Eileen Said:

Do you ever look through a Job Listings website and wish you'd studied to be a Registered Nurse (RN)? :(?

We Answered:

Woo, I am very glad I'm going to school to be a Nurse!
:D.

Edit- Lol, yes. BUT I TOLD YOU. I have to become a Nurse first, for financial reasons!

Alfredo Said:

URGENT!! Should become an Respiratory Therapist or Registered Nurse?

We Answered:

RN-more openings all the time plus the option of going into a specialty and making butt-loads more money, like a nurse anesthetists!

Kyle Said:

Who has more opportunity...Civil Engineer, Registered Nurse, or Accountant..?

We Answered:

Undoubtedly civel Engineer

Yvonne Said:

I want to be an x-ray technician or a registered nurse. Which one should I choose?

We Answered:

As an X-ray tech, you can later train as an MRI or CT tech, which pays better and is easier--not to mention, less radiation to you. Once you're an MRI tech, you'll deal less with grief and stress than an RN will.

However, as an RN, you have the option of becoming a CRNA and pulling in six figures for doing darn near nothing and leaving all the liability on the anesthesiologist. You basically sit through OR cases and tweak dials a little this way, and a little that way. If things go bad, you page or call the anesthesiologist and get the heck out of the way. Plus, if someone sues, it's the anesthesiologist who's liable.

As an RN, though, you'll be overworked and under-appreciated. You'll have to deal with sick patients and their demanding families. People will vomit on you. You'll get all sorts of nasty things on you. This is less of an issue as a CRNA.

As an X-ray tech, you'll get nasty stuff on you when you do ICU chest x-rays and inpatient GIs, but it's less of an issue if you do MRI.

The demand for both RNs and X-ray techs are very high right now, and you can pretty much go wherever you want. Both pay well. I think X-ray tech is less schooling, but RN has the option of more income if you become a CRNA.

Personally, I wouldn't look at RN vs. XRT, I'd look at CRNA vs. MRI tech. Look at time spent to become a CRNA or MRI tech, and look at income potential, and then decide from there.

Hugh Said:

Who has more opportunity... a civil engineer? registered nurse? or accountant?

We Answered:

civil engineers are going to have an opportunity since the president says he wants to improve our country's infrastructure.
Nurses are necessary.
accountants are needed as well.

Terri Said:

Non-degree RN certification VS Associates Degree in Nursing - whats better for an aspiring Travel Nurse?

We Answered:

There is nobody in the U.S. offering a (diploma) for RN. You must mean LVN. That is one year of school with a diploma. RN is a 2 or 4 year program resulting in either an associates or bachelors. Honestly if you go LVN route, depending in which state you work, their jobs are getting phased out. If you go RN you are more valuable to the hospital/physician and will get more job prospects.

Are you in the U.S.? I would like to know what school you are talking about.

Lois Said:

I WANT TO WORK IN THE BAHAMAS AS A NURSE, AND AM REGISTERED THERE BUT THE HOSPITALS DONT UPDATE THEIR WEBSITE?

We Answered:

Pick up the phone and call them directly. Or, e-mail the HR or hiring department asking for a list of updated job openings.

You will then forward whatever paper requirements they ask for on to them either via snail mail or via e-mail attachments.

Really, people did apply for jobs before the Internet existed.