i'm a licensed medtech before if took nursing in 1991.i never realized i would love the job when i took a nursing job in the hospital where i'm working now.in my country, the philippines, nurses are paid verrrrrry low!but i enjoy being a nurse. not like when i used to work as a medtech,just confined in the four-walled corners of the clinical laboratory.i was assigned at the ER for 10 mos when i joined the hosp in 1999.then i was trained for 2 wks at the OR/RR and has been till now.we do all the works,including housekeeping, lifting pts,being on call 24hrs a day!i got lucky in the english exams and cgfns. now, i'm reviewing for the nclex.just got my visa last may.hope to be in baltimore before winter.just think of it as fun.i'm sure you'll learn to love the job.:)