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from Trinh
Old Sep 05, 2008, 03:15 PM

Default Re: From massage to nursing?
happy body where ever you are, what ultimately happened? Did you end up in nursing school? I've been a massage therapist for 16 years and now have one more semester of BSN program. I must say I miss my practice terribly. Nursing school for me was also the hardest thing I ever did and a 180 degree turn from massage school! One of my frustrations has been the lack of exposure alternative or manual therapies get related to nursing care and nursing education. I also found myself biting my tongue during a nursing externship in the ER this summer when the docs addressed patients' various pain complaints, finding nothing after all sorts of workups, labs, CTs ,x-rays etc. Pain meds and muscle relaxants to beat the band. Some of them were open to hearing about soft tissue work and the benefits of massage relative to pain.

Anyhow, I'm happy to be done with nursing school after this semester and look forward to returning to my massage practice as well as incorporating my work into my nursing. Still thinking about how to get creative with that. Have lots of ideas.

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