amk8987

Thanks for all of your input, everyone! All of your responses made me feel better about choosing registered nursing as a career. I looked into the travel nursing, that would be really interesting! I'm just having a hard time trying to decide what I really want to do; scared of making the wrong decision!

Thanks for everyone's input so far! I had my mind set on becoming a registered nurse all throughout high school and then I sort of got on this idealistic mindset kick, like these quotes: “Instead of always waiting for your next vacation, you ought to create a life you don’t need to escape from.” “The work you do while procrastinating is the work you should be doing for the rest of your life" I really want to travel and experience life to its fullest...and I understand that backpacking around jobless isn't all that realistic so I need to come to a happy medium. A friend's mom was an RN and she was really stressed out about work and depressed all the time so that kind of scared me because that's not the life I want if I became an RN. So, do you all think I could have the lifestyle I want while being an RN? Thanks!

I am really interested in becoming an RN but I am also really interested in the outdoors: camping/hiking/backpacking. I don't want a life where all I do is work...so I'm trying to figure out what I want to do with my life to make myself happy; making money isn't everything to me. So, I'm just wondering, those of you who are nurses how much free time do you usually get? Do you you feel as though you are overworked and you never get to relax? Would it be possible for me to be an RN and still be able to have a lot of free time to go camping and whatnot? I've read that you can have 16 hour shifts, 3 days a week? Would that be a good idea for the kind of life I want to live?