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[–] REEEperMan ago 

I don't know how things work in America (or Canada, wherever, just not Europe), but I've been left with an extremely negative impression of nursing as a profession. From the people I've met online, it seems like it's not a serious career (like you'd expect from something involving medicine), but an option for washed-up losers that anyone can qualify in. The worst two people I ever met on line were a couple of morbidly obese lesbians, both with severe psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia... one of them was studying to be a nurse.

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[–] mintfleur [S] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Speaking specifically for Canadian Nurses, there is two types of nursing:

-4 year bachelors degree program, you are dealing with patients who are in unstable condition. You put in IV's and deal with medications. RN's work mainly at hospitals. Lots of biology and math involved. You need to have good grades to get in. If anything, its the opposite of a washed up loser career. Pays about $30-$50 an hour. You are able to get your masters after completing this program and work experience. A masters in Nursing makes you a nurse practitioner, and you have the power to diagnose patients and prescribe some medications.

-2 year dipolma/associates degree. You are working with patients who need help, but are otherwise in stable condition. Many of these LPN/RPN work in long term care, or hospitals. You still need to have good math skills and a grasp of biology/chemistry. Slightly easier to get into than a 4 year university program. Still pays well at $25-$35/hr.

Then there's PSW's, you don't need to have any prior knowledge in Math/Biology/Chemistry as you are pretty much assisting with daily living activities. Still an important job, but very little responsibility. Honestly this is considered the washed up loser job that anyone qualifies in. If you are in a nursing program, you can be a PSW after completing a year of school.

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[–] SleepyCicada 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

I work with many wonderful RNs and some crappy ones but on average I think they are well educated (I’m in Canada). A hospital based RN who’s willing to put in the hours can easily make 100+K-year plus the benefits, union protection, etc. NPs do pretty much what primary care providers do. There’s this one ER NP I have a borderline crush on - tall, all muscle, smart as a whip. Our ER docs ask him for advice :-)

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[–] REEEperMan 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

It must be PSW they're all talking about then when they say they're in "nursing school" or that they're studying to be a "nurse", because most of them have either only high school education or some unrelated college degree... and they're all complete imbeciles, so there's that. It doesn't surprise me at all that these fats would misrepresent their job to make it seem more prestigious.