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Cyucetas, Don't misunderstand me about not cleaning up feces....new nursers wanting to gain experience will have to trudge through with the not so pleasurable things such as cleaning up poo. Nursing administration might be an area to investigate. Also, if you go beyond an RN degree and achieve a masters, you could be teaching others to clean up poo. Don't get me wrong, we need to be there for our patients and do the jobs that are required. I myself am wanting to look beyond my ADN and get my BSN. More managerial opportunities I hear if you have a BSN? (Someone correct me if I'm wrong with that statement) Specializing within certain areas of nursing has it's advantages as well.....surgical nursing, ER, ICU; but of course these area you would have to tend to your patients needs too.

I'm 38 and switching careers from being a service mgr at a Chevy garage to nursing. I am in my first year of the nursing program for my ADN. I have had the same thoughts, but I figure that we all have to start out somewhere and cleaning up waste is part of starting out and learning process. But, one of the things that has attracted me to nursing is the fact that there are other areas of nursing that I would be able to move into to help reduce the possibility of having to clean up feces. Investigate nursing to see if there might be other areas within nursing that might seam to be of interest for you. Hope this helps....