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If tomorrow you had to leave nursing what career would you got to?And do you think your prepared for it and do you think you would be happy doing it?
Re: Librarian that Hoolahan mentioned. My daughter DID just that. Believe me Nurses are not the only ones who eat their young.
At age 34 with over 15 years of library experience, she finally LEFT the library she loved and went to work in a hardware store, due to the hounding and harrassment of the senior branch librarian. So much for the 2 masters degrees.
That woman called, wrote, visited and generally stalked her until she finally said enough. She is happy now, and the library is on the downhill slope having had 4 librarians in 6 months!
I always said that if I could do anything I wanted I would be a hermit. No one will pay for that. I feel that as a nurse I am on "stage" of a sort. No matter what my mood I am cheerful and courteous. No matter how I am treated I respond as a professional. If only I were young and beautiful, I might consider a stage career.
And hey, stop throwing cold water on the librarian's dreams. Maybe it would be a small library and she would be the only one! The coffee house idea is incredible. Would someone else keep the books?
I, too, "left" nursing for a while. Actually, I think nursing left me! When I moved to a different part of the state there were no positions available for an experienced LPN beyond changing table paper part time in a physician's office. Sorry.... Since I had to find a job to take care of my family, I utilized other skills and started out as an administrative assistant. During that time I decided to develop my skills and interests in the information technology (I.T.) field and worked as an IT Specialist and Network Administrator for a couple of different entities.
Now, almost 8 years later, with all kinds of computer experience under my belt from network administration to repairing computers to database management, I'm going back to nursing.
Why? I got no respect in I.T. Since I'm not a 20-something, hirsute male no one thinks I can possibly know anything. I didn't have that problem when I was working as a nurse. I miss the camaraderie in nursing - the team effort. I.T. is too competitive and there is far too much arrogance from people who have no right to be that way. :)
Hopefully, I'll be a better nurse now that I've been away for a while and I know my computer skills are going to come in very handy.
joyrochelle
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i forgot to mention become a full fledged member of the ANA with voting privileges....POWER TO THE PRoFESSIONALS!