im was and looking to be again an E.R.Tech here at a hospitals in columbus...and the oppertunities that mainstream hospitals offer for rn and bsn programs are astounding. im at cscc doing fire/ems sciences degree after i spent 2yrs at osu in a physical therapy major, and nursing is next.
ive looked into various careers, and travle nursing seems to coinside with a fire/medic career i have planed for myself right now.
ive looked into RN, bsn, cnras, perfusionists, surgery tech, and PA's. PA's are only going to get more responsibilities as docs realize the potential of their utilization and thus more bank w/o the insurance. Perfusionists are going to get replaced by machines in the next 20yrs, , and with surgery techs there is a HUGE oppertunity to sell for surgical companies. as a surg tech you obviously work with the docs in surgery and see what they like and dont like and what they wish you had...selling surgical equipemt is a multi billion dollar business, considering single hospital contracts start in the 7-8 figgure range. and they not only pay for your input, but if you can sell worth a damn, and have been in the business for long enough konw what you are talkign about they will hire you on. talk about 300k plus a year easy. knowing all this the only reason im sticking with RN is medflight looks like a blast later on in life and travel nursing in the near future is not only lucrative, but, well im paid to travel where i want to...
and as far as being a male nures and how youare viewed, fuck it...have you seen the girls graduating from Mt Carmel's school of nursing, or any other nursing program in columbus? ...and try and let some sophomoric tool try 'n shit on you when youve got a great paying, mentaly stimulaing, secure job where you make a difference every day, as you drive off in your vet with an arm around the hottest nurse in the city. money!
(shit with a pitch like that for nursing, i should be in marketing)