About my college education:
It was enjoyable. We were the first batch of our college. Actually it doesn't feel like we were in college, it feels like being in High school all over again but subjects are just much harder. I felt like that for 2 years but when we started with hospital duties on our 3rd year, reality hit that I'm really taking up nursing and this is no joke. You've got to study hard for the exams, stay healthy in order not to have any absences or extensions, else you will have to have another shift at the hospital. Initiative & presence of mind is really needed as you are dealing with people's lives. It can affect the patients, you and your classmates, your teachers and especially when our school just started out so we have to be extra careful and be able to give out a good impression on others.
My current job:
I'm currently a nurse coordinator for an assistance company for travel insurances.
Am I using what I learned in college:
Yes. I hoped we could have skipped the 1st year subjects such as english subjects, filipino subjects and others that are really unrelated to the medical course. It would have been better if we had focused more on the nursing skills and nursing knowledge. I guess I've learned more after graduation once I have applied what I have learned. Well I do believe in learning by doing. If I could have honed more my nursing skills, I could have been more confident but alas I'm a bit clumsy and is therefore not confident in working at hospitals but I would have loved to try. I am currently using my nursing knowledge in my work since I don't deal directly to patients.
How long did it take to find a job:
I graduated 2007, passed the board exam the same year and had a job on the same year but it was only until january 2008 that I got my current job.
Do I recommend studying Nursing:
I guess I don't need to recommend Nursing because a lot of students are taking up this course but one reason why I took up this course is because of the wide variety of opportunities this course can offer. I am a nurse but I don't work at a hospital like a stereotype. Nurses are now needed in almost every area. In business companies, insurances, hotels, military, schools, even in spas/fitness centers. Fulfillment is up to the person. You might be a nurse at a hospital but if it is not your passion or interest, you will have no fulfillment but in this career especially, if you were able to help someone in need and they are grateful to you that is something. It is interesting in a sense that it never grows old. Technology keeps on growing and the past is forgotten but in nursing the old and the new is still being used. Salary level depends on where you work. They say nurses in the military has the best salary. Private nurse and government hospital nurses also has the most perks.
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