Mazrim

Lol sorry I took so long to reply to u all. Getting hectic in classes, finals around the corner for this semester, and I got sick for 4 days which put me a weeks worth of work behind. RES = Respiratory Therapy (I'm asthmatic), and I was interested in that for obvious reasons. As for my interests, I'm still not sure, and I know time is running out for me to make up my mind on what path I'm going to take. It's starting to stress me a little, because I don't want to end up in a specialty field no one wants or needs by the time I graduate.

Yea, I went there last night, and none of the threads I looked at (several pages mind) had anything that referred to links or urls to faq pages or informative sites for ortho.

Hi everyone, I'm still a newbie to the forums, and was considering taking the path of RN versus RES because I was told of a specialty field called Orthopedics, which deals with skeletomuscular patients and the like. Being a Kenpo Karate instructor I felt this would "balance" what I do, but a few things are looming in the distance. First, I have been reading about the state of the healthcare industry, and how badly nurses in general are treated. How bad is it really? I see lots of posting about leaving hospitals after only a couple months on the job, some even leaving the profession as a whole after only a couple years. Second, is the subject of Orthopedics. I cannot seem to find much information on the specialty field, and what it would take to get from pre-nursing student--->Ortho nurse. Any info and / or advice is greatly appreciated. This is only my 1st semester and I'm still doing pre reqs so I want to research as much of each field as possible before committing to a specific major.:smiley_ab