Question by CJ: What career is better nurse or firefighter?
I am about to go to college and ive narrowed my career choices to two which are nursing or a firefighting, I heard nurses are sometimes better paid but I was told by my friend that male nurses have a difficult time finding a job since female nurses get the job more often is this true do male nurses have a difficult time getting a job should I go with firefighting plz help? Would appreciate opinions
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Answer by fruity.dude
umm….firefighter is worse because you inhale a lot of smoke,you have a good chance of dying if you have to go in and save people,and you don’t get payed as much…
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Question by Brad: Which career is better? Nurse Practitioner or a Physician Assistant? What are the salaries for both jobs?
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Answer by .
I just asked the PA I work for that question 2 days ago…Here is what he said
He said they make about the same salary..PA may be slighty higher pay, the difference is that a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner works independently, while a Physician assistant works under the direction of the Doctor. PAs go through more schooling
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Question by *Honey and Cherry*: What college is really good for a career like nursing?
Details pls
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Answer by cloveryer
theres a college in upstate ny for nursing
also villanova
but i really only know ny ones lol
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Question by Taylor Hensley: college and nursing career?
this next year im graduating from being a cna (certified nursing assistant) after this i want to go off a university and i want to stay in the nursing career. what career should i go for. i don’t want to go to a community college because i want to get away from my parents. what do you think i should do? any input would be great!! thanks 
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Answer by Val
Continue to Bachelor of Science in Nursing. A BSN typically takes 4 years to complete successfully. A BSN degree is offered at many of the California State Universities and a number of private colleges as well. A BSN will help graduates of nursing programs in California advance into administration as well as secure more specialized practical duties.
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Question by chunkylover: what’s a better career choice? medical lab or nurse practitioner?
i am going to hunter college next year but i need help deciding on a career choice. i am interested in nurse practioner or medical lab degree.both are masters degree programs. i am a high achieving student and i love to learn. i know the availibility of nurse practitioner jobs but what about medical lab jobs? are they very hard to find? am i better off pursuing a job as a nurse practitioner?
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Answer by kc
I heard np’s have it great because they have a high degree of autonomy, can write prescriptions, are well-paid, and are needed pretty much everywhere (as you mentioned). My aunt is an np, and she says it’s the closest thing to being a doc without going to medical school or doing osteopathy. I’m not sure a medical lab job has as many perks, especially if you’re a people person…
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Question by k.webb: I want to start a nursing career with just a high school diploma. I don’t want to take any basic college?
classes that don’t lead me directly into the nursing field. I might be willing to take them later on for advancement. Right now I want on the job training in nursing withiout college. Once I get hired doing something in the job field, I will continue my education. YOu see, I work full time and have a family. What do I need to do to get the ball rolling? I just don’t have time right now for algebra, but I definitely need a better job. Anyone help?
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Answer by humphrey
Nobody will hire a nurse without training. Go to school like all the other future nurses.
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Question by hittenbontakun: What’s a great alternate career for someone who took up Nursing in college?
Got forced into taking up a BS in Nursing when I went into college for the most part, so obviously it’s not really my thing. Now that I’m a graduate though, I have the freedom now to do what I want for a career.
Just to make sure though if I was really sure about taking up another career, I worked for about 6 months after graduation as a nurse, and confirmed it to myself afterward that despite the financial stability, the whole thing just didn’t appeal to me as a long term career.
So anyway, I’m looking for something that’s related into computers/ technology, but can be tied in also with the medical knowledge I have accrued from Nursing. Any careers/ jobs that come to mind that fit those details?
I looked up Nursing Informatics also, but it says that I need years of field experience for that, something which I really don’t really find fond of going through.
If any of you are working in that field though and have some insight on whether this is true or not, I’d really appreciate to hear about it from you.
Thanks again for any help that I may get here.
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Answer by Audrina
I have loads of respect for nurses, they have a hard job, but still many peeps are attracted to this job. I uncovered some good instruction on the website in the box below, it guided my sister to embark on the road to becoming a nurse, she is in her first semester of training now.
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Question by xoxo: Can you get a nursing degree at a career college or do you have to go to a university?
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Answer by Vital Forces
Career college? Do you mean technical school?
I don’t know, but you could get an AS at a community college.
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Question by mari93: Interested in nursing as a second career but previous college grades were not too good then?
I graduated college 15 years ago with a bachelors degree in communication arts. I am currently working with my husband’s business. I always had an interest in nursing and I was looking into going back to school and apply under the accelerated program which you can complete in 15 months. The problem is that all nursing type colleges request that you had maintained a GPA of 3.0 or higher with your previous undergraduate school in order to be accepted into the accelerated nursing program. It is a problem for me because my GPA was a 2.5 average. I did not take my studies seriously back then (sorority, partying, boyfriend, you know). Of course I’m older and wiser and I know if given a chance I can do a good job with the studies. What do you do then if that is the case. Does that mean that my hopes to be a nurse is killed or other ways to go around it?
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Answer by Diane A
Your best bet would be to contact one of these accelerated programs and speak with their admissions counselor (or similar). I suspect that the age of your last college classes may be a factor, however, as most medical type education requires the science classes to have been in the last 5 years (as technology changes so much). You might also have some difficulty keeping up with the program with such dated knowledge, unfortunately. If you are in a hurry, you might look into starting in a LVN/LPN program and eventually upgrading to RN that way. You also could just get the associate’s RN (AA degree) since you have a bachelor’s already; which would be fine depending on your goals.
I would start at the community college getting any updated pre-reqs done as fast as possible as well, even while you are trying to decide what nursing route will work.
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Question by sxybeachbabe93: What must you major in, in college, in order to prepare for a career in nursing?
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Answer by peekaboo_09
probably health occupations.
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