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Originally Posted by mizzwanned  Thanks! The only thing about one of them that kinda turns me off is the amount of schooling. To be a derm. you have to be a doctor which takes 8+ years and money that i don't have. My mom is helping me right now pay for school but i think she is only helping me for my bachelors and then im on my own so i won't have money and don't want to have to pay so many loans unless i get a scholarship. That is the only problem with being a dermotologist or OBGYN. I just recently thought of midwife but don't know enough info about it. I really love kids/babies and helping ppl and the miracle of birth, etc. I love watching A baby story on TLC. And the reason i was thinking of being a derm. is cause i always had acne growing up and want to help people with it. |
I have been an RN forever and I highly recommend it; you can find a good job no matter where you go for one thing. And it's a great starting point; in your training you'll see all different sorts of nursing and you can decide what interests you most and start there. If you decide at some point that it's boring or you don't like it, you can change to another type of nursing. There's SO MANY things you can do with it, even if you only use it as a background. I had my nursing license and worked for probably about 5 or 6 yrs and then got my esthetician license (skin care/ makeup)....it was so easy for me to get thru that with my medical background and people always respect you more. Then I went on to get my personal trainer's certifications and work as a personal trainer. It's just amazing how much it will help you and will take you further than you can even imagine. Even if you want to stay in the medical field per se, you have to have your RN to become a nurse anesthetist, or midwife or clinical specialist. Plus, if you find that you want to go to medical school (which was the real reason I became an RN first, but then I liked being a nurse so much...), you may be able to qualify for grants or scholarships thru your workplace and it will be so much easier for you too, having worked in the field.
On the other hand; when I got my esthetician license, it was before the big onslaught of dayspas and such and there's so many spas, dayspas, skin care clinics etc, who employ estheticians these days. I actually got a job at a dermatologist's office doing facial treatments (part of it was b/c I had my nursing license too though). Anyway, it's not that much training (it's 600 hours of class time and then you have your practical stuff you have to get in) and is always something you would be able to do.
On the other hand.... a good friend always told me :do what you love and the money will follow.
I think that's the best advice!