acrossthelines wrote:
It would mean going for another undergrad degree, but psych nursing is extremely appealing right now. A number of nursing schools are pretty inexpensive meaning I'd be acquiring minimum additional debt, I'd get to work with inpatients on a ward (the only nurse thing I'd do is hand out meds; other than that, it's a matter of just talking with them and facilitating acceptance/recovery) without obtaining a doctorate which is what I'd need to do to get the same level of interaction via the psychology field, salaries start around $50,000 and peak around $80,000 which is a good $30,000 more than I'd be making on both ends of my career with a bachelor's in psych (well, actually BS salaries typically start around $18,000 with the ceiling for most doctorate-level careers around $50,000), and I could get my debt paid off in 5-8 years while still living comfortably and not severely limiting where I can live.
Plus my roommate and I could get our BSNs together, helping each other study. lol. And I've already taken some of the science classes required for a degree, which I could likely transfer since I definitely got higher than a D in them... and since I can take whatever classes I want next semester, I could load up on some more and essentially be able to get my BSN in about three years instead of four.
I'd be far better at simply interacting with patients and gaining their trust than working with them via clinical counseling/learned formulas, anyway.
would you need a BSN, or just some other nursing thing, like RN