Any Successful Nurses Who Have Left Nursing

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HEY EVERYBODY, I'VE BEEN A NURSE (LPN) FOR 25 YEARS BUT TIMES HAVE CHANGED AND NOT ALWAYS FOR THE BETTER.:nurse::cry:

:coollook: WHAT I WONDERING IS THIS: ARE THERE ANY NURSES OUT THERE WHO HAVE LEFT NURSING AND MADE A SUCCESSFUL CHANGE? AND IF SO WHAT DID YOU DO? HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU? ARE YOU HAPPIER NOW? DO YOU FEEL LIKE THE MONKEY'S ALL YOUR BACK?:uhoh21::clown:

MY FUSTRATION LEVEL IS AT AN ALL TIME HIGH!!!! :banghead:AND I DON'T THINK I CAN LAST MUCH LONGER.....BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANY NURSE OUT THERE WHO IS AT THIS POINT OR HAS ALREADY MADE THE CHANGE....THANKS FOR ANY INPUT:heartbeat:yeah:

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I found I had to go back to nursing when I couldn't get hired in any other capacity. I found my age and the fact that I was a nurse worked against me. I suppose it would be easier for someone who is young and goes back to college for credentials in another profession. At my age, I wouldn't go back to college for another line of work.

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I found I had to go back to nursing when I couldn't get hired in any other capacity. I found my age and the fact that I was a nurse worked against me. I suppose it would be easier for someone who is young and goes back to college for credentials in another profession. At my age, I wouldn't go back to college for another line of work.

Caliotter3? May I ask your age or age range? ;) I ask because I didn't start nursing until I was nearly 40 and am working toward my BSN now with tentative hopes of becoming a psych NP. Getting hired definitely takes on a new light as we age, sigh, but if one has a really marketable skill such as nursing lol, it makes it easier. I've been fortunate enough to have loved my first career for over 20 years and now as a relatively new RN I'm loving it.

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Jules, I was in my 40s when I got laid off from my nursing job and started trying to get work in anything. I had a previous successful career when I went back to nursing school at 37. Because of the setback of being laid off, I ended my BSN program and almost 20 years later am still plugging away trying to get an RN license. I have managed to find work when I look for nursing jobs. Don't even try anything else. I think things would be a lot easier once I get the RN license.

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