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id say nursing is one of those "hot majors" because everyone is saying, "become a nurse", though I believe business will soon overtake nursing. Overrated I don't know, I still think nursing is one of the most secure majors you can graduate with. I'd rather be a nursing grad than generic liberal art/humanites grad.
My mother is a BSN and was laid off from a locally well-known Houston-area clinic during the height of the recession in early 2008. I think she was doing orthopedic triage at that time. She has over 20 years experience in nursing with 2 bachelor's degrees and hasn't been able to find anything other than substitute school nursing jobs in Southwest Houston. I have heard her say that the field is "full" and "extremely competitive."
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.
Taking phone calls from patients and deciding what to do with them. The term comes from the military battlefield triage (meaning three) system, those who need immediate care, those who need care but can wait, and those who will die regardless.
We have a "phone nurse" at our pediatric office who does this, though truthfully, there are more than three categories. I do "phones" once a week or so. Some of the calls are parenting issues, some kids are sick but can be cared for at home, some need to come to the office today, some can wait to be seen, some need to go to the ER, etc. I enjoy it!
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.
I have been looking into this and my understanding is these fields are highly competitive. Much more so than nursing. You need to make sure you go to a school that has the proper accreditations otherwise employers won't even look at you. The schools/programs with the proper accreditations tend to be tough to get into even at the community college level. You need to have top grades in your prerequisite classes to even have a chance of getting in. At least that's the way it is here at the local community college.
That's part of it, but not all of it. Our office, like many offices, especially in pediatrics and family practice, has a "phone nurse". Denver Children's hospital has an after-hours call center. When someone calls our office after hours, the answering service sends the call to them.
I said there were less openings for nurses because there are so many older nurses in the field. Most of these older nurses would rather not be working shifts, have mandatory overtime and constantly have to learn new on-line charting systems. These older nurses will have to be replaced sooner than later.
Hospitals rarely lay off RNs. The only nurses that are ever laid off are LPNs.
So what college degree can you recommend that has better employment prospects than nursing?
BTW, "there for" is spelled "therefore."
Right now, there aren't that many openings for brand new nurses out of BSN. The programs that bring on new nurses are pretty full and pretty competitive to get in. Once that experience is there, it gets easier.
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.
That's what I would do if I had the brains to sit through all those years of college. Seems like a ridiculously easy job.
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