Travel Nursing.....Just wanted to hear about disadvantages and advantages of this career!?
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Pro: free travel, get to see lots of the world, really good pay\n\nCon: Have to keep learning, lots of differnet ways to do things in other countries, you move around a lot, need to be very self sufficent
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RN.. better pay, benefits, choices on where to work
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There are a few things. One major one is nursing. There a numerous schools that have a 2 year RN (register nurse) program. RN's work shift work (not your mon-friday crap). The job is very rewarding and has many options for continuing your education through the hospital you may be working at. Another, still in the emergency care field, is a paramedic. A two year program is a basic degree for a paramedic.Again you'll be working shift work. But a much more exciting job if you ask me. Normally you'd be running a 24-48 schedule. Which means you'll work for 24 hrs straight. (Including sleeping if there are no calls.) Then you'll be off for 48hrs. So you end up with 2/3 of the year off!!! Either way there are plenty more options but those are just two careers that quickly came to my mind.
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I know three women who are in the process of going from LPN to RN.  The one who is somewhat ahead in her classes says it significantly easier going from LPN to RN that it was getting the LPN in the first place.\nThat's the extent of what I can contribute to your question other than good luck to you!
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advantages\nnew experiences\nnew climate\ndifferent change of pace\nnew perspectives\n\n\ndisadvantages\nmore money\nmore loans/debt\nmay not like it and then have to move back transfer which can be stressful and take time
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I have been a registered respiratory therapist for 17 years now. The job can be very stressful depending on which type of facility that you work in. You must have a strong stomach because some of the things that we do can be quite disgusting; such as tracheostomy care and suctioning sputum. The job can also be extremely tiring physically because of all the standing and walking within the hospital. The nursing field pays a little better. One thing that does bother me is that the nurses seem to have some direction over the therapist when it comes to the patient and sometimes try to overide our decisions. Overall, it has been a good career but I don't think I would go back into the field again if I could do it over.
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The only thing I can say is keep your eyes on the prize!  You want that second degree for some rational reason, or you wouldn't be putting yourself through the stressful (yet gratifying) pursuit of higher education.  I got through nursing school (my 2nd degree and 5th and 6th years of consecutive college) by knowing that I was getting married as soon as it was over, and I was going to work in a pretty cool field.  I was so sick of school when I was done, but so glad it was over with.  I had a nice 3 year break to work full time before I became a full time student again for my masters degree.  It's daunting and stressful, but I really want it, so I work for it.  You have to do what you have to do.  If you really do feel burned out, you probably aren't learning the material well, and the whole point of school is to learn, not just go through the motions.  Just be sure that it is ok to miss a semester with your program.  I know some programs have a pretty strict schedule from semester to semester and it can set you back pretty far if you take one off (like a spring class is a prerequisite to a fall class, etc).  I liked the advice someone else gave about working in a field related to what you're studying.  Not only will it help you realize if you still really want to pursue it, but it gives you real world views on the field and something to put on your resume.  Then again, if you feel the only way to spend your time off is something fun and crazy like backpacking through Europe for a few months, more power to ya!  You're only young once.  Good luck with your decision!
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Well, I went to school for Hospitality Management for Hotel and Lodging. There are alot of benefit in this career but it takes alot of hard work to get to where you want to go. Basically, you have to be available 24/7. However, you get great benefits, medical, dental, hotel *it all varies by the company* I hope this info will help you out. Check this site.
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I am an anesthesiologist, and wouldn't trade my job for anybody's.  Congratulations on making a smart choice!\n\nResidency sucks, no matter what specialty you choose.  It is the price you pay for becoming a trained doctor.  We all did it. \n\nAnesthesiology is great.  You really do make a difference in people's lives.  You can be their comfort in times of stress.  And you NEVER have to find them a nursing home, tell them they have cancer, or that their baby is dead.  We get out of a lot of the crappy things that go with medicine.\n\nYou alleviate pain.  You reassure them that they'll do just fine with the surgery.  You will make hundreds of friends on the obstetrics ward - laboring women with functional epidurals are among the most grateful people in the world.\n\nWhen patients ask if you are the one who is going to put them to sleep, tell them, "yes, and keep you alive and wake you up again.  Anybody can put you to sleep, but the other two things are a bit trickier!"  Be excellent at what you do, be friendly, be caring... patients will start asking your name if you do these things.\n\nYour life *will* get better.  I am the mother of 3 kids (2 were residency babies - kept me out of the ortho rooms while I was pregnant!) and now I DO have time to run them to dance class, help with homework and go to their school band concerts.\n\nYour career can be anything you want it to be once residency ends.  I haven't been on call since 2001.\n\nHang in there.  Life will get better!
