Career Advice

[Danth]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I need to decide IT or nursing very soon cause picking out fall classes. Is a "cybersecurity" degree worth anything or do I want a straight up CS path? Nursing is more my calling, I think, but I do have some serious issues with authority and that job puts in a subordinate position, likely forever. Everyone has to deal with a boss though and I'm willing to suck it up. As far as IT goes... I'd love to be autonomous but logic, math, and non-verbal intelligence aren't my strong points. I'm not weak in them, but I wouldn't be a prodigy. I'm stupid good in verbal.. Need input, halp!

Why is this in RNF? You seem sincere. Well...I ain't going to rant or flame.

Nursing: Do this if you want back problems later in life. Also do it if you like wallowing in blood, urine, vomit, or feces, any of which might quite often be infested with various highly contagious diseases. Added bonus, you're liable in a civil and potentially a criminal sense if something goes wrong (including easily-made mistakes like getting a med count wrong). Oh, and in some fields your charges might abuse you or beat you up and you have basically no recourse.

Think that sounds negative nancy, just wait till you run into a patient who defecates all over you then laughs, or an MRDD patient who starts gut-punching you because he doesn't know any better. If you work a nursing home and you're a woman, wear a thick padded bra because those old dudes sometimes get pinchy. Even if you don't plan to work in such facilities as a career, you might wind up in them during clinicals and may not have much of a choice.

Not telling you not to go that route--it truly is some folks' calling. But it takes a certain type of person, and you had best know what you're getting yourself in to. I know a lot of folks who do that for a living. Some of them are content with it. Some aren't.



Danth