wide-eyed

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1. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

   wide-eyed replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I just read this on Wikipedia: ‎"Employment of surgical technologists is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations. In fact, according to the Bureau for Labor Statistics, employment of surgical technologists is expected to gro...

2. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

   wide-eyed replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Actually, when I wrote that the image in my mind was of physically taking the bedpan from the patient's room to some other room and literally washing it out like a dog dish, as I often did when working at the animal hospital. I had no idea patients s...

3. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

   wide-eyed replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who has responded, all of this information and dialogue is extremely helpful. I'm just beginning this research and examination process, and there are so many things I hadn't considered and so much to learn! S...

4. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

   wide-eyed replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing

   In some roundabout way this feels like support for my lack of nurturing, even if that wasn't the intent. :) I'm curious, since I am clueless here, in what way you think nurses act like doormats? Can you give me a fer-instance? Is there an expectati...

5. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

   wide-eyed replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thank you so much for your input! This was very helpful. I doubt s/he intended to come across that way, either, and someone with 32 years of experience under their belt has certainly seen all types of fresh nurses come and go and has a feel for the o...

6. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

   wide-eyed replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I understand. But I'm curious if you could explain why? What is it about nursing that you think would not agree with me? I have tried to touch on all the factors I thought might be important, but there is a lot I don't know and it's that knowledge ga...

7. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

   wide-eyed replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Thank you for this information, I am not very clear on the differences in the certifications and what jobs are available to each. Just based on my past college experience, I would expect the more education, the better the options, yes? Truthfully I a...

8. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

   wide-eyed replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing

   It was a sincere post, and I don't think there's any need to be rude. If you don't have anything to contribute here but mockery, maybe there is another post on this forum where your wisdom would be better received? I am not a misanthrope and I openly...

9. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

   wide-eyed replied to wide-eyed's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I hear what you're saying about the demand for nursing being a farce, but I wouldn't intend to practice in the U.S. so it's possible wherever I'd want to practice would have more of a demand. There are many countries who will give you bookoo points o...

10. Not a caregiver type, but considering nursing?

    wide-eyed posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

    So, the basics: I'll be 30 in a couple of weeks and earned my Bach. in Journalism in 2001. I haven't used it since and I didn't want to become a journalist (long story). My jobs since then have run the gamut from vet tech to custom framer to online m...