student in need of HELP........

[june B]

I'm a senior in high-school and I'm working on a project which involves researching my chosen career path which you might have guessed, is nursing. One of the requirements is to interview someone who is currently in the field. If you are in the nursing field and have time to answer the following questions, it would be greatly appreciated. This isn't just for school but it's also for personal insight and would be very helpful to me. Thanx!

Name:

Name of Employer:

Average salary of career:

1)What type of nurse are you?

2)What made you want to become a nurse?

3)What type of education and training did you need?

4)What were some of the obsticals you faced during school/training?

5)Were your expectations (as a student) met when you became a nurse? why or why not?

6)What do you enjoy most out of your career?

7)What do you dislike about it?

8)As a nurse, what problems do you see in the healthcare system? (if any) :roll

9)What are your future career plans/goals?

The End.

If there's anything else you would like to add, or if you have any advice for someone who's pursuing a nursing career -

speak your mind!

:)

[june B]

please somebody...anybody!!!!!

[soniblvn]

Name: lvn in busy er

Name of Employer: kaiser

Average salary of career: yearly 42,000

1)What type of nurse are you? lvn

2)What made you want to become a nurse? when someone got hurt in school I was always there

3)What type of education and training did you need? high school and 2 years college

4)What were some of the obsticals you faced during trying to balance job and school both I didn't qualify for no financial aideschool/training?

5)Were your expectations (as a student) met when you became a nurse? why or why not? yes.

6)What do you enjoy most out of your career? helping people in thier greatest time of need

7)What do you dislike about it? being on my feet all day and no breaks really goes for a long day

8)As a nurse, what problems do you see in the healthcare system? (if any) not enough insurance to help everybody the elderly having to pa alot for meds

9)What are your future career plans/goals? forensic nursing

The End. I hope this helps you.

[bellehill, RN]

Name: Michelle

Name of Employer: Cross Country Trav Corp.

Average salary of career: Changes yearly, this year $75,000 approx.

1)What type of nurse are you? Med-Surg

2)What made you want to become a nurse? Helping people, caring for people, I love learning

3)What type of education and training did you need? ADN

4)What were some of the obsticals you faced during school/training? Working full-time and going to school

5)Were your expectations (as a student) met when you became a nurse? why or why not? yes, I expected a frustrating but rewarding career and that is what I have

6)What do you enjoy most out of your career? The Patients, knowing I took a part in helping them become well

7)What do you dislike about it? Paperwork

8)As a nurse, what problems do you see in the healthcare system? (if any) Too few doctors and nurses for the demand, substandard care being given because that is all we are allowed to give.

9)What are your future career plans/goals? BSN, maybe NP

[june B]

Thank you guys so much for taking the time to answer those questions. Your responses helped a lot.

[Guardian Angels]

Hope this helps:

1) I am a Nurse Entrepreneur. I have my RN, BSN and BS of Psychology with a focus on Gerontology. I own a Home Health Agency, Supplemental Staffing Agency, CNA Approved Program via the Department of Education and a Mass Immunization site.

2)I became a Nurse years ago when my mother told me I was too stupid to go to a real college. It was the path she had chosen for me.

3)Diploma Nursing, and my BSN, I am now working on my Masters of Nursing Administration, (MUCH NEEDED FOR MY ENDEVOURS)

4) My main obstacle in diploma nursing school, were the trials and tribulations of being told I was too social and I should quit....I wasn't made of the "right" stuff needed to be a nurse. During my years attending my BSN, It was my married life with 4 children. Now it is the time to focus on my studies while developing business.

5) I had no expections, I never had visited a hospital, and had no idea what a nurse did.

6)The conversations with our patients, the smiles, the tears, the hugs during a patients passing. Developing uncharted grounds in nursing is outstanding and very challenging. I love to feel as if I have made a difference. I love to hear the great feedback that is given from my employees. I love my employees.....Too many answers for this short page!

7)The red tape with the Medicare departments, the walls of thinking inside the box. The money that isn't available to create new and exciting positions. The time it takes from development of a program to the unveiling and action of a new program.

8)In our area, the staffing crisis is a huge issue. The shorter HPPD's or number of nurses scheduled to work shifts. It is fewer in number than it has ever been and the patient's suffer......

9)To open a community clinic with all delivery systems involved and present. Health care at our communities fingertips. A Hopsice House.......Too many to mention. To retire with the knowledge that I made a difference.

[june B]

your responses will be very useful to me in my project.