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Old 07-24-2012, 03:01 PM
 
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I say look at OT, PT, or blind rehab. Even speech therapy is a good choice. But don't compare nursing to being a CNA, it is totally different.
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Old 07-24-2012, 03:04 PM
 
Location: southern california
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no it is not. compared to a political science degree, a jr college nursing AA degree and being a registered nurse is way beyond the poly sci grad in the bread line.
depending on your inclination and desire to be successful, RN in the military is 80 to 90 k with a hugh benefit package. full lieutenant and the best field surgery training on earth, make u valuable in any civilian hospital not to mention VA. how long if the navy trains u? less than 2 years in war time @ no cost. stop wasting your time going to fake white collar trade schools aka universities, a waste of time and money. get a trade dont leave home w/o it. nursing is only 1 trade there are many others.
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Old 07-24-2012, 03:13 PM
 
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I say look at OT, PT, or blind rehab. Even speech therapy is a good choice. But don't compare nursing to being a CNA, it is totally different.
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Old 07-24-2012, 04:49 PM
 
Location: A coal patch in Pennsyltucky
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well nurses are not very respected where I am from. They are generally overloaded, think 50 patients per every nurse. They are mistreated by patients. Sometimes if you are not the right race/gender, you will be told by the patient that they do not want you there. I don't know about you, but I could care less who cares for me as long as they take my pain away. They work odd hours and sometimes double shifts. They also have to have malpractice insurance and yes the doctors do mistreat them, on top of all this, you have to deal with other drama such as between employees and such. Yes, they do earn alot, but they work for it.
50 patients per nurse shows you have obviously never worked in a hospital.
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Old 07-24-2012, 07:15 PM
 
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Get a BSN from a good school. Most of the better schools aim to not graduate RN's but to push to to be a NP.
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Old 07-24-2012, 07:16 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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no it is not. compared to a political science degree, a jr college nursing AA degree and being a registered nurse is way beyond the poly sci grad in the bread line.
depending on your inclination and desire to be successful, RN in the military is 80 to 90 k with a hugh benefit package. full lieutenant and the best field surgery training on earth, make u valuable in any civilian hospital not to mention VA. how long if the navy trains u? less than 2 years in war time @ no cost. stop wasting your time going to fake white collar trade schools aka universities, a waste of time and money. get a trade dont leave home w/o it. nursing is only 1 trade there are many others.
You have to have a BSN to rise to the rank of captain (or beyond) in the military. This takes FOUR years.

Military Nurse Requirements
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Old 07-26-2012, 11:35 AM
 
Location: Midwest
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Yea I know its very Demanding. I did some CNA work and I just dont think I have the patience for it. I ended up putting my two weeks notice in because I thought I was going to go off on an ******* patient I dealt with one day. Had to bite my tongue literally. It was a combination of other factors also. Yes Ive considered dental hygiensit also. I think that would be a better fit for me. Hopefully.
Yes, I did CNA work very briefly. I didn't like it at all. The patients were not what I expected them to be. alot of them were miserable & ungrateful aholes


When I finish nursing I would like to work in telephone triage. I dont want to do bedside nursing for long
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Old 07-26-2012, 02:18 PM
 
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What is a telephone triage?
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Old 07-26-2012, 02:50 PM
 
Location: Plymouth, MN
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become an eye doctor (the one does the exams / prescriptions, not the one that does eye surgery)!

its a pretty easy office job, and everybody's eyesight deteriorates with age -- unlimited demand in any economy.
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Old 07-29-2012, 01:34 PM
 
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Consider becoming an X Ray Technician. The real term is Radiologic Technologist. It is a 2 year program. You give X-Rays, CT Scans, PET Scans, Ultra-sounds, mammograms(which are x rays ).

Some technical schools and community colleges offer this. There used to be some hospitals that had in-house schooling for Radiologic Technology.

Annual salary averages $65k-$75k. The doctor that reads the Xrays and makes the diagnosis is the Radiologist.
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