sharebear003

Thanks everyone for your advice. I really appreciate it. I'm going to nursing school this fall and I'm gonna see how I like it.. possibly take some comp sci and accounting classes as electives (if possible).

I prefer an office- type work setting and my hope was to get 2 years of ICU experience through a fellowship and land a job within the hospital system in the informatics department after getting my masters in Informatics. However I heard that informatics will phase out after all hospitals are computerized and nursing informaticists won't be necessary. One of my mom's coworkers was in informatics and now I hear she's going to work in the Surgical ICU. I'm not exactly sure if the department was shut down but that girl HATED the bedside and I can't imagine she'd go back if she had a choice. What are your thoughts? Is administration a better choice? Are there non- clinical roles for someone with a masters in nursing administration that's not like CNO but more behind the scenes?

My parents are coercing me to majoring in nursing. I am currently a high school senior. I really do not want to be a nurse but of course my parents want to be a nurse because of the pay, job security. If I do have to be a nurse I'd want to be an informatics nurse but I heard you need experience in the ICU first. Ugh I am really going to hate my life for the first few years after college. I would much rather be an accountant or biomed engineer but nooo only nursing field has jobs available according to my parents. It's completely unfair. What can I do to cope? Has anyone else been in a similar situation and how did things turn out for you? What other options are there for new grad nurses?