Too old for nursing?

chadash · Mar 20, 2008

But if I have already spent 90 % of my energy on the first 68.5% of my life, and I only have 10% of my energy left for the remaining 31.25%, and I will have to go on Social Security after the next 12.5% (my 10% energy resourse should be spent when I have 2.5% of my working life to go. Bummer.) Then that leaves another 18.75% that you all will have to take care of me.

Hmm.

waterandfire · Mar 20, 2008

lol Chadash. You are putting energy into finite terms. We all know that energy can neither be created nor destroyed so you would never actually run out of energy.

But, if you feel that life has done you wrong is some way or has depleted you at some time, kudos to you 'cause you're just like the rest of us :nuke: .Try this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjHtmxGH4rQ

Cheers!

walk6miles · Mar 20, 2008

For the record - we just buried a RN who worked up until 3 mnths before her death -- she worked one night a week - took good care of her 2 ICU patients...loved her coffee and cigarettes and we loved her....she was 81!!! And, darn it - you hear of this - when she was forced to retire - she DIED!!! So sad!!!

chadash · Mar 20, 2008

Great Scott! I forgot all about the laws of thermodynamics, conservation of energy and what not...possibly because the law of entropy has dissipated what energy left in my feeble aging brain....

So it is not gone, it was just sucked up into the vast vacuous "out there"...

:clown:

LOVE the 81 year old nurse story! There is hope.:wink2:

waterandfire · Mar 22, 2008

Walk6miles...that's an amazing story. She sounds like a treasure.

Grace Oz · Mar 22, 2008

I have a friend/former colleague, who is 70 and still works.

She works about 3 days a week in the endoscopy unit.

She thinks I'm nuts for being retired so young. lol

I think she's nuts for still working at her age! lol

Then again, she's a widow and I've still got DH.

Guess if I was on my own, I'd probably reconsider working.

It's all a matter of choice and also economics.

I don't know of many people who, given the resources for early retirement, would choose to work well into old age.