I shake my head sometimes at the young people who pass on nursing. Never mind being a new college grad — I went into nursing at the ripe old age of 44! Did a 2nd degree program, graduated, worked in it for 5 years, and now am working on a masters in nursing.
When I suggest it to a lot of them, they just shudder and tell me they can’t stand the sight of blood or some other such thing. They could EASILY start as techs, just drawing blood and being assistants, then work their way up.
I say they are EXTREMELY stupid. Nursing pays well, and challenges you at every level. Of course, you do pay your dues cleaning up poop and various bodily fluids, running your BUTT off taking care of crazy patients — but it’s a fantastic stepping stone to management, nurse practitioner, teaching, research, pharmaceutical sales, etc. ... I have a prior degree in journalism, so I plan to combine the two skills in some way. My writing background has only helped, esp in grad school.
You HAVE to pay your dues sometimes. These damn kids DO NOT want to pay dues of any kind. Either that or they’re just too stupid now to pass the tests.
I tell every lady I tutor to go into Nursing. Did quite a bit of tutoring in Biology, Chemistry, etc to get them on track for where they needed.
Just because the degree says history, doesn’t necessarily reflect the courses taken. ;) I have the bare minimum of history credits and 60 science credits. 50/50 between science and arts.