching my careers. Soon, hopefully in a few days i'll order some books on nursing or medical books in general that'll allow me to learn more about the profession. Any recommendations?
Yeah, yeah we get it. You're 16 and home schooled and super awesome at everything already with your could-be-a-neurosurgeon-brains and have your whole life ahead of you to be more awesome at nursing than all of us combined.
Here:
[h=1] I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse 1st Edition
It's a huge dose of reality, much like what we're trying to fill you in on. I read this before I started nursing school and it was a major eye opener and prepared me for the serious emotional and mental sacrifices I was going to have to make (and still am making and still will make) to even approach success in the career. Some of it is negative so prepare yourself. Also, there's no glamour bits.
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la_chica_suerte85, BSN, RN
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Lol trade school can end up costing way more money than anything else. And just dropping everything and finding something else is far harder than it seems.