Seeking Advice is it worth getting into healthcare?

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currently a cna (certified nursing assistant). in my state, it's minimum wage typically. the work is immense and not for the faint of heart for sure. i actually enjoy it, and would want to become a nurse in the future.

i just wonder if direct/bedside healthcare seems promising elsewhere? all of my coworkers work at least two other jobs. typically an additional fullf time and an agency/prn shift one. minus my personal enjoyment in the field, the workload for the results is pretty soul crushing. if i were to pivot somewhere else, what would be a good idea?
 
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@TonyDrTonyDr is verified member. May know, I think he has some experience with healthcare even though he's in another country.

Though it's hard to tell if it's worth it for you, some people say it's worth it and some people say it's not.
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gato said:
currently a cna (certified nursing assistant). in my state, it's minimum wage typically. the work is immense and not for the faint of heart for sure. i actually enjoy it, and would want to become a nurse in the future.

i just wonder if direct/bedside healthcare seems promising elsewhere? all of my coworkers work at least two other jobs. typically an additional fullf time and an agency/prn shift one. minus my personal enjoyment in the field, the workload for the results is pretty soul crushing. if i were to pivot somewhere else, what would be a good idea?
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If you like your job as a CNA, then you can try to be a nurse and join nursing school. Idk how it works in the U.S but you can become anaesthetist or manager if you can do a 4th/5th year after the 3 years school. To compensate the lack of doctors, a 4th year gives you the right to prescribe medications also.

Despite the free healthcare here in France, the medical workplace start to become shit due to political decisions, but both CNA/nurses earn higher salaries than the minimum wage, twice as much if it's night shifts, and the private healthcare is even higher, but zero french state advantage compared to public healthcare
 
I loved the healthcare field when I was younger. I tried to become a nurse, but I really feel like the work is insane and sick people are actually really screwed up.
 
gato said:
could you expand on this? what do you mean by screwed up? also, are you an american? not sure if being american or not would influence it too heavily, just kinda curious
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In the hospitals in my city, I saw many people who were sick because they had spent years and years living an unhealthy lifestyle with a poor diet, and changing that is practically impossible.

People continue to avoid red meat, eat diets very low in sodium, avoid sun exposure, avoid cholesterol, avoid saturated fats, and consume junk food such as vegetable oils, believing them to be healthy.

All of this degenerates your body to levels that people don't even understand.
 
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