Well, I have come to the reality that I probably will not be going back to nursing for many years, if ever, and I want to keep my skills/knowledge up.
I was only a RN for around 9 months and worked med/surg night shift. Since my fathers death in April I have taken over ownership/running the construction company with my mother, who ran the business with my father over the last 20 years. Even though I am not happy with my location, everything else is pretty great. I feel guilty about leaving something I spent a good amount of time educating myself in. I don't really have a lot of time invested in nursing, but it is not something I want to forget about. I want to keep it as a back up plan, and would actually like to teach one day if possible.
I considered taking prn work at the local hospital, but they wanted me to come in atleast 4 days/nights a month. I could do this, but to be blunt about it, I feel it takes away too much time for the amount of financial compensation. What is a good way for someone to keep up a general knowledge about nursing as a whole? I don't want to be clueless, but I know that I can't keep up with everything as much of nursing changes with time.
Has anyone here taken a extended vacation from nursing only to come back years down the road? Any advice is appreciated.
