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The awesome thing about nursing is you are constantly teaching. You don't just make a plan to care for your patient but you are always answering questions and teaching them how to care for themselves. For instance, I am a labor and delivery nurse. From the time my patient sits in the bed I am teaching them something. I teach them about pain control, about the fetal monitor and what the strip tells us, I teach them to breast or bottle feed and many many more things. If you are trying to pick between the two then know that you can be a teacher and make nothing or you can be a nurse which includes teaching and make a little more money. I know you will make the right decision for yourself, but I can guarantee you will always have a job in nursing and there are so many fields of nursing that you would never get bored. Blessings. Lori RN

The community college in my state has a two year RN program. You might check to see if yours does too. Now let me make a suggestion. They show you that it can be done in two years, but I have never seen anyone do all their basics and the nursing program together. I am sure it can be done if you don't have a life outside if school like work or family, but the best thing you can do is get all the basics such as all your composition, history, math, science courses, etc out of the way before you apply for the nursing program. Nursing school takes a serious commitment. I do believe anyone can do it with good motivation but the people I took classes with that had lets say physiology that semester with nursing were just sweating bullets trying to do it all. The reason I say this is because in nursing school you have clinicals to attend at hospitals along with papers to write, hours of studying, etc. It is nice to ONLY concentrate on nursing school and not have another course looming in the back of your mind. Talk with a school counselor and they can help you map out a course. Good luck. Lori

I think you would probably really enjoy labor and delivery. I am currently an LDRP nurse and I love it. We had a nurse just this year come to us from ICU and she loves it. She said that she would not trade back for anything. I agree with the nurse from above that it can be high acuity, but on the average, the majority of my deliveries are awesome experiences that have given me the chance to bond with MANY couples and to be a blessing to them during their L and D experience. You know there will be clicks wherever you go and their will be managers that drive us crazy wherever you go, but to enjoy your job while putting up with these other problems that are everywhere definitely makes it worth it. If you are feeling some burn out where you are then the awesome thing about nursing is there are thousands of opportunities to do something else. Alot of times I think we just get comfortable and don't want to step out of that zone. Forgive me for putting a personal belief here, but sometimes I think God allows us to get uncomfortable where we are because he wants to move us somewhere else and we just won't do it. Nevertheless, I hope whatever you decide that you will be happy in your pursuit. Blessings. Lori RN