After 5 years, it's time......

Welcome back! It's good to hear from someone who actually wants to be back in nursing! After all this time in monitoring, seeing what nurses do to their own in the name of "recovery" and "protecting the public", I've gotten to where I just want out of nursing. I'm planning to take time off after I'm out of TPAPN (38 days left!), maybe I'll feel like you do now, and I'll want to return.

Good luck with the refresher courses and job hunting.

I'm glad you got the help you need and I questioned whether or not nursing was ever even the career I should have chosen for myself. After taking Infection Control and the Precertification Course for PALS today, OMG my head hurts, but it proved that I really do miss it. I'm going to apply for a walk in clinic. Old co-workers of mine say that's a great place to start after being out for a long time. I went straight from school in to the Pediatric ICU. It was intense and I was 33 already with 2 kids and getting a divorce. I think this will be a nice entry for me. If you need to take some time off, you do that. As much as you need. Re-evaluate and go from there. I'm so in debt now, it's not even fathomable. I went through Hurricane Sandy and lost everything I had, I could go on and on, but it's in the past now. I wish that for you. If a career change is in your future, so be it. BUT, remember there are SOOOOOO many types of nursing, so many places to work. Did I ever see myself in a walk in clinic? No way! I was all for working in a hospital. Never again. Good Luck Texas, from your New York sista.

Welcome back, Mickey! Leaving Nursing for a few years happens. Or I might say if we don't take a vaca from Nursing, we have the thought of doing it running thru our heads. Knowing, it is what you should do will get you thru what needs to be done to do it. Wish you the best, keep us informed of how it's going!

Well, here I am! Been back to Nursing full time since last year when I wrote. Had a little bump in the road in May where I thought I made the wrong decision, but I got through it. Urgent Care was a good choice for me because it's not too intense, but boy do you get sick a lot! Lots of Strep Throat, Flu and just plain old colds. I'm back here on allnurses hopefully every day to keep up with what's going on in the Nursing World.

My daughter became an RN this summer and started a full time job, so that's exciting too!

Thanks for the encouragement!

LOVE it when people update!

Glad that you found a position where you could ease back into the field.

When I first started my career ER, many moons ago, I got sick a lot, too, but eventually strengthened my immune system to “ignore” all those strep infections, GI bugs, etc.

Now I’m in Case Management which is a much “cleaner” environment that ER, anyway.

Congrats on being a “Mama nurse” & having another one in the family. You’ll be great resource for her. She’s a lucky girl. And I know that you’re a proud mama!

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