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I make 11.55 on weekdays and 12.55 on weekends....i get benefits and tuition reinbursiment...pretty sweet deal compared to others i guess. Idk if working in a hospital compared to a nursing home is different pay?

Hello all! I have been reading all of your posts and thanks so much for you imput! I have been thinking alot about this decision lataly and I am planning on job shadowing a rad tech and know that the hospital I am workin at has a program connected to my college for rad techs so it would work out. However, I am giving nursing a chance. I am goin to work in the hospital over summer and finish clinicals and If i aboslutely hate it I will go to school again for radiology tech. I know there will still be stress and some of the same issues but at least I wont be soo nervous to go into work. I mean I am not even a nurse yet and i am nervous something bad will happen or what is going to happen when i walk into a room. and some ppl are SOOO unappreciative. Even the nurses at times. I understand their busy but I am new and i have 20 patients to help instead of 5 (even though i know i dont give meds and important things like that- but when a patient messed the bed and i have to clean and change their bed, that takes a while and sometimes i fall behind) when that happnes and then you go into the next room and someone just starts yellin at you because you were gone for so long i just want to cry. I take things way too personally I think and feel personally guilty when care isnt being done to the best. I even woke up in a sweat at 3 in the morning the other night because I suddenly remembed me and the nurse forgot to put the bed check on a patients room and I ended up calling the hospital and freaking out haha. But yeah I love to really observe and think about things and patients and i do nooooot like being rushed. And with rad tech I feel like I can do a little bit more of that. Plus theres not so much personal things involved with it and I wont get so hurt by wat the patients say. But on the other hand I know after a few years of nursing I will catch on and get thicker skin. So we shall see. Ill keep you all update and thanks for your imput!

Well if you want to get your Bachelors in Nursing you have to apply to a 4 year college that offers nursing as a major. Usually that involves 2 years prerequisites and then application to the major (clinicals). Then once your in clinicals your in there for 2 years or so and you graduate. I am not sure what you mean by you dont know how to get involved with nursing but hope I helped:-)

Hello, I am new to this webiste and I have been reading ALOT on it lataly because I am a PCA in a hospital right now on a surgical unit and in nursing school and I know how busy it can get and frankly, its nice to come home and relate to people on here. Makes me think I am not the only one out there who is stressed!:-) However...lataly Ive been reading these posts and I have been coming home from work stressed everynight. I am starting to rethink my decision as a nurse. I mean some days are great and I feel like this is what I want to do, but other times im nervous to even go into work and I get so frusterated that I cant give the best care because I have 100 other things to do. My question is do you think I should change my major while I still have the time? Do you think a career in radiotechnology or something in the health field just not nusring would be better? I read your posts and it seems like everyone has bad days all the time and that their health is suffering because of all the stress. I feel so bad for these nurses and I admire every one of you. But i dont want to go through life unhappy. On hte other hand if i change my major i feel like Ill be so sad and defeated, i havnt even given it a try yet really. I dont know just thought id see what ya'll think!:) Thanks..

Hello! I am new to this website and so far I absolutely love it! So much to read!:-) Anyways, I just started at a hospital a couple weeks ago as a new PCA on a surgical floor and so far I love it! Well, my first couple weeks, even though I love it, has been a struggle. Sometimes Ill get stuck in a room or something will happen and I cant get everything done and it just becomes a mad house...not to mention that I dont know where everything is yet, let alone what to do in certain situations. In CNA class they dont teach you about NG tubes, JP bags, colostomy bags, etc...they also dont teach you alot of things that nurses require from you like clearing IV's and other things which I am all learning now. My question is what do you nurses think of new PCA's? are they usually slow? What can i do to improve? are their any tips or tricks I can use? I so badly want to be a good PCA but sometimes I just dont know things and it takes me a couple times to actually learn it, and when its a hectic night i feel like a bother asking the nurses....well if you can provide feedback thatd be great! Thanks:-):loveya: