Given a do over, which (feasible) career would you pursue?

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The question is in the title. And pertains to actual work.

I would have traveled to other cultures and done some DWB type thing but I still would have picked nursing. I probably would have pursued NP or WOCN (might still do that). I would have liked to have added some ER or critical care type experience.

I've been surrounded by friends and family who do work they enjoy, I have a lot of builders in my circle who love the work but may loathe the paperwork amd bureaucracy (I'd think there was something wrong with us if we didn't, apologies to lawyers ? ).

And also if I may, why did you choose nursing?

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There was nothing wrong with me choosing nursing in the beginning, but once life circumstances went elsewhere, I should not have returned. Unfortunately, I had no idea what was going to happen with nursing, for me. I would have been better off had I stayed with the intervening line of work, information technology. I could be looking forward to a decent retirement now, instead of wondering when I am going to end up in the street, literally, for the last time.

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There was nothing wrong with me choosing nursing in the beginning, but once life circumstances went elsewhere, I should not have returned. Unfortunately, I had no idea what was going to happen with nursing, for me. I would have been better off had I stayed with the intervening line of work, information technology. I could be looking forward to a decent retirement now, instead of wondering when I am going to end up in the street, literally, for the last time.

Is there some type of position with EMR? We have a clinical nurse specialist who trains our staff on our EMR program.

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I have thought about trying to go in an IT direction with nursing but do not have the credentials, experience, education, time, or money to pursue an outright effort at career change at this time. I am literally at the door of permanent retirement as long as employers decide to continue to marginalize me.

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I would have become a radiology tech. One of my sisters works in this field and we compare experiences. She has it better and her job is more conducive to long term survival than nursing. There is all the joy of working with patients with clearly defined job responsibilities. After the pictures are taken, she sends the patients on their way.

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Specializes in hospice.

Law school to be a criminal prosecutor

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Software engineer or financial advisor.

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Labour Law or Crown Prosecutor. Several of my co-workers have said I'd have made a great cop.

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

I should have become a MD.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

Pharmacist. My uncle was a pharmacist and the VP of Walgreen's and none of his kids wanted to follow him into pharmacy. He offered to send me to college on his dime if I'd take up pharmacy. But I (later) decided on nursing. HUGE mistake as back then pharmacy was a BS entry to practice and all the old BS Rx have been grandfathered in.

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

Nursing...but I would have pursued masters early on.

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MD or DO

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