I always thought I wanted to work with animation and whatnot for movies/games, but just before leaving high school I lost interest and never thought hard about what I wanted to do other than that. After dishwashing for a couple restaurants and working as a laborer for about a year before being laid off I finally want to figure out where to go from here.

I'm currently on EI and can get some training paid for. Also, since my dad is native I have status and apparently they can pay for certain schools, or at least pay for some of it. Basically I've been looking into jobs where what I do is worthwhile, are in relative high demand, and pay decently. Not exactly narrowing it down too much, but I'm looking into becoming something in the medical field; such as a registered nurse or pharmacist.

RN is what I'm most interested in as of now, but I've been hearing a lot of horror stories. I'm a male, for one, which doesn't really matter I guess, though "nurse" sounds exclusively feminine I must admit. :P

Can anyone give general advice for choosing a career and possibly some advice about being and/or becoming a registered nurse?