Nursing or X-ray Tech?

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Hi,

I am looking to go back to school and change my career and I am interested in these fields. Can anyone give me some personal feedback on them? I know they are different but they both interest me. I am very undecided and would like to know if anyone has worked in both fields or can share opinions.

Thanks,

Cee :)

I have been trying to get into the nursing program to no avail. I will also be applying to the radiology technology program as well. Hopefully one of the two programs will accept me.

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Galvatron1 - are you a working x-ray tech in NYC. After school I really want to live and work in NYC. Where do you work?

Thanks

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The job market is excellent , all my classmates :mortarboard: got jobs that were looking for work. There is opportunity to go on to MRI or CT, after a year of experience and sitting for an exam. I think it bumps salary up to in the 60s K:smiley_aa. There is no cap I know of, from what I heard, you get paid in levels, via years of experience.

You can also go on to teach or take on supervisory roles, like being supv. of the Radiology Dept:monkeydance:.

Sounds like a great career, would have liked to look into it b4 nursing school but I'm happy with nursing school, eventhough its kicking my butt...lol. Goodluck, where in NYC are you, I'm in Manhattan.

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Specializes in Med/Surg <1; Epic Certified <1.

Only thing I'll add is when I was first looking in to the health care field, several people mentioned to me that one huge difference is dealing with patients..as a rad tech, you're like a photographer....take a pic, and off the pt goes -- no relationship gets established. However, as a nurse, you have a lot more daily interaction with the patients and often develop relationships with the person. (This was how a doctor explained it to me; the "photographer" wording was his, so don't flame me!!)

Otherwise, it sounds like either would be a great option...good luck!

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Only thing I'll add is when I was first looking in to the health care field, several people mentioned to me that one huge difference is dealing with patients..as a rad tech, you're like a photographer....take a pic, and off the pt goes -- no relationship gets established. However, as a nurse, you have a lot more daily interaction with the patients and often develop relationships with the person. (This was how a doctor explained it to me; the "photographer" wording was his, so don't flame me!!)

Otherwise, it sounds like either would be a great option...good luck!

Don't flame me!!!! lol. And you know nurses will. lol.

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Specializes in OR Internship starting in Jan!!.

I planned on doing rad tech when I first decided to change careers. But, the more I looked at it, the more I realized that nursing has more opportunities and better pay for the same amount of school. So, I'm trying to get into nursing school now.

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Galvatron1 - are you a working x-ray tech in NYC. After school I really want to live and work in NYC. Where do you work?

Thanks

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner:), I don't know why my yahoo email account is not alerting me to new responses on allnurses.com, even though I subscribed to this thread.

I've been sick with strepp throat & bronchitis, so I haven't even begun to apply for work yet, but all my classmates already have jobs that graduated with me in June '06.

Also, another reason I haven't applied yet, is because I have to renew my personal training license in 3 months:pumpiron: , well actually take it all over, because the org that orig certified me stop doing personal training certification, they just sell gym equipment now!:chuckle

To wanna-be-nurse: I live in Brooklyn, across the street from Brooklyn College!

To wdwpixie: Your 100% right about the differing relationships w/ pts, & in a sense we kinda r like photographers of the insides, it's an art!:wink2:

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