Saaj

Thank you so much for all of your feedback. I really appeciate it.

Hello everyone! I'm new to the site. I need some advice and hope that all of the expereinced nurses\students out there can help me out. I am an engineer by profession and always wanted to do nursing but could not pursue it for various reasons. I am 32 years old. I am planning to apply to UCSF MEPN program. Here is the delimma, my first choice is to get in to nursing profession and money is not the main focus, because I am making what an experience RN makes right now. However, if I am lucky enough to get admitted, I will be giving up 3 years worth of salary + tution to go nursing school. I also have kids and family to take care of. So here is my question. I am contemplating to either pick The Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, The Critical Care/Trauma Clinical Nurse Specialist & Cardiovascular Advanced Practice Nursing. Can someone please explain how Acute Care NP is different from Critical Care Nurse field? (Nature of work,salary etc). Which track has better job outlook & growth options? I do understand that money/job growth should not be the sole criteria and that is not the case for me, but i would have to give up alot to be a nurse and I want to make sure I am choosing the right track. Any advise,suggestion or recommendation would be greatly appreciated. Thanks