(01-04-2011, 01:24 AM)Omniscient Wrote: Curious what specialty in nursing you have?

(01-04-2011, 01:25 AM)ElephantShoe Wrote: My major is pre-nursing and I plan on being a nurse once I get out of college. My goal is to be a surgeon's nurse, or a nurse anesthetic. I understand that I have to work my way up to those positions, but do I really have to clean peoples' asses? Or is that just a myth?

(01-04-2011, 01:28 AM)Omniscient Wrote: My wife is an RN..in case you weren't aware.

(01-04-2011, 01:38 AM)ElephantShoe Wrote: Alright, thanks for the info. And yeah, I'm from the US. I'm a freshman in college so I'm just taking general ed classes for now. I don't take my upper division nursing classes until my third year and I wanted to get some info before I really make nursing my major. I think it'll take me a while to get used to the dirty work. As long as it gets me to my goal, I'll have no problem with that.

Originally, my major was Computer Science, but I keep hearing from multiple people that the field isn't stable. Not only that, but I thought programming would just be boring. I don't really like that kind of stuff, mainly because every time I try to learn it my self, I eventually get bored of it and set it aside. I decided to switch my degree to pre-nursing because it offers something dynamic. You get to see stuff that an average person doesn't really get to see.

(01-04-2011, 01:44 AM)IamKris Wrote: Wow! we have the same exact situation. My passion was really in computers and programming. I started programming when I was like 11 or 12. That's the same thing my parents told me, computers and computer science is evolving too fast to be a stable job, they do have a point. So it took me 5 years to finish nursing. I flunked a semester because I tried to learn PHP and nursing at the same time.

I stopped working as a nurse 4 months ago and decided to try my hand a social media marketing. So far it's successful with SMM.. xD But incase this fails, there's always nursing to go back to.. The stuff you'll learn in school is the same things you'll learn as a real nurse. Try both and see which one you like more (after getting that nursing license). I am self studying programming at the moment too!

(01-04-2011, 01:51 AM)ElephantShoe Wrote: Hehe, yep. Don't get me wrong, I'm into computers, gadgets, and all that good stuff. In fact, I built my own computer. Not an incredible feat, I know, but most people wouldn't want to attempt that. Also, my entire family knows me as the computer guy. If they have an issue, they always come to me. It's great having the knowledge, but it kind of sucks when everyone comes to me. :-(

Now this really gets to me. Computer science or nursing? I have much more experience with computers, but never did I intend to actually obtain a degree with them. I randomly chose nursing as another back up plan because I heard it was stable (meaning fields are always open) and it had consistent pay. I guess I'm just going to have to float around and see what gets the best of me.

(01-04-2011, 01:58 AM)IamKris Wrote: I'd have to say, go for the nursing degree! The mere fact that you are able to teach yourself computer stuff is revelation of how easy you will get computers. I taught myself, html, css and php.. hehe..