The worst job you had before becoming a Nurse?

[Want2BeeRN]

What was the worst job you had before becoming a Nurse? How has Nursing changed your life?

[TheCommuter, BSN, RN]

The worst job I had prior to becoming a nurse was a checkout clerk at a grocery store. I couldn't stand the rude customers or any of my coworkers. I felt as if I was always there due to the 8-hour shifts and irregular schedule (noon to 9pm one day, 6am to 3pm another day, 10am to 7pm the next day, 3pm to 11pm the day after that).

Nursing changed my life since it allowed me to enter the middle class. I grew up in a household that lived from paycheck to paycheck. Utilities were sometimes disconnected and meals were sometimes missed due to no money. Nursing enables a comfortable lifestyle where I eat what I want and don't live from hand to mouth.

[BSNbeauty, BSN, RN]

Worse job i had was working as a store clerk at marshalls.

[ponymom]

Worst job I had was my second job. I worked mornings in a donut shop. It was just a few months before they made smoking in restaurants illegal in my state. The smell of a combination of coffee, donuts and cigarettes was nauseating.

[heron, ASN, RN]

Worst job was as a tobacco field hand - high school summer job. Next worst was as an assembler in a small capacitor factory. From there I went to nurses' aide in a nursing home. This was the late sixties/early seventies, when turning sixteen meant they had to pay me minimum wage: $1.10/hour.

[NickiLaughs, ADN, BSN, RN]

My favorite job was working at a grocery store as a courtesy clerk. Aka bagger. I also worked at a movie theater.....oh the lack of responsibility.

My least favorite I worked at a continuing education school for real estate agents. None of us had any experience and we basically were grading tests for these realtors who needed their ceus. So many angry phone calls.... But most of them waited last minute, as in the day before their license expired and per the state rules, you had to be enrolled in these courses 2 weeks prior to your expiration date...

It was still an interesting perspective.

[Pangea Reunited, ASN, RN]

I once had a day labor job sweeping the rodeo grounds. The guy in charge was constantly making threats and talking about how he shot his dog because he didn't like the way it looked at him. I've also worked at McDonald's, which was only slightly better ....still have a scar on my left arm from getting burned with hot oil while I was making fries.

[Ilargia99, LVN, RN]

I'm not a nurse yet (I start my program this fall), but the worst job I've ever had is a toss up between McDonald's and Walmart. Both paces were so awful that I can't decide which was worse.

I grew up like TheCommuter- very little money, sometimes no food, and often times the utilities would get shut off and that was not a fun way to live. I can't wait to get through school, get my license, and start working!

[LadyFree28, BSN, LPN, RN]

A employee at a shoe store x2; retail is not a fit for me-my last paychecks were always 35 dollars; nursing allows me to make that money per HOUR and more.

[kiszi, RN]

Night shift server at a 24 hour diner. Oh how I miss the drunks, perverts, and bad or no tippers. The other nights I didn't get enough tables to pay the bills.

[Jacob080110]

"Dancer"

[emtpbill, ASN, RN, EMT-P]

"Dancer"

Ballet ?