Your nurses of the future.

[juiceddreadlocks]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Your nurses of the future.

interesting. would you be going into General Practice then?

if i was a doctor and had all the doors open to me i'd rather study either sleep or intellect.

my entire existence hinges on two things


my squat max
and my mcat score

not necessarily in that order either.

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

I think that there are unattractive overweight smokers in every career path-- that's just part of our society. If most of our population is ignorant about diet/training and is overweight, then of course there are many nurses who would fit into that category. There are a lot of homely ignorant accountants too.

agreed wholeheartedly. the school i go to is primarily a PT and teaching university so there is an excellent female/male ratio. therefore the unattractiveness generalization about nurses is greatly exaggerated due to the amount of nursing majors at this university.

 

[Lao Tzu]

\The consensus however, was that the people in that ASN program looked at it as their "last chance" and made the absolute most out of it. .

true. this applies to me too. and maybe biteme though he is studying for an LPN.

 

[danielson]

I love hot nurses wearing those V neck Scrubs..
Especially when they lean over the bed to check you over..

I think many of you don't have a clue as to the amount of medical and technical skills nurses must have today.
It's no longer just taking vitals, changing sheets and bedpans.

They are required to know and do things today that only Dr. did in the past..

uh huh, some specialised nurses get to the stage where they have knowledge exceeding that of a junior doc (in their specific field), and if you specialise as a nurse in a growing field with little attention devoted to it (ie.g. lymphoedema) you can make lots of money.

i didnt realise so many on here were in the healthcare field...nice to know.....also the thought of raina in a nurses uniform is giving me palpitations

 

[biteme]

true. this applies to me too. and maybe biteme though he is studying for an LPN.

Yeah, I couldn't stay out of work full time for the 2 years it would take to get the R.N. I plan to get the LVN, work on the weekends and get the higher pay and then bridge into a BSN. You're automatically accepted into the BSN program after you complete the LVN unless your grades are very low.

 

[Lao Tzu]

Yeah, I couldn't stay out of work full time for the 2 years it would take to get the R.N. I plan to get the LVN, work on the weekends and get the higher pay and then bridge into a BSN. You're automatically accepted into the BSN program after you complete the LVN unless your grades are very low.

thats good. the BSN is probably the best route too. i dont know if its the same in texas but here in indiana everyone ive talked to seems to agree that the ASN is much harder than the BSN. Youre smart and if you want to go into anaestheology school someday that BSN GPA will help you out.

Is the LVN/LPN a 6 month program in texas? its 12 months here.

also working nights pays better too. Plus nights are slower. So nights & weekends will give you better pay.

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

thats good. the BSN is probably the best route too. i dont know if its the same in texas but here in indiana everyone ive talked to seems to agree that the ASN is much harder than the BSN. Youre smart and if you want to go into anaestheology school someday that BSN GPA will help you out.

Is the LVN/LPN a 6 month program in texas? its 12 months here.

also working nights pays better too. Plus nights are slower. So nights & weekends will give you better pay.

there's a program here in arkansas through baptist medical and UAMS where you go through and get a 2 year RN and then if accepted through uams in a year or so or maybe a little less you can get a BSN.

 

[Lao Tzu]

there's a program here in arkansas through baptist medical and UAMS where you go through and get a 2 year RN and then if accepted through uams in a year or so or maybe a little less you can get a BSN.

here in indiana you can transfer an ASN to a BSN in 18 months. However, if i ever got a BSN it would solely be to get into grad school and since a BSN is only 36 months total i guess i'd rather do that, start from scratch on a BSN since the pre-reqs are the same and my GPA would go up.

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

here in indiana you can transfer an ASN to a BSN in 18 months. However, if i ever got a BSN it would solely be to get into grad school and since a BSN is only 36 months total i guess i'd rather do that, start from scratch on a BSN since the pre-reqs are the same and my GPA would go up.

if my aspirations to become a physician prove to be too lofty for me, i will enroll as a nursing student (BSN undergrad degree). at that point my electives would be able to serve as a means to finish out a chemistry degree and work closer to being able to go to a dietetic internship program. working as a PSG tech, if you take the board exams, which suprisingly enough everyone i know that does this work has not done out of just not wanting to study, you start out somewhere between $20-25 base with a mileage and weekend differential also. all you do is watch a cpu all nigth and study, well thats all i do. you also get paid anywhere from $25-55 dollars per study to "score them" so its not unrealistic to make 70k a year working 4 nights a week or 5.

 

[Raina]

I think that careers in health care are great job stability. The baby boom generation will get sick and die in my lifetime.....working in the health field will pretty much gaurantee that I can always find a job. My hope also that once I'm an RN I can work less normal 9-5 hours. I'd rather work 2-3 really long days at night. My main plan is to get this degree, finish up the last year of my other 2 BAs, and then keep going to school after that learning more about whatever catches my fancy.