Cleveland RN says disability did not stop career switch

Mid-career change to nursing a happy switch for disabled woman

Carey Lewis was sitting in a graduate school preparatory class, an 11-year career behind her, when she decided she just didn't want to be a financial analyst anymore.

She turned back to the college's catalog and made a list of all the courses that appealed to her. They all were nursing classes. And so, while continuing to work full time, and with the support of her employer, Lewis enrolled in nursing school.

For anyone, the decision to move mid-career from a relatively sedate office job to a fast-paced profession with high physical and emotional demands is not one to be taken lightly. For Lewis, the decision had an added dimension: she lost part of her left forearm and her hand in a lawnmower accident when she was five years old.

Her disability has never been an issue. Lewis was a cheerleader in junior high, played trumpet in the school band and ran cross-country for the Strongsville High School team. She earned an accounting degree from Cleveland State University, and worked for nearly a decade in finance all over the country.

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