[2ndDivisionVet]

If you're out of work, maybe the medical field is the answer.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

My daughter is currently in Nursing School - already has one degree, this will be #2 and will pay the bills...

[Brilliant]

The problem with going into medicine is that they won’t let you in. They think that the more doctors and nurses they have, the more healthcare costs.

[sionnsar]

MI reference ping — your call

[HangnJudge]

Nursing is a very durable career

Wherever you go, you will always have a job
unless you have gotten severely screwed up...

Must be highly tolerant of bodily fluids however

[TheWasteLand]

Tough job dealing with pain, suffering, and death all day. But it’s one of the few in demand.

[JrsyJack]

Problem with Nursing is growth. You start out with a great salary right out of school, 30 years later you're making maybe 25-30K more, your back is shot and your feet hurt all the time.

[basil]

Talk about being born 40 years too soon! I hold a BSRN and back in my career days--60's and early 70's--there was always work to be found, but it didn't pay very well.

I held one job that paid minimum wage!

[Chickensoup]

If you read the article carefully it says that they treat nurses well until the critical shortage is alleviated. Then they treat them poorly and nurses leave the field in DROVES. Then it starts all over again.

Nurses are factory-workers. Like police.

Become a nurse if you want to be a factory worker.

[rabscuttle385]

*Ping!*

[RKBA Democrat]

I’m sure that if an employer wanted nurses and was willing to pay them $10-20 an hour more than they would earn elsewhere for comparable work, they would have little problem filling their vacancies. This is a shortage of nurses willing to take what employers currently want to pay.

[whipitgood]

Great job perhaps, but first you have to survive the brain damage of college. Liberal college professors can and will make your education a nightmare.

[clee1]

The problem with Nursing is the education system run by unionized educrats.

There are not enough spots in Nursing Schools. Getting one is time and resource-consuming. And often infuriating.

However, if you make it through, it is one of the most satisfying careers there is. Lucrative too, if you’re willing to put in the hours. Also relatively immune to economic conditions, as people get sick no matter what the economy is doing.

(ICU Nurse)

[Eagles2003]

When I was in college one frat house used to have parties called “Wednesday night hoggers”. It was because nurse-candidates took a load of tests on Tuesday and wanted to unwind. Some were cute, most were hoggers. A lot didn’t graduate, many pregnancies as well, they were worse than the grads.

Wednesday night hoggers were like 2:00AM at the local bar, any warm body will satisfy.

[bamahead]

My sister is just finishing up her nursing degree.

She’s about to bank.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Here’s one I ask every nurse;

Q: What’s the difference between a rectal and an oral thermometer?

A: Taste.

[BellStar]

A degree as a registered Nurse (RN), can be taken at the Associates level. This means it will take approximately two years to complete. Because of the intensity of the program, and the prerequisites required, it usually takes longer than what is indicated above. The recommendation would be to complete - at least - all the exact sciences before entering the clinical phase. This way the nursing will be the sole focus. There is a much greater chance of success by doing it this way.

In addition, an individual can also take a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN). This would take approximately four years We also make the same recommendation as we did with the (RN), degree it usually takes longer than what is indicated above to complete five or more years so get the exact sciences done before entering the clinical phase.

From a school of Nursing in Houston TX.

[Gondring]

Ping!

[Babu]

I say BS!! Not here in Arizona. My wife is a nurse, and there is a surplus of nurses here. The hospitals are NOT hiring nurses. Plus the nurses who are working are complaining because they can’t get any overtime.

Part of the reason for the situation here is that CA nurses have been fleeing that idiotic state in droves for some time and coming here. But my wife’s hospital won’t hire any more of the CA nurses.

[HonestConservative]

So funny.

The devil offers you all kinds of things too, to work for him, but non so spectacular as Chuck Whoolery!

/s

[nutmeg]

ping