Can a silly personality test determine what career is best for you? Recently I had taken the True Colors Personality test which assesses what a person values, how they make decisions, what they like to do, and what they think of themselves. It separates people into four categories or “colors” and each one has their own description of what a person in that category is like. Some people even exhibit a combination of more than one color, but for the most part only one color will show dominance. Pre-dominantly I exhibited the traits of the color gold. I had little faith, but that quickly turned into quite the impression as I read the description. Gold personalities are reliable, self-sufficient, responsible, and sensible. Our needs are to be useful,
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The most common pathway completed is a two or three-year diploma program that allows students to graduate from a hospital-based nursing program. This will authorize them to become an RN at a lower level than an RN with a full bachelor’s degree. An Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN), prepares students for their certification in the shortest amount of school time and is the quickest way to start working and gaining experience. Earning an ADN will mean the student must complete an 18-24-month program at an accredited career college. This and the nursing diploma program are good options that require less commitment than a full four-year bachelor’s degree. The last pathway is the Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) program that combines learning in the classroom with clinical training. Nurses that hold a BSN are eligible for many more nursing jobs than nurses with only a diploma or associate’s degree. Most qualify for 88% or more of the available nursing jobs; that falls to only 37% with an associates degree and 30% for a nurse with a diploma (Cronkite, n.d.). Although the normal time finishing a bachelor’s degree is 48 months, there are some programs available that allow experienced nurses with an associate’s degree or diploma to finish their bachelors in a 12-24-month period. After successfully completing one of these three programs, students are then eligible to take the NCLEX-RN certification and work in many different types of health care settings. Once certified, RN’s will go through training to specialize in one or more areas of patient care. With specialization comes different duties meaning that although two nurses may have the same degree it doesn’t exactly mean they do the same thing. There are more than 50 specialties and among them include things like pediatrics, oncology, radiology, neonatal, trauma, and
The most common pathway completed is a two or three-year diploma program that allows students to graduate from a hospital-based nursing program. This will authorize them to become an RN at a lower level than an RN with a full bachelor’s degree. An Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN), prepares students for their certification in the shortest amount of school time and is the quickest way to start working and gaining experience. Earning an ADN will mean the student must complete an 18-24-month program at an accredited career college. This and the nursing diploma program are good options that require less commitment than a full four-year bachelor’s degree. The last pathway is the Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) program that combines learning in the classroom with clinical training. Nurses that hold a BSN are eligible for many more nursing jobs than nurses with only a diploma or associate’s degree. Most qualify for 88% or more of the available nursing jobs; that falls to only 37% with an associates degree and 30% for a nurse with a diploma (Cronkite, n.d.). Although the normal time finishing a bachelor’s degree is 48 months, there are some programs available that allow experienced nurses with an associate’s degree or diploma to finish their bachelors in a 12-24-month period. After successfully completing one of these three programs, students are then eligible to take the NCLEX-RN certification and work in many different types of health care settings. Once certified, RN’s will go through training to specialize in one or more areas of patient care. With specialization comes different duties meaning that although two nurses may have the same degree it doesn’t exactly mean they do the same thing. There are more than 50 specialties and among them include things like pediatrics, oncology, radiology, neonatal, trauma, and