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nursing?
I'm graduating high school in june 2011. I can't choose between majoring in nursing or fashion merchandising. I know thats a big difference but I see good things in both. I love fashion and am really interested in the business on the other hand I feel like I should help people in life and being a nurse would do that. The only problem with nursing is I don't know if I could deal with wounds and stuff like that but I also no it's a good career with many job opportunities for sure. I just don't know! What do you guys think? or offer any info on nursing and fashion if you have any too :)
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Either is a fine choice, but when it comes to future opportunities, nursing takes the cake. There is a nursing shortage, salaries are good and I think demand is only going up with aging baby boomers, changes in health care, etc.
There are many different kinds of nurses, and only a few of them are going to face injuries on a regular basis. Further, you'll have training and exposure before you are expected to manage anything on your own.
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I can't help you make a decision as to which career to chose but I do have a suggestion as to how to find out if you can handle some of the things a nurse would have to handle.
If your community has a volunteer ambulance service or volunteer rescue squad look into whether you can join them or if you can do what is called a ride along with them. I am a member of a volunteer rescue squad and I can tell you the things we see no nurse ever sees.
We see the patients at the point of the injury when they are stuck in their cars, crushed under things, burned by burning buildings. By the time the patient gets to the hospital we have dressed the wounds and cleaned them up a bit. Yes the wounds are still ugly but you don't have the background that we work under to add to the ugliness of the wounds. Some of the patients we treat never make it to the ER; they end up at the morgue which is the real tragedy of what we see.
If you can handle what we see you will make a great nurse. Also being a member of a rescue squad will look real good on your application for nursing school. In the last ten years my rescue squad has had 4 members go on to medical school and untold numbers go on to nursing and paramedic schools.
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You need to look at it realistically. It's harder to have a career in fashion than it is in nursing. Even with the best marks, portfolio, education and internship nothing is a given re: making a living from it alone.
With nursing you have a ton of options available and demand for people with that kind of training as you are a specialist. Granted right now the medical field is flooded with nursing graduates and the economy bad but by the time you graduate you should be fine.
As far as wounds go I'm sure it's a part of the gig that isn't pleasant. However, after you encounter one scenario over and over and practice treating people you'll almost become numb to it. I think that's the only way doctors can function and not let things bother them.
If your life's ambition is to help people who need help or can't help themselves sometimes than it's a no brainer about nursing. You really can't affect and help countless numbers of people by designing a clothing collection.
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