Human Services Bachelors VS. Registered Nurse Certification/Liscense?

Nursing, go for the nursing. Its a skill that is always in high demand regardless, so thats fantastic job security. Nursing or paramedic training are two things Iv often considered, and haven’t written off for the future. Nurses can get work ‘anywhere’ and thats awesome. Im about your age and am at a point where Im starting to think a lot about my career at the moment and maybe steering towards something else. what exactly Im not sure yet. Im lucky I have a good earning capacity at present and one that i can travel with as i am now. Think about what it is your going to enjoy most, because thats probably the most important thing. I climb trees for a living and i love it, but i wont be able to do it for ever nor do i want to. But right now i love my job, and count myself lucky for that. So think about what your going to get the most satisfaction out of.

I agree on nursing if you have an inkling that you’d like the work. Two friends I went to school with have gotten degrees related to social work, one of those holds a masters, neither are in that line of work currently. The general feeling I get is that they were trying to do something wonderful and well intentioned but just didn’t understand how much it would affect their lives. When they started having other responsibilities, people waiting at home, children, etc. it was just hard to keep going after a long day of trying to help people who have no easy solutions. They didn’t know how it would affect those around them.

I also know one person who has been a social worker for many years, she’s a social worker everywhere she goes, she’s a mother to everyone she meets, an advisor to anyone who needs it, and a listener for anyone who wants to talk. She’s built her life around it and I’m sure finds it very rewarding but it’s not the sort of job you can just leave at work. She’s amazing.

I’d hate to discourage you from helping people if you really feel that’s your calling, but if you’re unsure now it just seems to be a career that takes a huge commitment.

Nursing is a great career as well with a lot of options, my wife is a nurse, and she loves it. Good nurses still make a huge difference in people’s lives you have options to continue on to other areas if you like and can even apply your nursing experience to social work in a medical setting. It may be a better place to get a feel for what you like while making good money and having good job prospects when you get out of school.

Nursing is a great career. I am a nurse and I love it. I will tell you it’s not for everyone though. We had a number of people drop out because they didn’t like the work in entailed in the beginning of nursing school. In nursing school, you have to learn and do the basics of patient care. This is what made the people that went to school with me drop out, because they didn’t want to be bathing patients and wiping their asses (to put it bluntly).

Once you get through nursing school, there are a lot of career options. You can work at nursing homes, hospitals, doctor’s offices, schools, for major corporations (as an occupational nurse), insurance companies, in the legal field, and others that just aren’t coming to mind right now. Overall it is a good field and the pay can be great, but sometimes the workload can be extremely high and sometimes overwhelming.

If you choose to work in a hospital, there will most likely be times that you will feel over worked and underpaid. Nurses carry a lot of responsibility and in many places, they often work short handed, and tend to care for more patients than they normally would. Also, patients tend to be a lot sicker these days (at least for adults) because of comorbidities and waiting to get help until the last minute. I’m not trying to turn you off to nursing, just telling you like it is.

If you have questions about nursing or nursing school, I’d be happy to answer them for you. I use to work in the hospital, but now I work at a doctor’s office. I’m hoping to get back into working in a hospital when we move (we live in an area that doesn’t actually have a high demand for nurses right now).

Nursing. I tried the other personally, and am currently back in school for nursing. By all means, nursing. Especially if you’re only getting a Bachelor’s in any mental health/human services field since it often takes a Master’s to get a decent job these days.