Hi everyone! I'm having kind of a hard time right now with my career choice, and just need to hear about others who might be in or used to be in the same situation. I'm an RN, and I graduated nursing school in '02. I worked almost a year (med/surg) and then had my first son. I wanted to stay home with him as much as possible, so I started working just one day per week. I felt like that gave me the best of both worlds-- being with him most of the time, but still being in the nursing field a little bit. So now I have 2 sons, and I am continuing to work one day/week (now doing hospice admissions) which works well for me and my family... BUT... it's so hard knowing that I STILL don't have that much experience, and I haven't been able to get started in the specialties I'm interested in because I only want to work one day a week, and most places aren't going to hire and train someone who only wants to work minimal hours like that. I still think I'm making the right decision by staying home with my sons, but it's hard to know what I'm missing out on in my nursing career! Anyone else out there in a similar situation? I do want to start working more hours once my kids are in school, but that's still a few years away (they're little, ages 3 and 16 months!).
