here i am, posting for the first time in over a year. my infrequent blog posts typically happen on myspace, but i want all my friends to have access to this, not just the myspace people
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I think you should look at nursing. For a few reasons. One yes it definately does tie in more with your long term career plans than programming does. Two and more importantly, it is a career field that no matter what is stable and will need people in. Programming can easily be hit by the economy and we certainly know where things stand in that area right now (pretty much in the toilet). So if you are faced with choosing one of these options that are not your passion and your goal is to find something that generates income for your family, I would choose the path that will guarantee you a good solid income and that you will know for certain has openings available. heck in MA (I'm in MD right now with my parents)... they are giving sign on bonuses for nurses at the local hospitals. We're talking pretty big bucks too when it comes to those bonuses! Just my two cents..
Besides.. I've had plenty of first hand experiences with some amazing nurses right now and they are what is making the biggest impact on my father's will to live right now. That's a pretty amazing thing I think...and I'm very grateful to see just how incredible these people are. Doctors are wonderful, but dang the nurses are there every single moment for their patients. God bless them!
i definitely think nursing is more meaningful than programming, so to speak. my only reluctance with it is a fear that i'll be so frustrated by working in conventional medicine, when my passion is naturopathic medicine. if i could get a job working with a natural practice, that would be outstanding. i'm afraid i'll have to work in a conventional medicine setting and have to bite my tongue constantly over things i disagree with. that's the only thing that keeps me from feeling more passionately about it.
actually, if i could become a CNW and work in a natural practice, i would be just about as passionately happy about that as i would be about becoming a naturopathic doctor.
thank you for your input :) it really helps. and nursing is the way i'm leaning, i think.
Besides.. I've had plenty of first hand experiences with some amazing nurses right now and they are what is making the biggest impact on my father's will to live right now. That's a pretty amazing thing I think...and I'm very grateful to see just how incredible these people are. Doctors are wonderful, but dang the nurses are there every single moment for their patients. God bless them!
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actually, if i could become a CNW and work in a natural practice, i would be just about as passionately happy about that as i would be about becoming a naturopathic doctor.
thank you for your input :) it really helps. and nursing is the way i'm leaning, i think.
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