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[tricia]

Hi everyone,
I am a pre-nursing student in Michigan, looking for advice and
guidence as I approach a career in nursing.

[santababy]

Hello, we need nurses in every corner of nursing, of which there are
many. You will never have to worry about finding work where you go
anywhere in the world. Find your niche and go all the way with your
education. It will open many doors for you. Work a while in a med/surg
unit to get the experience you need for bedside nursing, build resume
by getting involved in the hospitals where you work, and get involved
in nursing politics in your professional associations. The best advice
I can give is to get your BSN starting out. It is tempting to go for
the ADN as I did but you will find more doors will open for you with
more education, especially as you get older. I did not get my BSN till
just this past March and I am hoping to continue into a neonatal nurse
practitioner in about one year. I have only done neonatal, but wish I
had taken the advice of many who told me to do med/surg first and then
specialize. I read a report on the internet one day last week that
stated the top ten money making nursing positions (if that is
important to you) and it list orthopedic nursing. I was shocked, but
let me tell you they earn every penny they can get. It is hard
physical work with a lot of lifting.

I encourage you to stay at it and understand the physiology of the
human body and you will be able to apply "critical thinking" which is
emphasized alot in nursing school. Just go for the BSN, you will be
glad of it. If there is not a program near you then get your ADN then
enter a bridge program right away that can be done on the internet. I
got mine from Kaplan University which I highly recommend. Most of all
I wish you great success and good luck!

Laura Orr

[tricia]

tank you for the advice i appreciate it very much.

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