unsurestudent

geez didnt realise how rude nurses in the us were. im not reading any more msgs because i couldnt be bothered what your replies are anymore,,yeah bsyrn harsh and not constructive at all. see ya )ps thanks to the 2 decent nurses in the beginning)

Firstly, "jesskidding" I AM a student registered nurse. Thats how we sign ALL of our documents when we are out on prac and all the assignments we do. Maybe its different where you are but that how our university in Western Australia works..otherwise what would you sign in the patients notes when youre finished writing them up?..student?..student nurse what?.registered nurses are allowed to do quite a few more things than enrolled nurses are. If i dont say R nurse then the hospital wouldnt know if a student EN or RN had worked the shift and performed the tasks or whatever. Make sense?? or still sound fishy? haha omg. Secondly, to you, if i decide to study to become a DOCTOR then i would need to study 3 more years (at a medical university) after studying to be a RN (total 6 years study) then work...and THATS what i was asking if i would need to work in the hospital..blah blah if i only wanted to be a GP instead of a hospital doctor. I have done so many practical rotations over the 3 years that when we graduate end of the year the hospitals offer us post graduate programs the following year as a 4th year of only prac and assignments year in the hospital. Maybe you wana update yourself on the latest re: registered nurses?. I finish my third year of being a student and then i get a degree and then im a registered nurse in WA. I think if you cant contribute positively to the conversation then maybe stay out of it? Anyway, thank you to "evolvingrn" for congratulating me. Appreciate the kind words. Its been hard but i think its totally worth having a degree behind your name. I am still young enough i think and maybe meeting with a career councellor might be a good idea, thanks for that. I dont really want to be a nurse practitioner as its 3 years study, i might as well do 3 extra years to become a doctor.. (except as a NP i would be at the top of the food chain and the doctor i would be at the bottom haha). Thanks to "Marina9779", so speech pathology is a separate degree. Hmm yeah then maybe I wont study that then. I enjoy nursing, i would just like to study further though, and use my knowledge that i have already to base a "bigger" career on...while i work as an RN. Ha i sound very enthusiastic dont i . I think im just going to slow down, and try nursing next year, maybe i will get more of an idea and i could specialise in :) something. I will speak to a councellor though. Thank you

HI. Im a student registered nurse (finishing studying mid December this year whohaa!). I really love nursing but I was thinking of possibly studying further and maybe becoming a GP. I dont want to work as a hospital doctor but I think its a requirement (?) Im not sure. I was also thinking of studying further to do speech pathology.. Is this a different degree or will I be able to use my Bachelor of Science Nursing degree to maybe be exempt from studying for some units of the Speech pathology degree/qualification? Does anyone have any ideas or opinions? I said no to an amazing nursing post graduate offer for next year as it would be too expensive for me to relocate at the moment, but want to save up some money and if i dont continue studying this nxt year then ill do my post graduate nursing 2013.