Did you leave a nice office job to become a nurse?

[kgard7777]

Anyone leave a nice salary and 5 day a week no weekend office job;To become a nurse? Are you happy with your choice? If not please share what you wish you had done instead..

[Dental Hygienist]

For example, right now I have a pile of work waiting for me to do, even on my day off. I honestly, don't think I will do it since A) it is my birthday and B) I have house guests. But as a result, I will have that much more to stress about next week.

Happy Birthday! Sorry to hear about your job stresses; hopefully you had a nice thanksgiving!

[jlcole45]

Both the birthday and Thanksgiving were wonderful.

[Guest717236]

I left a management job for nursing. Took an office nursing

job as a nurse in a family practice setting. The hospital

had just determined that their outpatient depts would

only have support staff (like Medical techs). They paid the Rn's

the tech rate. I loved the work and excelled in FP, but left

for better paying position in Psych Nursing.

That Family practice position lead to various well paying jobs

in my nursing career.

So in considering nursing, don't just evaluate the career for

the higher pay. Nursing is a wonderful journey if you pursue your

interests and enjoy working with patients.

As with many other careers, the higher pay at times develops with more experience and education.

As for hours, your work week hours may vary and weekends

off can be fewer.

The trade off for me is that I loved the work and it continued

for over 20 years.

If I had stayed in Management, I could have looked forward

to frequent layoffs.

So, have fun researching your career in nursing, and have

a wonderful journey! :icon_wink:

[Guest717236]

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A nice ICU or ER job with 3 - 12 hr shifts sounds down right wonderful, right about now. At least when you are off, you are off.

Your mind is never entirely off on your days off!

Ask any nurse how many times they have awaken from a

sound sleep----

Did I sign off that med?

Did I take off those orders?

Did I........................

Its an occupational given............you wake up worrying

(about things you did accomplish!)

[jlcole45]

Actually I didn't very often do that. Only on the rare really stressful shift/patient - you know the ones that you will never forget. When I was off I could put work to bed, so to speak. And I worked in high stress areas - Trauma ER and SICU with fresh open hearts.

Somehow my current job as the boss is different. In nursing I had a staggering responsibility (another humans health) but the burden was one I shared with others and I was never alone. Now as the boss I am alone, and that is very stressful. And the worries are about things that really are important in the scheme of things - especially when you compare it to the work that a nurse does.