If Nursing doesn't work out,is Medical Lab Technologist ok for a "Prissy" girl ??

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Im really into the health field so im doing a little research in that area incase Nursing doesn't work out.There is a demand for Medical Lab Technologists in my state and the pay isn't that bad.It makes no sense to pursue something that is not in demand.I know a school that has a BS program that is not too expensive.The thing is,im not sure how I would handle working with bodily fluids and sitting in a lab all day when I prefer to "look pretty" lol.I know I would deal with not so pretty stuff as a Nurse,but atleast I'll still get to wear makeup and won't be stuck in a lab for 8 hours a day.This may sound like a silly question,but I had to ask .Does anyone know anything about the field? Do you have to wear a protective head cap aswell ? Im the girly girl type.Does this career sound suitable for me ?

Back2Nursing what is is about nursing that draws you in? You really need to look at this before making any decisions.

I know that you had an earlier post about not wanting to deal with death at all. Nursing isn't a pretty job. Some people are able to show up to work looking pretty, but you never leave work looking pretty.

Well I want a rewarding career.I need to know/feel that I made a difference in someone's life and I want to get paid well for it.I mostly enjoyed the science and health related classes when I was in school.Im not into politics,law or sales....Or maybe I am ? I don't know.I mostly focused on wanting to be a Nurses ever since I started college a few years ago and it just stuck with me.Maybe I need to reconsider my choice of career and expand my horizon a bit.

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Well I want a rewarding career.I need to know/feel that I made a difference in someone's life and I want to get paid well for it.I mostly enjoyed the science and health related classes when I was in school.Im not into politics,law or sales....Or maybe I am ? I don't know.I mostly focused on wanting to be a Nurses ever since I started college a few years ago and it just stuck with me.Maybe I need to reconsider my choice of career and expand my horizon a bit.

But didn't you ever research what the job actually demands? Find out where new nurses typically get their first jobs and what they are expected to do? Shadow a nurse, particularly in the area of nursing that interests you most? Or just speak to a current nurse about the job and what it's really like? I understand the wish to pursue many careers at the same time, but to simply follow a path without really investigating it seems a little - well, careless, I suppose. It sounds to me like some career counseling is definitely in order before you take another step down this road.

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Well I want a rewarding career.I need to know/feel that I made a difference in someone's life and I want to get paid well for it.I mostly enjoyed the science and health related classes when I was in school.Im not into politics,law or sales....Or maybe I am ? I don't know.I mostly focused on wanting to be a Nurses ever since I started college a few years ago and it just stuck with me.Maybe I need to reconsider my choice of career and expand my horizon a bit.

Almost every new grad I've encountered has said this one to me, "I didn't know nursing was like THIS..." The school rep will probably throw in "great hours, great pay, awesome benefits, soooo many jobs available, etc" They will artfully leave out the physical and mental stresses of the job.

Keep asking practicing nurses and make an informed decision.

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Specializes in Peds Medical Floor.
How about beauty school?

My cousin is a beautician. I couldn't do that. I've gone to her work to get my hair done and seen enough people with greasy nasty hair sexually harassing the workers just like nurses do sometimes and people with nasty skin there for facials or massages. And with that job you can't wear gloves. Ew.

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Specializes in Surgical, quality,management.

Perhaps you should see a career counseller instead of getting opinions over the net. Sit down with them do the tests they give you honestly not skewing them in order to get the answer you want.

Think about it work is only a part of your day, you feel you "need" to do something rewarding but if you are gagging on what people are posting here maybe you need to do do deep soul searching about why you want to become a nurse. If your priority for your job is to look pretty ~ nursing might not be the place for you. At the end of my morning shift my patients look "pretty" I look like I have been dragged through a hedge!

Think honestly about what you want from a job / career not what your family or friends expect - I come from a family of secondary school teachers and lawyers on the women side, highly skilled tradesmen on the male. Nursing was not seen as appropriate by my cousins and aunts and uncles.

Also you say that there are no jobs in your area.....................Can you not move?

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Specializes in M/S, MICU, CVICU, SICU, ER, Trauma, NICU.

Have you thought about working at Macy's as a perfume girl?

No body fluids and lotsa time to look "girly girl" and "pretty."

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Specializes in Cardiac Care.

Maybe you could be Miss America!

I hear that pays well.

Of course, the job interview is fairly competitive...

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Specializes in Med-Surg/urology.

Maybe you should consider being a rad.tech or a ultrasound sonagrapher? They pay pretty well. Also, my unit manager @ my last job worked in marketing for a pretty big hospital in our area. She said she quit because you have to dress to the nines every day and she wasn't comfortable with that(sounds fun to me!! ;) )

I'm pretty prissy too, but being a CNA leaves no time to sit around & look cute lol. When its time to get "down & dirty"(cleaning up poop, dealing with bodily fluids, etc...) I do it.

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Have you thought about working at Macy's as a perfume girl?

No body fluids and lotsa time to look "girly girl" and "pretty."

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Maybe you could be Miss America!

I hear that pays well.

Of course, the job interview is fairly competitive...

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Maybe you should consider being a rad.tech or a ultrasound sonagrapher?

Ultrasound Sonagrapher? Do you think the OP is up to doing a translady partsl ultrasound especially on some of the ED patients?

Radiology Technologists also see more than their share of body fluids and end up cleaning their own machines once the fluids escape the person's body by whatever orifice.

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I need to know/feel that I made a difference in someone's life and I want to get paid well for it.

A good samaritan wanting to be paid for their good deeds... hmm ironic. Why don't you just be honest and say straight out that you want to be in nursing for the money and job security? There's nothing wrong with this reason but don't try to sugar coat it. The reality is if you want to earn money as a nurse, you have to take shifts. In these shifts you are required to provide care to people who are sick. They're going to vomit, pee, poo and squirt other gross bodily fluids and you, as a professional, have to help them clean up. Yes, it's unpleasant but it pays. There's no easy way out. It's up to you to decide what takes priority: learning to live with the awful side of nursing OR looking pretty @ work? If the latter is what you pick then nursing might not be for you or any health care profession for that matter.

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LOL, she's too cute:D

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