Need advice on nursing

[mdmjane]

My daughter has interest in nursing. Can any nurse share your working experience here?

[niche1]

I am a RN with over 19 years of experience. I was a Combat Medic and Psych Tech in the US Army prior to Nursing School. I would suggest going straight to RN vs LPN for school. It is much easier to go through the pain and graduate with an ADN (Associates Degree In Nursing) versus going to LPN school and then trying to go to RN school later.

Nursing School is VERY difficult. I will not kid you there. You MUST be very motivated and it is far harder than many imagine.

Nursing is NOT an easy job and while there are many rewards, before you go into it, you really need to make sure that it is something that you REALLY want to do.

Having said that, I have done many interesting jobs from working in the Operating Room to working in Adolescent Psych to PCU (which is a unit that is geared for those with Cardio-Pulmonary Diseases) to reviewing charts for Medicare to working Home Health both as a field nurse and as a Clinical Manager to Detox/Dual Unit to Private Duty for a Ventilator pt to Sales/Respiratory for a Durable Medical Equipment Company to my present job as a Branch Manager for Medi-World which is a Durable Medical Equipment Company.

So, you can see that there is a lot of opportunity for the motivated individual to fulfill many different roles as a RN.

Hope this helps.


Jack

[mdmjane]

thanks for your advice. My daughter will be joining this forum soon. I hope you could post more nursing-related posts to benefit more people who have interest in this field.

Many thanks to you!!

[w_padre]

I am a RN with over 19 years of experience. I was a Combat Medic and Psych Tech in the US Army prior to Nursing School. I would suggest going straight to RN vs LPN for school. It is much easier to go through the pain and graduate with an ADN (Associates Degree In Nursing) versus going to LPN school and then trying to go to RN school later.

Nursing School is VERY difficult. I will not kid you there. You MUST be very motivated and it is far harder than many imagine.

Nursing is NOT an easy job and while there are many rewards, before you go into it, you really need to make sure that it is something that you REALLY want to do.

Having said that, I have done many interesting jobs from working in the Operating Room to working in Adolescent Psych to PCU (which is a unit that is geared for those with Cardio-Pulmonary Diseases) to reviewing charts for Medicare to working Home Health both as a field nurse and as a Clinical Manager to Detox/Dual Unit to Private Duty for a Ventilator pt to Sales/Respiratory for a Durable Medical Equipment Company to my present job as a Branch Manager for Medi-World which is a Durable Medical Equipment Company.

So, you can see that there is a lot of opportunity for the motivated individual to fulfill many different roles as a RN.

Hope this helps.


Jack

Hi! other than this forum site for medicine/nursing, do you know any other forum site which I can get hands into some review materials for NCLEX, video downloads (I've been searching for Advanced Cardiac Life support videos especially the AHA training material) etc. I've been to allnurses.com but to no avail can't find what I'm looking for. Thanks.

[rowenalee]

I don't know what exactly you are needing but you can do your research in the internet. I'm sure there are lots of useful information you can find through researching.

[naturalimmunity]

It would be better for her to pracrice. I think that she could help a nurse in a hospital without salary.

[peterson]

I've been a hospital nurse for 9 years now. My best advice for you is that money should be your only motivation to get into this.If you go through with this be prepared to work your tail off for every red cent. It's good money, but it is hard-earned thankless money. Be prepared to be treated like dirt by doctors, patients, families, and other nurses.

[vvsjon]

My dad's doctor is at the Mayo, and the guy is excellent. Unfortunately, they say they really can't do much for him any longer. He had PT there earlier in the year, but continued to decline in spite of it. The Mayo really doesn't like to make referrals of specific facilities. The MS society had a list, but it's only of nursing homes that have actually had previous patients or current patients.

[Sanchez]

Once you are accepted into the nursing program and begin actual nursing courses, you will not be able to work full time. School nurses will take more time with his clinic, conferences, workshops, laboratories and all additional courses that you have to take another, then nursing. If your work is very flexible and you are a wonderful person, so maybe you could do. I could not know, and many nurses and students who could not.

[MissSapphire]

I'm also interested in nursing!!! I think I inherited this from my mother! I'm glad this forum exists! it really clears my doubts...

[raps]

Nursing has two faces just like other professional job out there. I can't say it is way special than other profession but it is a noble one. I can say it changed me a lot in just a short a period of time. It turned me into a diligent, responsible person with full respect to life. It taught how to move in speed cause every breath of dying person counts, and every beat of the heart is equivalent to life. Nursing is sure a rewarding job experience and doing it with the right team makes it exciting and more fun.