Nursing Career Questions

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I am considering a career in nursing, if would be greatful if people on this board would answer a few questions of mine to help me make a better decision.

How did you get into nursing?

What do you like best about nursing?

What do you like least about nursing?

How do I get into nursing.

How much of a demand is there for nurses?

Is it easy to find a nursing job?

Thank you

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Hospice.

How did you get into nursing? I'm co-dependant so the idea of getting paid to help people really appealed to me. JK! I've always wanted to be a nurse. I started at a CC and got my LPN--now doing a LPN/BSN bridge.

What do you like best about nursing? My pts

What do you like least about nursing? Demanding family members

How do I get into nursing. Check out local schools. Ask lots of questions.

How much of a demand is there for nurses? In my area, yes.

Is it easy to find a nursing job? In my area, yes.

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How did you get into nursing? I've graduated with BS in Kinesiology and got into DPT program. It didn't work out. I wanted to be in healthcare and a lot of my friends told me I should try to get into nursing. I enrolled in community college, completed micro and organic chem (the only classes I needed for nursing school prereqs) and applied to 3 nursing schools. I got accepted to 2 of them and chose a school I wanted to go to. Got my RN, BSN in 2 years and now I'm a nurse.

What do you like best about nursing?

Patient care and helping people.Opportunity to experience different fields in nursing. Opportunity to learn every day something new.

What do you like least about nursing?

Politics, nurses who eat their young, competition between coworkers, stress.

How do I get into nursing.

Find nursing schools in your area, or any school you think you'd like to attend. Contact the school and request info about their prereq courses. Study hard, finish with high GPA. It may take longer, but do whatever it takes, if you can take only one class at a time, take only 1 class. Volunteer at local hospital to figure out if you really want to be a nurse. It also could help you to get into nursing school. Private schools are expensive, but easier to get into. Public schools are very hard to get into, but with high GPA it makes you a good candidate.

How much of a demand is there for nurses?

There is some demand for experienced nurses, those that have at least 3-5 years of experience in a hospital.

But some even experienced nurses are out of work due to economy.

Is it easy to find a nursing job?

Used to be 5 years ago, but now due to slow economy it is very hard to find a job for new grads. Some grads get lucky, some keep looking and not finding a job for 1-2 years. Some researchers say that nursing job market would not improve until 2018.

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I cant remeber all of your questions. I got into nursing because my wife said I would be good at it. I had military medical expierence so nursing courses were easy for me. I like the pay best. I do not like some family members and some doctors. Poop and puke are also turn offs. The work is hard but the rewards from my pts. are worth it. Plentyof demand in my area. Good luck.

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do not go to aua school of nursing?

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How did you get into nursing?

I happened to do well in science courses in high school and yes....after speaking with friends and some adults, i was convinced nursing is a stable career and it was the most practical option for me.

What do you like best about nursing?

The opportunity to help people (cliche but true) and the clinical tasks and procedures. I also liked the theory and seeing it transpire in real people.

What do you like least about nursing?

Lack of control

How do I get into nursing.

Take the necessary prerequisites which generally are anatomy, psychology and maybe chemistry and statistics

How much of a demand is there for nurses?

Right now, not so much especially in the big cities. It depends on the state really.

Is it easy to find a nursing job?

Nowadays, not really. But like i said above, i think it depends on the state.

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Specializes in med/surg; LTC.....LPN, RN, DON; TCU.

I have an EMS background so nursing was easy. The good points are stable pay and hours ( in LTC ), self worth, getting to meet some of the most interesting people in the world, the medical community, and lasting friendships.

The bad things are nurses eating their young, unrealistic expectations ( people die), dependent of community male nurse. Male nurses are not always accepted even now.

Nursing allows you to travel so you can go where there is work you like.

Yes I would do it again.:yeah::yeah:

GO FOR IT..........:)

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I live in michigan and see lot of nurisng jobs in most of the hospitals.

But all jobs is demanding minimum of 1yr of hospital experience

I am in the process of getting my adn degree.

Can anyone tell me how does a fresh graduate nurse gain experience when all hospitals asks for 1yr experience.

Please help me on this info.

thanks.:confused:

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How did you get into nursing? Had background in EMS, so it was an easy choice.

What do you like best about nursing? Making a difference

What do you like least about nursing? That you constantly have to "cover your ass", with documentation. Its a lawsuit happy world.

How do I get into nursing. Make the decision, and then do whatever it takes

How much of a demand is there for nurses? In my area, jobs are posted daily.

Is it easy to find a nursing job? yes, in my area, you may not get $30+ per hour, but you can start out at $20+ as an RN, 15+ as an LPN

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Wow, what state do you live in? In Cali most of the nursing jobs start at $30.00-$35.00/h. $20.00 for LVNs.

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