Nursing .VS. Veterinarian

What Am I Going to do??? When I first started to do this I search I had a bunch of Different Ideas about what to research. I didn’t really know what I wanted to know about. I thought of doing The Galapagos Islands, and John Travolta, and some other things, but I really didn’t want to know that much about those things. I really wanted to know about Nursing and Veterinary Technician as career choices, because those are my two top career choices.

Questions What kind of schooling does each career take? What is the yearly salary for each career? What are the job duties for each career? What am I going to do?

Schooling To become a Veterinary Technician you must attend a two-year or three-year AVMA or CVMA-accredited school, most of which give an associates degree in Vetrinary Technology when you graduate. AVMA: American Veterinary Medical Association CVMA: California Veterinary Medical Association

Schooling For Nursing I would be going to TMCC. I would have to take all of the general education classes and I would also need to take specific hands on nursing classes. At TMCC I would need a total of 71 credits. General education classes include things like basic English and science classes.

Yearly Salary Registered nurses are usually paid by the hour instead of earning a yearly salary. With one year of experience the hourly salary is anywhere from $19.95 -$25.25. With four years experience you can earn up to $27.43 an hour. With 5-9 years you can earn up to $30.57 and with twenty or more years the average hourly pay is $35.68.

Yearly Salary The average yearly salary for a Veterinary Technician was $28,920 and on the high end of that spectrum was $40,550. So that means that the hourly pay would be anywhere from about $11 to $15

Job Duties A registered nurse is the person who talks with the patients and their families. They answer any questions patients may have about there healthcare. They also perform duties like ; monitoring and tracking vital signs, performing procedures such as IV placement, phlebotomy, and administering medications. Phlebotomy: the practice of collecting blood samples

Job Duties Some of the things that a Veterinary Technician does are ; venipuncture, collecting urine, performing skin scrapings, taking/processing radiographs and performing routine lab procedures and tests. Venipuncture: to obtain blood for diagnostic purposes or to monitor levels of blood components

After all of the things that I found out about both of these careers I decided that I would rather do nursing. I like all of the things about it better. The pay is a lot higher then a vet techs pay is, and the job duties are also better for me. I think that I would be really good at talking to patients and helping explain their healthcare plans. I don’t like the idea of doing skin scrapings and taking urine samples for animals for a low pay. So next spring TMCC here I come!!!! I decided to...