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Bachelors degree in Community Health or in nursing
I will recieve my bachelors degree in community health(public health) in december then I will be done with school and ready to work. The problem is I dont think I will like it im not sure what I will be doing for a job and I just started an internship to find out. I am more of a structured person and I like to know what I have to do or will be doing everyday like a nurse. There is a program that I want to do but not sure if I should stress myself out after already doing 5 years of college. I am 22 years old. Since I will have a bachelors degree their is a program that will allow me to do 16 months all year round of really fast and hard school to get my bachelors in nursing. The problem is it requires that before I apply I would have to take 4 really hard classes that I did not take in college. Microbiology chemistry I and II human development. Which means after my bachelors degree I have to take all those classes which will take a year and then i can apply and wont be done for another 16 months. Should I stick with my community health degree or should I try the really hard nursing where I have to dedicate my life only to that and cant have a job?
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Both career fields are very rewarding. Nursing though is not as structured as you may think unless it is your intention to work in a doctors office. Nurses who work in a doctors office do have the most structured positions in nursing though it is also the lowest paying position in nursing.
You sound a little burnt out with school. To try and force another 2 years and 4 months of school upon yourself at this time my not be the right thing. This also may be a case of the grass looking a little greener on the other side of the fence.
Since my family has operated on the peripheral side of the medical field for some time; I've been a volunteer firefighter, my son is a career Paramedic/Firefighter and my wife works in the mental health field. Let me give you some insight to just how unstructured nursing can be.
Nurses who work in hospitals, depending on where in the hospital they choose to work in the and where they are trained to work can and do demand salaries upwards of $60.00 an hour in some parts of the country. As for being structured a hospitals nursing position is far from structured. Yes, there are certain things a nurse is expected to do and is supposed to accomplish on each shift.
Again depending on where in the hospital you are working will depend on just how well a structured day you can have. If you are working an intensive care ward there are things you must do in caring for the patients in your care; that is the structured part. Where things get disarranged is when new patients come in from either the ER or surgery. These patients do not come in on any schedule and with little advance notice. When they do come in you need to stop what you're doing, get the patient settled, then go back to what you were doing. This repeats itself all through the shift. You also have to attend to any emergencies patents in the ward may have during your shift.
ER nursing; there is absolutely no structure to the ER nurses day. When the patient shows up at either of the two entrances you need to scramble according to the nature of the needs of the patient. The same is true for a Trauma nurse which is the most important areas of nursing in any hospital and generally the most highest paying.
I would suggest you take a short break from school. Work in the field you are trained for and really get a feel for it for as I said it too is a very rewarding part of the medical field. If you wish you can take one or two of the required course to be made up at your local community college. My son did this for his degree in emergency medicine.
In a year if you still wish to be a nurse you can go back to school for the bridge course. To force yourself to go to 26 months more of schooling at this time might be more than you can take and you may end up walking away from both careers. That would be a terrible waste.
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Hey there :)
I think you should take up nursing if you are really interested in it. Because from what you have written. I think you like it. Since you said you're more of a structured person, nursing is probably better for you.
People in the medical profession esp doctors and nurses both are on the call I believe 24/7. I think probably on completing your internship you'll have a better idea about your profession.
If you want to take up nursing badly, then do finish all the courses you need to do. I mean you've come so far and you can do another almost 3 years to be what you want to be.
It depends on you - on what you want to be. If you think you can dedicate yourself to nursing profession, I think you should. But before you make a decision I think it's better to get your internship over with :)
All the best!
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