Monday, November 16, 2009

Help! nurse or dental hygienist?

I am fixing to begin college and i cannot decide if i want to do dental hygeine or nursing. They both pay around the same and I have weighed the pros and the cons of each. I like the idea of hygienist because it is less physically and emotionally demanding, but i like nursing because of the variety of feidls you can enter, etc. So i think i have narrowed it down to which will take the least amount of school/ work/ any ideas? opinions?

Help! nurse or dental hygienist?
well, hygienist is easier... but you will be cleaning the same plaque off the same tooth till retirement. nursing is a little more laborous, but you will see alot more and less chance of getting bored. you can talk to patients in a hospital, kinda hard to socialize with someone who had a mouth full of tools. not to mention, nursing is alot more rewarding than brushing someones nasty teeth!
Reply:think about which one you will still be passionate about in 20 years
Reply:Nursing is great, however, emotions can get in the way when it comes to young people, like infants dying.
Reply:voluenteer to work with each so that you get a sense for which your more comfortable with ... nurses do a lot of gross things with old rotting people. dental hygenists do lots of things with gross teeth.
Reply:I think you gave yourself an answer."Dental Hygienist" yes we need nurses too and lots of them and good ones. There will be a lot of different fields out there you can enter. But I get the feeling you rather don't go to school to long and don't like to work to hard. So go for dental hygienist. Ask yourself will I still like this job in 10 years ? What happens if somebody dies on my watch? Or screams in pain? Can you handle it all, and will you have the stomach for it?? I wish you all the best in your decision
Reply:Please try: http://www.nursingmasters.com They have lots of good information on various nursing degrees both Bachelors and Masters


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