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Good luck with your search! The good part is that we do have other choices in this profession. Isn't that wonderful! :-)

Amanda1266, it really depends on what you consider as "great pay." Your nursing salary will depend on which field of nursing you're interested in. For instance, hospital nurses make more than nurses in nursing homes, Agency nurses may make more than the average staff nurse, critical care/ER nurses make more than med/surg. nurses. Advanced Practice nurses make more than all of the above in most cases.

You've made me want to change professions and I've been a nurse for nearly 25 years! Own my own business, great pay.....

proudnursern that was such a cute story. i agree with roser13, you treated him exactly the way he should've been treated. i have found that for the most part, the doctors and nurses i've cared for are very humble in not letting me know their status. the ones that are most likely to insist that i call them "doctor" have actually been people who've had their doctorate degrees in a non-medical field like philosophy and know absolutely nothing about medicine! if they insist on being referred to as "doctor" then i usually break them of this egotistical habit by explaining everything to them in medical jargon (of course they have no idea what i'm talking about). they usually allow me to call them by their first name or relent to being addressed as "mr" so-and-so. real medical doctors, i've found, just want to know that they have a competent person caring for them and are just willing to let you do your job.

Assisting an orthopedic trauma surgeon in reducing an open femur fracture. Just seeing an open femur or any fracture reduced is a little nauseating! I've seen people come in from car accidents with their foot turned totally backwards and the doc asks if someone could just stabilize the knee while he/she turns the foot forward. It's just freaky!!!

If your friend has a PICC line and is prescribed antibiotics then he has to have been referred to some type of home health service to have the antibiotics administered and at least do the PICC care teaching. Although I know that some of the agencies here in Las Vegas will teach the patient and/or family member(s) how to administer the antibiotics and care for the PICC lines at home, this is not the usual case. If he told them that he has someone to administer the antibiotics and care for the PICC then usually this person is included on the first visit with the home health nurse ( the patient and caregiver are present with the nurse). If you are willing to take this responsibility, then that will have to be established during this meeting and the home health nurse will have to verify that you are competent to give the med. and care for the PICC by having you actually demonstrate this in front of them. I would speak to his case manager (they're the ones who make the arrangements for home health care) to find out if this could be arranged.