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The part I enjoyed most was the actual bedside care. The important part is to give 100% to each patient when you were caring for them but to not leave behind bits of yourself emotionally with any patient. If you become too attached to any patient then you cannot effectively work in an emergency involving them. Also when you go home at night, don't take the job home with you. Think about things other than your patients or the job when you aren't on the job. To be able to give 100% on the job, you need to be fully rested and alert each day when you report for duty.
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I have worked as an RT for more than 35 years and I have worked in various areas in the USA and I worked in Saudi Arabia.  Basically my pay has been comparable to that of an RN.  Whenever we deal with humanity and especially closely involved with life & death situations....it can be extremely tense at times.....but I also have a lot of fun with my patients and my co-workers.  Honestly...there have been tears..tears of laughter and tears of sadness.  Rarely am I bored!  I like that I am working in every area of the hospital, because I like working in smaller hospitals.  In larger hospitals RTs often are assigned to a specific area.  My preferences are the ICUs and ERs.  RTs do a lot of work in cardiology and I am fascinated with this. \n\nAs hokey as it may sound, I love being part of a team....nurses, nurse techs,Drs, lab, xray, housekeeping.....they all...truely raise me up to be better than I am.  \n\nRight now you are being challenged in school...as an RT you will be challenged personally, physically, intellectually and emotionally to reach beyond the beyond.....often on a daily basis.  Get ready for the real ride of your life when this part of your education is finished.  By the way....your education will NEVER be finished.  Matter of fact, you have only just begun! \n\nLook, right now concentrate on graduating and then when you get to work as an RT, keep your mind open, work hard and be the best you can be.  Good luck!!!\n\nThank you for asking the question.....I loved answering!!!!
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I'm not a nurse, or a medical professional of any kind for that matter but I have a suggestion.  I know that in the places where I have worked we always had someone in charge safety and/or safety inspections.  If you could get your hands on that persons check list (i.e. things they are supposed to check or look for) I would think that would help you.  If I missed the point entirely just ignore this.
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I'm so glad I found this question. I am a nurse.\nPros\n1. Good money. That's what we are all looking for isn't it? Good compensation.\n2. Good health benefits.\n3.Touching someone's life making a difference. It makes you feel good inside.\n\nCons\n1. For the money you bust your butt.\n2. Lots of lifting you ache after a long days work.\n3. You give up holidays\n4. You give up weekends but you get compensated for them.\n5. You work lots of overtime because if someone goes sour on them and it's near the time to leave you can't say."Hold that heart attack I have to go home now."\n6.Lots of icchy yuky things to clean up.\n7. Exposure to lots of germs\n8.You have to drive to work in snowstorms no matter what. People don't go home just because it's snowing out.\n9. Complaining families and patients take their illnesses out on you.\n10. drug seekers constantly screaming for pain meds before they are due. When you finally give it to them they are high as a kite.\n11. Lots of people wanting to sue you.
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I am not sure but if you contact some of the nursing schools in your are they can most likely send you a brochure.  And if your interest takes you out of the country, make sure your passport is up-to-date and before you go research some more to see what is out their for you, be blessed in your search
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My dear friend. dealing with money makes more money.  you can never compare accounting jobs with nursing services.  nurses are humanitarians in nature, getting a good nursing job will have to be a big huspital or setting up your own esterblishment, and that does not come easy.  but when you are an acountant, you can work anywhere including a huspital.\n\nMoreover, you can work elsewhere while you operate your own little business.  accounting experience help you to do more business than any other field.\n\nSO GO FOR ACCOUNTING AND MAKE PLENTY OF MONEY.
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I was a female in the navy for 4 yrs. I learn a lot and had great fun doing it. The freinds you make in there last forever and it is a different kinda friends too. More special I would say. I got out in 96 and still talk to a few of my closer friends. As far as jobs no it didnt help me in a way, the job I had was an operational specialist. radar, navagation, and that kinda stuff near the bridge of the ship ( top ) If I had it to do over again I would make sure that the job I got was one that would trasfer to a civilian job. Which mine didnt. But having been in the Navy looks great on resumes.I will never regret my choice to join. What an andverture. traveling was the best. Singapore, Guam, Hawii,Hong Kong, Germany, Persian Gulf, Dubai let alone the states. I would strongly recommend if to a female for sure, specially if you have no outlook for college or anything like that. Cause I didnt even want to think of college.. So I hope you choose what is good for you and have fun doing whatever it is that the future stores. Best of luck to you
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I have worked with more than my fair share of Filipino nurses in hospitals and nursing homes. I was NOT impressed with their nursing skills, and especially not with their interpersonal skills. There were a few, of course, who were wonderful, but many held grudges and were not honest when questioned about what was bothering them. I also found them to be cold and unsympathetic  with patients in pain, those needing diaper changes and slow in responding to call lights.\nThe best advice I can give you is to be friendly, cooperative, and sympathetic. Patients are your customers, and they are the reason you will have a job. Respect them and treat them, and your co-workers, with kindness and respect. Just because you asked the question, I think you'll probably be a good nurse, because you care.