nursing vs. occupational therapists

good morning.........for weeks now I have been reading these boards, this is such a wonderful site. I am so glad to have found all of you. This is my first time posting. I have been thinking about nursing school for the past couple of years. I decided to take all of my pre-reqs this fall and spring, with hopes of entering a state university Sept 2004. I know there is alot of competition, I hope with good grades, and some previous college credits with volunteering @ a cancer hospital might get me noticed. We'll see. My question is does anyone have some information about occupational therapists. Someone suggested this to me but had no info. I would like to have a backup plan in case I don't get into nursing school. Job descriptions, web sites, salary ranges, B.S. vs. Masters etc. etc. Thank you.

[NICU_Nurse, BSN, RN]

Try this: http://www.aota.org/

:)

[SmilingBluEyes]

Welcome to allnurses, MEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best wishes in your future decisons!

[live4today, RN]

melgrek......We welcome you to Allnurses.com........the place for all nurses to come and feel like one big family. :balloons:

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[melgrek]

Thank you for your replies.....I appreciate it. I'm so glad I found this site.