Allen Said:

Registered nurses, career help?

We Answered:

You have many options. I am a diploma nurse who went to a 2 1/2 year nursing school straight out of high school. I took the 8 required pre-req's with my first year of nursing. Diploma programs tend to give you more Clinical experience whereas the ADN & BSN programs focus more on reasearch & management, so you need to talk with your advisor & see what option is best for your future goals (ie, staff nurse, manager, practitioner, etc)
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Lucy Said:

Registered Nurses?

We Answered:

1:Maternity 2:no...PT with pre-med concentration...PT was boring, but I loved the cadavers...went in to nursing to do trauma (still love trauma), but found out I was good at OB and loved the autonomy 3: 3 years 4: Bachelors 5: Very Flexible...might mean working odd shifts. However, when the floor is short staffed, someone needs to stay, so we usually end up working more than planned at least one day a week in my field. 6. It is if you are willing to work off shifts or to work 12 hour shifts and only work 3 days/week (which I used to do). 7. At our hospital, we start around 28/hour and go up to $57/hour. With overtime and salary, that's starting around 50k/yr and some RNs make up to $120k/yr 8. I'm in MA in a city 9. It's emotionally draining as much as it is physically draining on the tough nights. It's hard to leave work at work sometimes, especially when it's a tough case. 10. The most rewarding part of my job is knowing that I am able to help people through the hardest thing they'll ever do physically, and unfortunately sometimes even emotionally, and they thank me like I did all the work. It makes me realize that even though I'm in awe of them and really THEY did the work, they truly appreciate the extra effort I put in enough to thank me for something they did. It makes the effort worth it (plus I love the babies!)