03-14-2011, 07:12 AM
I agree with April! I became an LPN because it was available,affordable, acceptable to my family, and paid well with steady employment. NOT because of a burning desire to be a nurse. BUT. . . then I found out I liked it,and was good at it, especially the office/clinic field.
I have no desire to go on to RN. While it certainly pays more- the only fields for an RN in this area are working the hospital floors (never again!) or administration.
The liberal arts degree is the one I should have pursued at 18 if I had had the family/financial support needed. Now I'm doing it on my own to fill what amounts to a void in my psyche, and to complete something that feels unfinished.
Will it help with my employment? Maybe- I was recently laid off, and there were a lot of jobs I would have considered, but you couldn't get in the door without a degree. It will give me more options as I age, and become less physically able to tolerate the stresses of nursing.
I have no desire to go on to RN. While it certainly pays more- the only fields for an RN in this area are working the hospital floors (never again!) or administration.
The liberal arts degree is the one I should have pursued at 18 if I had had the family/financial support needed. Now I'm doing it on my own to fill what amounts to a void in my psyche, and to complete something that feels unfinished.
Will it help with my employment? Maybe- I was recently laid off, and there were a lot of jobs I would have considered, but you couldn't get in the door without a degree. It will give me more options as I age, and become less physically able to tolerate the stresses of nursing.
"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize!" Clairee in "Steel Magnolias"
BA General Studies COSC 5/31/15
COSC Cornerstone A 10/2013, Capstone A 11/2014
UExel- Social Psych A, Psych of A and A- A, Research Methods/Psych B, Pathophysiology A.
FEMA- 27, NFA-Q118, Q 534, Q137 and Q318
Clep- 2008 Humanities 75, 2009 Intro Sociology 67, US History I 69, US History II 61, American Lit. 71, Analyze & Int. Lit. 75, 2011 Western Civ. ll 58, Social Science 67
DSST-2010 HTYH 463, Ethics in America 433, Sub. Abuse 444, 2011 Art of the Western World 67, Civil War and Recon. 58, Org. Behavior 64, 2010 Env. and Humanity 68, Hist. of the Vietnam War 76, 2011 Intro World Religions 451, 2013 Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 62, Technical Writing 60, Business Ethics and Society 449.
TEEX- 2013 Cyber Security classes x 3
DACC and IU: Speech, Psych, Rhetoric, Creative Writing
BA General Studies COSC 5/31/15
COSC Cornerstone A 10/2013, Capstone A 11/2014
UExel- Social Psych A, Psych of A and A- A, Research Methods/Psych B, Pathophysiology A.
FEMA- 27, NFA-Q118, Q 534, Q137 and Q318
Clep- 2008 Humanities 75, 2009 Intro Sociology 67, US History I 69, US History II 61, American Lit. 71, Analyze & Int. Lit. 75, 2011 Western Civ. ll 58, Social Science 67
DSST-2010 HTYH 463, Ethics in America 433, Sub. Abuse 444, 2011 Art of the Western World 67, Civil War and Recon. 58, Org. Behavior 64, 2010 Env. and Humanity 68, Hist. of the Vietnam War 76, 2011 Intro World Religions 451, 2013 Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 62, Technical Writing 60, Business Ethics and Society 449.
TEEX- 2013 Cyber Security classes x 3
DACC and IU: Speech, Psych, Rhetoric, Creative Writing
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