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January 19, 2007 |
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Nursing / Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN):
If you are considering this major, be ready to work mentally and physically. Do all that you can to free your time to work specifically on your major. Take any courses you can that will ease your load per semester. Even though some classes say they are only 3 or 4 credit hours, there are very often clinicals that go along with them that are 6-12 hours per week that include care plan preparation time. That prep time may also include visiting your clinical site the day before clinical to gather data you will need to take care of your patient the following day. As you advance, this will get easier. The first few classes are the hardest; so, make things as easy as you can for yourself. Pros: Starting pay is very good comparatively. Many states and hospitals offer reimbursement of tuition and books in order to retain nurses after graduation. Look into this. The paperwork is tedious, but worth thousands and often requires prior approval for course work. Having a nursing degree gives you preparation for many diverse fields without having to change your education. You can take this anywhere! Benefits are excellent. In one year, you can travel per most agency standards. See the country on someone elses' dime. Cons: Starting out, often you will be assigned to a night shift. Not to worry though. You will learn fast here with a savy crew normally and at a slower pace. You may not get your first choice of spots to work at first, but as you gain in skill level and seniority, you will soon get what you want. |
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January 14, 2007 |
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Therapeutic Recreation / Recreational Therapy:
Studying therapeutic recreation was a wonderful choice at the time. It allowed me to study something fun that could hold my attention, while learning a medical skill that would allow me to help others. The classes weren't always fun; some were serious and some professors seemed as though they made the wrong choice in studying and teaching therapeutic recreation because they forgot that therapeutic recreation had to be recreation for the clients. However, I learned how recreation activities can be used to teach patients skills that they would need in everyday life. It was a wonderful choice at the time. However, if I did it again, I would not choose this major. I've been out of school for over a year and have had a difficult time finding work in the major. Outside of large cities, there aren't as many opportunities to work in this field as the professors made it appear. Also, many employers want you to be certified in therapeutic recreation, and this certification costs $400, a large investment for someone who is unable to find work paying little more than minimum wage. While you have to like what you do, and I do like therapeutic recreation, if I had it to do over again I would choose to study something more profitable and marketable, such as education or journalism.
The pros of having a degree in this major are that your peers are usually greatly passionate about the work and about the patients and that if you live near or in a large city, there are many opportunties and various areas you can work in. The cons are that outside of a large city, the opportunities are minimal, that you require expensive certification to prove that you learned anything (even after receiving high grades through eight semesters of college and in an internship), and that many people do not offer any respect to this major. They treat it as though it is a joke, and sometimes they laugh at you for studying it. It is difficult to show the world how important this major is. |
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January 10, 2007 |
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Clinical / Medical Laboratory Technician:
Advice would be, "Study hard and try to understand what you are learning instead of bluntly memorizing it." There are some courses that need a high degree of memorization (like Microbiology/Bacteriology) but that is to be expected.
I think this is a promising field. If you don't like person to person interaction, this is a great way to contribute towards healthcare without directly interact with the patient--you just run tests on their specimens.
I would choose this major all over again, mainly because I loved looking at things through the microscope. And I like to feel like I'm helping other people.
Pros are: It's a nice secluded job, that still lets you contribute towards your community. It's in the medical field, so it's almost a guaranteed job.
Cons: Risk of infections are high if people are not careful with the specimens, there are some gross specimens like stool and urine, and you don't get paid as much as doctors (but then again, it's a short program so you don't end up going to school as long as nurses or doctors do)
In my opinion, it should be easy to transfer between medical majors (like if you wanted to change courses and become a nurse, physician assistant, doctor...) because you learn basic medical knowledge. |
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