Author Topic: I've decided what I want to do with my life after timely consideration (Read 25789 times)

Natural Man · « **Reply #25 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:02:40 AM »

Quote from: Schnauzer on January 25, 2015, 10:57:50 AM

More like registered nurses are well-educated people that make an hourly mean wage of $43.68 in California.

wiggs doesnt have what it takes for that path.

Why quit security? what's wrong with it?

Wiggs · « **Reply #26 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:05:03 AM »

Quote from: Natural Man on January 25, 2015, 10:55:06 AM

more like most educated people dont want to take care of dying elderlies and wipe their asses, so it's for the immigrants with no education ..

Recently wiggy was making very racist comments about white people.... would not want to be a diminished old white dude having to deal with wiggy...

Uberman, let me assure you, how I am on this board is not a reflection of how I treat people in real life. The same way a white person may feel about blacks. I look at the person first. Salvation is for everyone.

The True Adonis · « **Reply #27 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:05:31 AM »

Wiggs,

Whats the craziest thing you have had to deal with at the hospital? Any celebrities come and go? Anything that has kept you up at night. I bet you have some interesting stories to tell.

Schnauzer · « **Reply #28 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:07:06 AM »

Quote from: Natural Man on January 25, 2015, 11:02:40 AM

wiggs doesnt have what it takes for that path.

Why quit security? what's wrong with it?

Umm, because a security guard makes $24,000/year and an RN makes $68,000/year?

Lord Chronos · « **Reply #29 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:09:17 AM »

Quote from: Wiggs on January 25, 2015, 10:10:13 AM

I tend to take my time regarding making decisions that will severely impact my life (anyone should). I never thought it would be a careerfield I'd consider because of my ego. But after working closely with them for a year and picking their brains, I've decided this is my calling for the following reasons:

1. I enjoy helping people...I mean I really enjoy helping people, it's the way I am.
2. There will not be a recession or depression in this career field.
3. I get to really use my brain.
4. I make great money and have the potential to make even greater money.
5. Plenty of time off. Can you beat working 3 12 hour shifts per week and getting paid 70gs +per year and much more if you want overtime (100g category depending on the specialty)?
6. 4 weeks off and more per year.
7. Respect
8. I have a B.A. already and don't have to go to too much school to start working
9. I can work anywhere in the world
10. I still have my Post 911 G.I. Bill to go to school for free and get paid while I do it.

The career field is Registered Nurse. I've heard the test to get your license is difficult but I've always been a good student so I have no doubt I'll pass if I pay attention and study.

I have some prerequisite biology classes I must knock out before I get started and I go to an orientation next week.

I can't tell you how shitty it feels to not know what you want to do in life but not being broke or poor. I'm glad I've found my calling.

Do you ladies and gents have any additional info to add or advices?

Go and work as a nurse on a cruise ship, you can get 4-5 months off per year if you work for the right company, whilst getting paid to travel the world.

Wiggs · « **Reply #30 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:13:18 AM »

Quote from: Natural Man on January 25, 2015, 11:02:40 AM

wiggs doesnt have what it takes for that path.

Why quit security? what's wrong with it?

$14.00 per hour vs. 40$ per hour.
40 hours per week and 1 week off per year vs. 40 hours per week and 4 weeks off per week.

That's for starters

Wiggs · « **Reply #31 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:22:58 AM »

Quote from: The True Adonis on January 25, 2015, 11:05:31 AM

Wiggs,

Whats the craziest thing you have had to deal with at the hospital? Any celebrities come and go? Anything that has kept you up at night. I bet you have some interesting stories to tell.

I do. But because of HIPAA laws, I really cant. Let me reread the HIPAA laws to see and I'll tread lightly. I've been called every name in the book. Have had piss and shit thrown at me, gotten in many scuffles.

chaos · « **Reply #32 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:26:20 AM »

Quote from: Wiggs on January 25, 2015, 10:10:13 AM

I tend to take my time regarding making decisions that will severely impact my life (anyone should). I never thought it would be a careerfield I'd consider because of my ego. But after working closely with them for a year and picking their brains, I've decided this is my calling for the following reasons:

1. I enjoy helping people...I mean I really enjoy helping people, it's the way I am.
2. There will not be a recession or depression in this career field.
3. I get to really use my brain.
4. I make great money and have the potential to make even greater money.
5. Plenty of time off. Can you beat working 3 12 hour shifts per week and getting paid 70gs +per year and much more if you want overtime (100g category depending on the specialty)?
6. 4 weeks off and more per year.
7. Respect
8. I have a B.A. already and don't have to go to too much school to start working
9. I can work anywhere in the world
10. I still have my Post 911 G.I. Bill to go to school for free and get paid while I do it.

The career field is Registered Nurse. I've heard the test to get your license is difficult but I've always been a good student so I have no doubt I'll pass if I pay attention and study.

I have some prerequisite biology classes I must knock out before I get started and I go to an orientation next week.

I can't tell you how shitty it feels to not know what you want to do in life but not being broke or poor. I'm glad I've found my calling.

Do you ladies and gents have any additional info to add or advices?

You're a little old to be getting started but good luck.

Schnauzer · « **Reply #33 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:29:39 AM »

Quote from: chaos on January 25, 2015, 11:26:20 AM

You're a little old to be getting started but good luck.

No one is ever too old to improve their station in life

SF1900 · « **Reply #34 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:30:31 AM »

Good luck, Wiggs. I hope it all works out.

I hope you realize that you're going to have to keep the preaching about Black Hebrews and God to yourself, as the hospital will probably frown upon employees trying to convert patients.

