floridagrl2000

Thanks for your encouraging words:)

I just started my pre-req's for nursing school a few days ago. I am really starting to have second thoughts on becoming a nurse. I have always been the caregiver type and know I will be a good nurse but I want to make sure I know what I am getting myself into. It will take me about 3 years overall to get my RN (including the 1 year for my pre-req's). As of now, I have my esthetician license as well as CME (laser hair removal license), but want to make more money as well as have more respect from others in the work place. I know nurses have to "pay their dues" in the beginning (long crazy hours/days), but eventually I thought hours/days get better along with time. I want to start having kids after I get out of nursing school but how long do I have long/crazy work days? Is it better to not work when I get out and wait for kids to get older before I start working at all? Is there any hope of working part-time as a nurse starting out? Any help/advice will be greatly appreciated!

Nope. I have been a caregiver in the past, worked with kids, and have an aesthetician license as well as laser hair removal (CME). There's no question about me being a good nurse. There's just not enough of a demand for CME's in my area.

I don't plan to get use to it. That's why I want to work in more of a clinic setting where they are closed on weekends. I have other licenses that may come in handy to make that happen.

I am pretty sure I want to become an RN. Seems like an LPN is not the pay I would like since I am getting about that much already at my current job. I have heard a lot about working in the hospital setting can be pretty lousy? I want to work no more than Mon-Fri because I can only see my husband on the weekends. It seems that a clinic type setting would make more since. What can RNs do when working at a Plastic Surgery/ Dermatology/ Gynecology type setting? Is the pay any less than at a hospital? Are hospitals that bad to work at? I plan to call around some different offices in need of RNs, but any advice would be great!