Changing to a non-nursing career?

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silly32girl

6 Posts

well said lumbarpain :)

delmonte

7 Posts

good luck for both of us....I'm also thinking of changing career....I'm not happy anymore being a nurse.....It's just really hard to find yourself unhappy everytime you go to work as a nurse......'hope we can already find a career/work that will make us happy:):):)

sad1

1 Post

Hi friends ,

I always thought its only me who is not happy of the nursing profession, but reading about some of you is really giving me the courage to switch to something else which i would enjoy . I was working in a airline as a nurse for 5 years n was happy about it but i had to leave that job as i have migrated to another country with my husband . Now here I have to again look out for a job in a hospital which I am not very happy about , i dont have any additional degree either . I dont mind a 9-5 schedule in nursing line itself . i am all confused n frustrated please give me ideas . sad1 :-(

mtngrl, ASN, RN

312 Posts

I have to come to absolutely DESPISE nursing. I have been a nurse for 7 years, and have tried several different areas. It is no longer about the patient, its allll about MOUNDS of ridiculous paperwork, employers that have no respect for us, so much stress that I cannot deal with. I have become increasingly depressed. I am at a job now that makes a lot of money.....but I have come to hate it also. I want to work somewhere positive, where employers don't overwork you to where you are sick. I swear I would not be surprised if I have a heart attack soon due to the STRESS! I want to leave nursing altogether. I will likely keep renewing the license, but I KNOW the next job I get will not be a nursing job. I am also sure I will most likely make less than half of what I make now.....but I will have my health and sanity back. I am just figuring out the plan now, of when to make my move and get out the hellhole they call nursing.

MissPiggy

181 Posts

Specializes in Psychiatric, Home Health, Geriatrics.

You can use aspects of your nursing education in other fields... I am now an LPC in private practice because I got sick and tired of all the games in nursing. I am still an RN but don't really use it much. The pharmacology and psych training sure have helped though. It is such a great feeling, though, to know that if the going gets tough, you don't have to grovel to keep your job, you and they both know that you can go elsewhere, which makes them treat you better.

CrunchRN, ADN, RN

4,530 Posts

Specializes in Clinical Research, Outpt Women's Health.

What is an LPC?

MissPiggy

181 Posts

Specializes in Psychiatric, Home Health, Geriatrics.
What is an LPC?

Licensed Professional Counselor, sorry!

RN In FL

215 Posts

Specializes in Managed Care, Onc/Neph, Home Health.

I have been an RN for 29 years, ADN with a BS in Community Health ED, I have done it all from Oncology Nursing, to Home Health, to working with a grant for substance abusing, pregnant women, casemanager, to insurance precert, to my last job worked my way up to sr management with an hmo. I took time off to be a road warrior since my son played college ball and daughter in college, AND SHEER EXHAUSTION (health stuff). That was 8 yrs ago. i am 49, this yr. Son has since graduated college, daughter last yr nursing school, yay her. I am now refreshed and staying FAR FAR away from nursing, but entering the workforce. I am applying for an Admissions Coordinator/Medical Records positon job. I am soooooo excited for this position!!! Another job i have applied for is a Staffing Coordinator. These jobs are at LTC facilities. I am able to utilize my skills in medical records, HIPPA stuff, staffing of the nurses and their shifts. Working with the nursing supervisors, without dealing with patient care!!! I feel relief. I really didn't want a hospital. That environment is too busy for me. I just pray i get the job. So the pay isn't up there what I was making, but WHO CARES!!!

My only problem i felt is always having to explain the 8yr gap in my unemployment...and the "lack of experience", but when they review my resume, kinda speaks for itself... so just a thought....:thankya:

kcmylorn

991 Posts

I too am on the constant look out for a non nursing position because I to am tired of the treatment we older experienced nurses are receiving at the hands of these clinical employers. The disrespect, the pure selfishness, the stress and health issues this kind of treatment brings on is not worth it.

Being a older nurse with 32 yrs of experience dooms one into one continous temp/time limiting job after another for all the worn out posted reasons here on AN. The stints on unemployment between these positions are emotionally and financially draining. One just gets out of the financial abyss when the position ends and it is followed by a 1 1/2-2 month stint on unemployment again and it's start all over again.

The discriminatory practices in nursing is rampant. Especially the ageism. If a nurse speaks out or reports on any kind of discrimination at their workplace, they are retailated against and terminated. Retaliation is another reportable offense and in other industries it brings big paydaysin the form of lawsuits. In nursing it is swept under the rug. No Nursing power house seems to moving in any direction to purge the profession of these practices. The metro areas of the country are the worst offenders.

I would love to get in a financial position where I could get a position in an legal office or a any business office non nursing related such as a home improvement store, any where, just to see if this kind of behavior goes on there.

It has left me unenthusiatic toward nursing. Not the expectation of nursing academia's whitepapers (related to older experienced nurses being kept in the profession) they planned on. And to that end I know i am not alone.

Specializes in OB, Women’s health, Educator, Leadership.

You took the words right out of my mouth. I have been brainstorming and am even forming a group that encourages each other about ways to strengthen ourselves and move on from our nursing jobs. For the most part it seems that hospital nurses are THE MOST unhappy of all the nurses. One good thing about nursing is the alternatives you have to move around to different areas whereas if you were an accountant, well you would be accounting somewhere. Let me know if you come up with a better alternative.

cantdoit

33 Posts

I hope to change to a non-nursing job someday soon. Or at least a non-hospital nursing job. I haven't even been doing this very long, but I know its not for me. I've even found myself daydreaming about my old crappy retail/restaurant jobs lately. I wish I'd listened to those voices in my head telling me it wasn't a good fit during school, but practicality won out I guess.

Specializes in NICU, Peds, Med-Surg.

I posted something very similar recently (on the general nursing board), and I see this thread hasn't had any replies in 5 months, but would love to hear more people's experiences! :)

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