to be a nurse is not just easy as eating your favorite food in jollibee or mcdonald?what do you think?
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Of course it's not as easy! Anyway, why would you compare being a nurse with eating your favorite food from fastfood restaurants? Lol.
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run like heck ......because it takes a very special person to be a nurse or a nurses aid ....loving caring and concern
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The positives are that there will always be jobs, RN's can get very high salaries and you can have flexible hours as there are many agencies and facilites where you can work "per diem".  (You can actually choose your days and your shifts.)  You can do private duty nursing where you only see one client at a time.  RNs also can go on to get their masters degree and then command an even higher salary.  You might get a really crappy job when you are done with school, but once you put in some time in a hospital or long term care (nursing home) setting and learn some more on the job skills, you can expand your horizons and go into another branch of nursing.\n  those are the pros.  The negative thing is that it is not for everyone.  You have to be a strong (emotionally and physically) person to be a nurse.  You have to have good coordination to use needles and other devices.  You have to be able to think on your feet a lot and make quick decisions.  It can be a very stressful field.  (most often it is!) It is also a major emotional issue knowing that if you make a mistake, someone could die.  (sorry if i'm being too dramatic)  And then there's the whole business of getting used to seeing people die.  When there are people that you can not help, it can be very emotionally painful too.  Mostly, the work is very hard, demanding and fast-paced.  \n    But if you are good at it, it can also be very rewarding.\n \n I have experience in healthcare, although not as an RN.  I worked in long term care as a CNA and considered going to school for RN but then realized it wasn't for me.  \n  You have to consider all the factors and then decide.  \n\nGood luck!
203552
Hmm, definitely do nursing...any program that takes longer will have better opportunities for job employment cause it requires longer investment of time.
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I think about all the other patients that have lived because of the care I've given them.  I try to save those in my care with all the newest equipment and knowledge I have, and know that even doing my best will not work all the time.  In the end, I get down on my knees and pray for strength to work the next day to a profession that clearly requires a heart full of compassion for the sick and which some times is not fully appreciated by others. So, from a NURSE....Thank you.
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Nursing is an excellent career choice if you have the ability to block out negative energy.  I nursed for 4 years and had absolutley no problem at first, but once i started seeing so much pain and suffering day in and day out, i could no longer separate my job from my life and found myself sinking into a depression thinking about all the people that I had seen suffer and die.  Unfortunately I could not get the good to outway the negative anymore and was forced for my own sanity to quit doing what I loved.
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I think Maid Marion needs to find a new career. I'm a Dental nurse and love my job. I meet lots of new people every day, get a chance to help them, work with other likeminded people. Give stickers out to make kids happy. I love doing the surgical work, I know that what I do will make a diiference to that patient. Being a Dental Nurse isn't just a job it's a career and if you can't stick it GET OUT!
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Nursing is definitely in the top FIVE, blissfully...\n\nThere's such a major shortage of nurses through out the country, it is unbelievable :-(\n\nAs a nurse you can go into Pediatric, Geriatric, Podiatric, Medical/Surgical nursing --there's even Forensic nursing.\n\nThe possiblilites are endless :o)\n\nI do hope you make the wonderful world of nursing your final decision!
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Being a nurse is probably more honorable and more rewarding.\n\nBeing an Engineer is certainly easier. (Very few are ever right but they all think they know everything)\n\nThe question becomes; Can you handle the sickness, death, blood and other tragedies that you will see. When a nurse gets home at night their spouse does not want to have dinner conversation about most of what happens in a hospital.\n\nI admire nurses, I do not have a tough enough stomach to do what they do. Do you? Any one can be an engineer. I know,\n\n I r 1
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well with nursing you have night shifts and a job pretty much when ever you want. with business there is more money but everyone is in business so its harder to get a job. and then you have to think hours on your feet if you dont mind long hours then go for nurseing.
201847
i don't want to be a nurse
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My brother is a nurse. He likes it because he is always in demand and therefore he can select when he wants to work. \n\nI think he does it because he have a very positive attitude about life in general, likes to help people and feels what he does really makes a different.\n\nOh, and the money not bad.  He has  four kids and put his wife through medical school.
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well it depends on what kinda work you wanna do. Like if you want to be an LPN, i would suggest becoming a CNA, then you could experience working under an LPN in a nursing home or hospital. Thats what i did and having that kinda experience makes it look good when you go to collage to become an LPN or RN and is actually required to get into a nursing program in most places.. Plus its nice to add that to your resume..
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I am a nurse and I actually work with a doctor who was a mechanic and now is a ER physician.  He loves those old Volvo's and drives on to work daily. \nAny ways.  You can be an RN in 2 years or 4 yrs.  When I went to nursing school, they were encouraging everyone to get 4 yr degrees because they said the 2 yr degree would phase out and become obsolete. No way!!! There is such a shortage of nurses they are begging them apply for jobs.  The difference is about .20 cents an hour where I work between a BSN prepared RN vs a AAS nurse. \nI make about $26 an hour now and I have been in the same job for the last 11 yrs with no plans to leave. \nIf you want to be a hospital nurse, you have to be able to tolerate a lot of peoples differences and understand its not about passing out BonBons.  It is very hard work.  I dig out impactions, give enema's, I have had vomit splattered from my hair to my shoes and always keep an extra set of pants in my locker in case someone poops, pukes or bleeds all over me. We have patients who come in with pneumonia and their trachs are bubbling out yellow green mucus and everytime they cough, you are better off to have a pair of goggles on.  We take care of a variety of infectious diseases and see everything. I could go on and on and on. Just realize nursing is not the glamour, its very hard work and you work on holidays, weekends, and they say the older nurses tend to "eat their young".  \nWe would love to have you though. My favorite male RN left a degree in forrestry to do t his, and you can too.
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I had a nurse once... AND I DO NOT MEAN THIS RACIALY AT ALL.... she was a sweet older africal-america lady. She was so very conferting to me and made me feel like "everything is ok sweety". I loved her!! She got me throu some real hard days.But she still made me do what I was suppose to.
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well, when I was thinking about being a nurse I decided to go to my local hospital and volunteer. This way you are exposed to different situations, see what goes on day to day in a hospital, you can ask questions of the staff. Most of all if you do check in at the ER you can see if you get panic over extreme blood or wounds. The added plus is you are also helping your community this way\n\nI decided not to become a nurse because I found out I passed out at the sight of blood :)
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not really. i go to a school or rather a college that challenges me both physically and mental. i'm a student nurse and i have to put the theory i learn in class into practice a lot.