Anyone left good paying job for nursing?

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Hi everyone!

Just wondering who out there has left a good paying job to go into nursing instead? I'm in an office job that pays well & is not bad - just been doing the same thing for 20 years & wanted something different & have started pre-reqs toward nursing - every day I question if I'm headed in the right direction. Am I crazy to give this up for nursing? Anyone wanting to share their own experience if they were in the same boat would be great! Thanks All !

daybrightener,

You made my day. Your message reinforces my desire to become a nurse, even though I am (ahem) on in years.

Nursing is hard, stressful work. It ages a person fast.

I see the nursing students on my unit, and I feel so sorry for them.

If you have a good job, and a nice life: Keep it. If you want to make a difference, do some volunteer work. You will be better off in the long run.

As soon as I can get out of bedside nursing, I am gone for good. When I feel I need to do something for someone I will volunteer. I need my sanity back.

I previously recieved a BS in another field but decided in my mid twenties to go back to nursing school. I was making ok money but was truly BORED out of my mind. I needed more and nursing was it for me. Who knows what the future holds for me in terms of how I'll feel at my job but right now I know it was a good decision.

Some people make the switch into nursing because they are unhappy with their careers and they want to enjoy their work. For those who are THAT unhappy with their bedside nursing careers then they should make a career switch out.

Specializes in SRNA.

I think everyone is different. I worked in the corporate world for 12 years and I found the office environment much more stressful than my level I ICU job. Handcuffed to a desk, pointless meetings, being at the mercy of wall street and truly pointless work all eats away at you. I'll take a coding patient any day! In my experience, nursing is nowhere near as stressful as corporate work.

-S

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