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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Registered nurse here. I entered nursing school back in early 2000s when all of the sudden, everybody was going into nursing school. It was tough then to even enter nursing program, you had to have a lot of prerequisites, and then nursing school was brutal. Those 0600 clinicals in am on top of studying the whole time. Very stressful and exhausting. I worked on inpatient ward- those long 12 hr shifts without breaks, when you constantly run on your feet. This is physically, emotionally and intelectually demanding job. Please don't do it for the money. It's not an easy job like you think it is. I work now in an outpatient clinic, no nights, no weekends, so I'm good now. I'm just trying to warn you before you jump into this profession.[/quote]

Very true. Fellow RN here. People underestimate how difficult nursing and nursing school can be. I have a Bachelor's degree in History and graduated with a 3.9 GPA. I went back to school to study nursing in my late 20's and was really surprised at how challenging it was (and how challenging nursing has been in general). You have to be a caring individual, like working with people and have an interest in medicine or you'll be miserable. Even for those of us who do it's tough and there are many times when I wish I went another route professionally.

Also I don't think most nurses in the DMV make $150k a year. I'm currently working inpatient and doing three 12 plus hour shifts (more like 13 hours and sometimes more depending on the day). I have 18 years of experience as an RN and last year I made $115k. [/quote]

What is the wage difference between the ones who go to community college and those who get a bachelors/masters degree (are those the RNs?)? [/quote]

RNs is a license after a board exam and an associates degree. So you can graduate with an associate in nursing and get your RN license after passing the board.

Every RN I Know makes over 100k. Sure, the pick up an extra shifts and work 4 12 hour days instead of 3 12 hour shifts. That's not that difficult given that most people i know with professional jobs work 45- 50 hours and have student loans.[/quote]

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