I've been going around in circles with this for awhile now. Since about the third semester of nursing school I've always been bothered by how emotional I would get after taking care of patients. I know that eventually (hopefully) they get better, become healthier and go home (again hopefully). I broke down to one of my instructors at the end of my peds clinicals....even letting her know that maybe I wasn't meant to be a nurse! Well she, being the awesome instructor she is, reminded me that not all nurses want to work in hospitals...not every nurse dreams of doing bedside nursing....and there are so many other opportunities out there.
So here I am. A Registered Nurse and I just got offered a job at a medical spa. They'll pay for my training/certification for different procedures and to make the deal even sweeter their
starting wage is comparable to what the big hospitals start their new grads at - I emphasized starting because after the 90 day training period I will get a raise (if they decide to keep me). I've always been interested in dermatology which has some sort of relation to the treatments done at the med spa (not all)...but I guess I always thought that I had to go the 'traditional' route after graduation (working in a hospital).
I think it would be a great learning experience....and considering what happenned during third semester....and what my instructor told me...this is maybe an epiphany??? idk..
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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