How much would you have to win to quit working as a nurse? How much would it take?

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If you won a billion dollars today, how many hours per week would you work as a nurse?

I'm not a nurse, but for me to quit working as a CNA I would need approx $750,000.

That money would pay for 3 years of law school and all living expenses while attending. The law school I'm looking at is ~$60,000/year and in San Francisco so they have a high cost of living. And I don't want to have to worry about finances as I'm studying for the bar.

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That money would pay for 3 years of law school and all living expenses while attending.

What specialty of law would you practice?

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What specialty of law would you practice?

I'm not 100% sure but I love constitutional law and also would consider defending death penalty cases.

Or maybe work in legal aide making $20,000/year. But as long as I'm happy.

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Specializes in ER OR LTC Code Blue Trauma Dog.

You couldn't pay me enough to give it up completely.

This is coming from a business owner who won the title of "businessman of the year" as published in the wall street journal in April 2003 and someone who holds the title of co chair for the business advisory council for the state of Ohio and someone who has won the national leadership award from the United States government.

Would I ever give up nursing?... Sure, when you pry it away from my cold dead hands.

My Best.

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I'm not 100% sure but I love constitutional law and also would consider defending death penalty cases..

Whew. I was afraid you would practice medical malpractice law. :lol2:

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I would go work with underprivileged people. Partners in Health maybe. http://pih.org/home.html

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Specializes in ER.
Are you saying that you would refuse to tear up your nursing license no matter how much money you were offered to do so?

So I don't get the money unless I tear it up? And assuming I can't go back into a nursing like field afterwards....I want $50 000 a year for five years, plus $10 000 a year for tuition beacause I'll need a new job. That makes $250 000.

But maybe I'll live on interest while I get a cheapo job working with animals. Anyway, that's my number, $250 000.

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Specializes in LTC/SNF, Psychiatric, Pharmaceutical.

$100,000 would pay for me to finish law school. Until I got my present job, however, I was seriously thinking of walking out of nursing for good, for zilch. As it is, there isn't any amount of money that would get me back IN to in-patient nursing care.

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Specializes in IM/Critical Care/Cardiology.

I would set up nursing scholarships to help out with daycare, nursing expense, etc. I'd also like to travel.

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How much money to NOT work as a nurse? Well....there isn't an amount. Oh, I'd like to go to per diem, maybe, and work only when I wanted. Or, if I had gobs and gobs of money (that "no object" thing), then I'd likely volunteer where my services would be useful.

You could never, ever give me enough money to tear up my license. That represents years of hard work, blood, sweat, and tears (all quite literally!), and it will only go inactive if the BON yanks it, or I die. Short of either of those events, I'm keeping it.

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Specializes in IM/Critical Care/Cardiology.

I could never tear up my license either. I'd volunteer in the health care field if I had lots of money. A cool million would be enough............

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Specializes in Med/surg,Tele,PACU,ER,ICU,LTAC,HH,Neuro.

I would buy St Lukes Hospital in San Fransisco and put allnurses.com in charge of administration.

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