Automation · « **Reply #35 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:40:05 AM »

I think you could make a good wet nurse now, no exams required, and no need to wait three years.

oldtimer1 · « **Reply #36 on:** January 25, 2015, 11:46:31 AM »

My daughter has her BSN and is working on her Nurse Practitioner degree. NP's make around 125K in this part of the country without over time. Nursing is a hard field.

A problem in nursing is the lack of standards in training. You have nurses who go to 2 year schools, 4 years school, hospital specific nursing RN programs and now individual non degree schools as a path toward an RN. Nurses who got a 4 year degree in a real college are frustrated by those who take an easy path to get a BSN by attending a night school and home courses to make the pay raise jump.

If you are in something like the telemetry wing your patient load is high and the amount of work per patient is through the roof with a lot of liability. In the course of a 12 hour day you might not even have time for lunch except for eating a sandwich in 5 minutes. A doctor sees a patient 15 minutes a day in the hospital. They rely whether they admit it or not on the nurses to call and make recommendations concerning treatment according to what they see because they are ones with them 24 hours a day. The nurses are ones who keep the doctors from killing you. Nursing is a highly technical field now.

SOMEPARTS · « **Reply #37 on:** January 25, 2015, 12:01:11 PM »

The first nurses were black. Fact.

SF1900 · « **Reply #38 on:** January 25, 2015, 12:04:53 PM »

Quote from: SOMEPARTS on January 25, 2015, 12:01:11 PM

The first nurses were black. Fact.

Mary Eliza Mahoney (May 7, 1845 – January 4, 1926) was the first African American to study and work as a professionally trained nurse in the United States, graduating in 1879. Mahoney was one of the first African Americans to graduate from a nursing school and she prospered in a predominantly white society. She also challenged discrimination of the African American race in nursing.[1]

In 1908, she co-founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) with Adah B. Thoms.This was an organization, which began striving to uplift the standards and everyday life of African American registered nurses. This organization was a huge influence in eliminating racial discrimination in the registered nursing profession. [2] The NACGN eventually merged with the American Nurses Association (ANA) in 1951. She is commemorated by the biennial Mary Mahoney Award of the ANA for significant contributions in advancing equal opportunities in nursing for members of minority groups.[3] This award is granted to an individual in a minority group. This individual must have shown outstanding leadership, as well as significant contribution in the interracial medical community.

Palpatine Q · « **Reply #39 on:** January 25, 2015, 12:28:54 PM »

That's great except you won't do it.

Wiggs : all mouth and fat blackness. And when you call him on it, he responds with more mouth and fat blackness . Probably the easiest person on getbig to brutally own

da_vinci · « **Reply #40 on:** January 25, 2015, 12:38:34 PM »

Better call Goodrum and join his bussiness ventures, dude's makin' a fortune, he could help a "brother".

Coach is Back! · « **Reply #41 on:** January 25, 2015, 12:51:44 PM »

Quote from: Schnauzer on January 25, 2015, 10:29:26 AM

You may want to consider getting your LVN/LPN first. It's a one-year program and after licensure you can go directly into the second year of nursing school and a year later have your RN. It would still take you the same amount of time to get your RN, but halfway through you could start working as an LVN if you needed cash. As a registry LVN you can set your own schedule, so you would still have time for school. Starting pay for LVNs in California is $21/hr.
Going the LVN route first also lets you experience what nursing is all about. If you find you don't like it, you have only invested one year into it instead of the two years required for an RN. That means you would also only use one year of your GI Bill benefits. Nursing isn't for everyone. You will be dealing with shit, piss, blood, and vomit on a daily basis. On the other hand it has great job security.
You may want to also consider allied health professions. Radiology techs make a median income of $56K. Respiratory therapists can make as much as $60K. Physical therapists are in demand and can make as much as $80K (these salaries are all in California; Las Vegas may vary, of course). These are all much more pleasant jobs than nursing.

P.S. As for being a male nurse (and black) you will find yourself in great demand in nursing, as hospitals are interested in "diversity" of employees.

As part of another BS revenue stream for colleges, last I read you now have to get obtain a doctorate for physical therapy (DPT). This has been just with in the last few years.

http://pt.usc.edu/Education/Programs/PhysicalTherapy/DPT/Prerequisites/

El Diablo Blanco · « **Reply #42 on:** January 25, 2015, 02:04:58 PM »

You have 10000 filipinos to compete against.

BigRo · « **Reply #43 on:** January 25, 2015, 02:07:52 PM »

wish you well with this, takes a patient and compassionate person.

El Diablo Blanco · « **Reply #44 on:** January 25, 2015, 02:10:59 PM »

Good for you Wiggs. You have nothing to lose, especially if GI bill will cover the expenses. Just take it seriously and do your best. Being black is an advantage thanks to Clinton's laws. You should easily get a job being an ex military black person.

Earl1972 · « **Reply #45 on:** January 25, 2015, 02:46:11 PM »

nothing wrong with that at all but how will you handle literally wiping another person's ass and bathing them?

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swanzi85 · « **Reply #46 on:** January 25, 2015, 02:48:41 PM »

Good luck my papolo friend

The Scott · « **Reply #47 on:** January 25, 2015, 03:14:55 PM »

Quote from: Schnauzer on January 25, 2015, 11:29:39 AM

No one is ever too old to improve their station in life

So long as it's not a train station.

Good luck, Wiggs. Remember the original nurses were poked dotted but since at least half those dots were black, you have a 50/50 chance.

Be well.

Marty Champions · « **Reply #48 on:** January 25, 2015, 03:26:48 PM »

Wiggs= first black tesla of medicine

Natural Man · « **Reply #49 on:** January 25, 2015, 03:32:05 PM »

Quote from: Earl1972 on January 25, 2015, 02:46:11 PM

nothing wrong with that at all but how will you handle literally wiping another person's ass and bathing them?

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he wont even get there in the firstplace anyway.