I have resisted responding to this thread because I don't want to rain on anyones parade
but 
do NOT go into any healthcare job without knowing exactly what the eff you are in for.
I am (was? yeah, def. WAS) a compassionate, caring, deeply feeling person. My 20 years in health care (as a rad. tech and RN) burned the living shit out of my humanity and I became a shell of who I once was.
I did a lot of different types of nursing, too. Cardiac rehab, occupational, psych (by far the WORST was psych) and free standing clinic (also short part time gig in private doc office - doesn't pay enough to pay bills) - they all had one thing in common: sick people.
turns out - not only do I not like most people, I really don't like sick people. They're whiny and needy and most are unwilling to help themselves. Some of them make a career out of being sick and those are 80% of the people you see - the pros. It was soul killing. It really was.
that's my experience. I am sure there are those who LOVE it. I thought I would and I was very wrong.
eta: a sense of humor did not help.