Need help..don't know if i should continue nursing

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I am doing my pre-reqs for nursing in a ASN program at a county college. I have done research on rn, pa, and cls. I am in school full time with a 4.0 gpa and I work as a certified clinical medical assistant. Therefore, i don't have the time to volunteer and shadow any RNs or PAs. I know first hand how drs can treat their help and how some patients are nasty but i never worked in the hospital before. I love science and medicine but i find myself having a low tolerance for dealing with ******** at work. Whether its from the drs or patients. I like to help others but i tend to be brutally honest and take no bs. I believe everyone has a job to do and should work together for the best interest of the patient. I believe in doing my job and i take it very seriously. However, I am not an emotional person and very introverted when it comes to small talk. I don't know if i should continue with becoming an rn or change into becoming a PA or clinical lab. scientist. I do not like stress (from dealing with bs) and want to come home from work in peace. I want to make good money doing what i love in medicine. I just need to know what it is truly like to be a rn. beyond the so-called explanation of it being a calling or helping people. what is the real deal? is it a fight to keep your licensure everyday? is it alot of bs? I just don't know what career path to take. I am 27 years old with no children and know i am starting a career late so my dream of becoming a doctor & going to medical school would be out for me. So RN, PA or CLS (i really don't like their low pay though). any advice would be greatly appreciated b/c i am honestly stuck:confused::crying2:

Specializes in pediatrics, public health.
I'm going back to school yet again at the age of 44. It seems like you can hardly go wrong with Nursing. Jobs are everywhere and pay is good. .

Have you read any of the posts on this board from new grads who can't find jobs? Or from experienced nurses who can't find jobs? If you're going back to school to be a nurse because you want to be a nurse, great! But If you're going into nursing because you believe that nursing jobs are plentiful, you might want to rethink your decision. It's brutal out there.

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See, they are everywhere. A good example is kool-aide above. I worked in print shops for a while after getting my BA then went back to school for a BS and worked as a cytotechnologist for 13 years. It was such a stressful job and the girls I worked with were not very nice. They operated in clicks much like highschool. Wouldn't it be great if everyone would be nice and just treat and talk to others like they would like to be treated? I'm sorry that you've already gotten to the point where you can't take anyone's BS anymore. It took many years of abuse to get me there. I recommend you stay out of the lab. Computers are taking over, jobs are scarce, the pay is getting lower, and unfortunately, the people aren't any nicer. I'm going back to school yet again at the age of 44. It seems like you can hardly go wrong with Nursing. Jobs are everywhere and pay is good. The toughest part of your life will be learning to deal with the jerks of the world, no matter what profession you are in. Concentrate on learning how to do it and do it well and you will go far. Good luck......

yes, kool-aide IS a good example. smh.

I glad someone understands about getting to that no bs part in life. it just gets to a point where enough is enough. Thanks for giving me a heads up about the lab. I have been reading alot about that. I have a question though, is the pay really low as $27 an hour for new grads? (you take alot of hardcore science classes and i am shock it doesn't pay you for the work you do in school) I deal with jerks everyday at work and i'm just fed up. thanks by the way for your advice.

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Have you read any of the posts on this board from new grads who can't find jobs? Or from experienced nurses who can't find jobs? If you're going back to school to be a nurse because you want to be a nurse, great! But If you're going into nursing because you believe that nursing jobs are plentiful, you might want to rethink your decision. It's brutal out there.

I have read and been seeing posts all about that. That there is a shortage but no one is hiring which is increasing the pts to nurse ratio. All to make money. The posts that i have seen for hiring at websites like indeed.com only want experience nurses and not new grads. Again to cut costs on orientation and make more money. healthcare seems to be nothing more than a business.

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There are really lousy people in every profession- whether it be merely irritating, or just plain stupid.

Not liking stress is a problem. Nursing is a boatload of stress.

You don't just lose your license- it takes some work......this isn't directed at you, but I get so SICK of hearing about the license fairies that lurk over nurses to yank their licenses if they fart wrong. You have to do something REALLY bad (drug diversion- and fail the board's programs to help a person KEEP their license, kill someone on purpose (Andrea Yates- who drowned her 5 kids- it took about a year before someone pulled her license:uhoh3:- came out in the BON newsletter).

Med school is its own pile of horse apples. Is there a career counselor at your school? They have compatibility questionnaires/tests to help find jobs that are suited to people's personalities and interests.... don't rely on a bunch of strangers :) Good luck :up:

I actually have spoken to a career counselor and she gave me the oh yeah do nursing it is the best thing..blah...you can do anything..blah..if you want try lpn first (which would take me long as rn b/c of the lpn waiting list). I was asking on this site to get outside perspectives b/c i hit a wall:banghead:. I honestly don't know what nursing is like. I have an idea but but it might be bias based on the preconcieve notion of nursing. Of course when it comes down to it i will be the one to make the decision. I just don't want to be like, if i would have known this and this i would of went a different route. & thanks for replying

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I told you before, become a scientist. At least you have a chance to use your brains. Don't have to fear having some one that has the brains of a small turnip telling what to do. Don't have to end up with back problems when you reach my age. In my life I have cared for some scienists from Princeton. I think you would fit right in with your drive and intelligence. But for your wanting to help, I don't know. the Lakota have a way to find out their life path.

They go on a vision quest. They get away from things and people for a while. They fast and pray. I'm not saying go to South Dakota find a whole and craw into it. Just get away-alone and think. Don't worry to much with time and age. When your path is revealed to you then you can act. At 64, I'm suppose to be thinking of which nursing home I'm going into. But I'm stating on my first book, continue to horse ride every day, nurse and I play a pretty go game of Chess. The right thing will come. It's what you really want to do, not what anyone else wants you to do. If you don't like my advice, Oh well I am from a different time and space. Good luck what ever path you go.

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