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I tend to agree that recommendations aren't all that helpful, but I don't think much else is either. I'm pretty sure nurse at least pays better than fast food w
by hotpotamus 4y ago
I tend to agree that recommendations aren't all that helpful, but I don't think much else is either. I'm pretty sure nurse at least pays better than fast food wage slave though.
- paulcole 4y agoYou're correct on this for registered nurses: > I'm pretty sure nurse at least pays better than fast food wage slave though. But very incorrect on this: > really [nursing] seems like an entry level into the medical profession Become a registered nurse is not an entry level job. It can be a job a person gets before they pursue a more advanced nursing career. You may be thinking of something like a CNA, which is much closer to "entry level": https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes311131.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes311131.htm Which doesn't pay significantly better than a fast food job and is extremely demanding both physically and emotionally.
- hotpotamus 4y agoI could certainly have picked my words a bit better - I was thinking more perhaps of nursing as an entry into a career rather than just as starting at the bottom of the medical food chain. I'm certainly aware that there are wage-slave jobs there too - orderlies, phlebotomists, CNAs, etc... My perception is also that 2 year degree nurses are seen as less than 4 year degreed nurses (and I mean fair enough, 2 more years of school ain't nothing). I'd also note that my perspective is from talking to nurses who left that specific job and moved on to other cushier, but related jobs; I wouldn't really construe that as a ringing endorsement.