If you could have a different profession...

[santhony44, MSN, RN, NP]

independently wealthy!!!!

[kristenncrn]

Best selling author of the famous book about what it was like to be a pediatric nurse then win the $307 lottery to live on the beach and sail every day with my family.

Seriously - political activist. I'd get my doctorate in nursing and change the world if I could.

[phoebebrat, ASN]

I would love to be an interior decorator. I just practice on my own home now.

[bethin]

Lawyer for the war tribunal

Covert ops/assassin (think the Bourne Identity)

Secretary of State (I can dream, can't I?)

[kristenncrn]

Best selling author of the famous book about what it was like to be a pediatric nurse then win the $307 lottery to live on the beach and sail every day with my family.

Seriously - political activist. I'd get my doctorate in nursing and change the world if I could.

Umm... I mean $307 million. In case anyone noticed and wondered.

But I'd take $307, actually, now that I think about it. It just probably wouldn't get me much boating time.

[bethin]

Umm... I mean $307 million. In case anyone noticed and wondered.

But I'd take $307, actually, now that I think about it. It just probably wouldn't get me much boating time.

I noticed, but figured no one would ask for only $307 when they could have $307 million.

Three more:

part of the group that tours nuclear facilities in 'those' countries to determine if they are building nuclear weapons, if they have the capability, etc.

Arabic translator, stationed in the Middle East.

Working for the NSA. I'm not convinced the president knows what goes on behind those doors but I wanna know!

In case you haven't noticed, I like to spy. I've always been good at it so why not make a living off of it?

[Jaguar Boy]

This is fun!

If I couldn't become a nurse, I'd be:

1. A dog trainer for special assitance and therapy dogs

2. A police detective...a la Olivia Benson on Law and Order SVU

3. Truck driver (always wanted to learn more than 5 gears)

4. Carpenter who builds jungles for cats to play in

5. Choir director and freelance singer

6. Vegetarian chef for a zen monastery

Wait...I suppose I can do these things too, except for maybe number 2, Since Olivia is fictional!

[racing-mom4, BSN, RN]

Mafia wife with many babies at my feet and just as many diamonds on my fingers and ears.

[getoverit, BSN, RN, EMT-P]

Great responses!!

I"d like to be a best-selling author (not too late for that, I guess). If I could pay the bills by sitting around and playing guitar all day, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

I originally enlisted to go to the Defense Language Institute to learn Pharsi (Iranian dialect) and wanted to be a Naval Intelligence officer, then transfer to the CIA to be a case manager/operative in the Middle East.

I still work pt at a fire dept with a great chief and good bunch of guys. so I get to do that one day each week.

Last summer I was sea kayaking about 1/2 mile off shore and got completely surrounded by a pod of dolphins! They were squeaking and spraying me with water, it must have lasted 4-5 minutes. and my wife saw it from where she was, so I have a witness cause she might not have believed it otherwise!! I could be a marine biologist after that.

I also think it'd be great to be an underwater photographer, especially during Shark Week on Discovery channel.

I'd like to volunteer at one of our local microbreweries but I doubt they need my "help".

other than that....chef/restaurant owner, jet pilot, billiard champion, political strategist, NFL quarterback.

[lovablelvn]

I wanna play...

* Crime Scene Investigator :heartbeat

* Stay at home Foster Mom

* Wedding Planner

* Year around lifegaurd

[megananne7]

Forensic Pathologist/M.E.

[tatarn2b2007]

I would like to own a bed and breakfast on the water or along a bike trail. I have a bunch of ideas for one, I just need the funding!!!