If you could go back and choose....

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Hey everyone!!

If you could go back and choose a specialty or dream job (if you're not in it already), what would it be? For example, if you knew what you know now about nursing, would you still have chosen to be a nurse or another career? I would want to go back and become a pharmacist...

God is within her, she will not fail.- Psalms 46:5

I'm a new nurse, but I'd still be a nurse. I'd have done it a whole lot earlier in life though.

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I'm confused: Been there,done that, are you saying that duskyjewel can't choose "prosecutor"? Or that s/he is not a nurse? I wanted to be an FBI "profiler" before there was even a name for them, and was in college to become a forensics clinical psychologist... I would not put myself through what I would have never been able to forget, and which would have prematurely aged and depressed me....but I would not have been a nurse, either, for the same 2 reasons. Thankfully I am going to find a spot in nursing that will preserve the good parts of it--which are many, and treasured--and fewer of the bad.

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Specializes in MICU, SICU, CICU.

Librarian or have my own bookstore.

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Specializes in CVICU.
"if you knew what you know now about nursing, would you still have chosen to be a nurse or another career?"

That is not a general question.

How does who answers the question affect you in any way?

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Specializes in retired LTC.
And I'm a CNA working toward becoming one. Who peed in your Cheerios?
Please... did you have to use Cheerios? They're my favorite!!! I'' never look at them the same way at breakfast.

I'd like to have been a pharmacist - should have done it when I was thinking about it mid-way in my career.

Of course, I always wanted to be elected queen of the universe, too.

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Emergency, CEN.

Actually, I quit my previous job to pursue my dreeeeaaam :whistling:, and here I am without regrets. So I kind of already did go back and choose.

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Specializes in Pedi.

I entertained the idea during college of dropping out and opening a bakery or an ice cream store. Some days (basically any day that involves me dealing with DCF) I wish I'd done that.

Otherwise, Supreme Court Justice, Ruler of the World, anything where I can get paid to travel the world.

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Specializes in Psychiatric Nursing.

I've never regretted my decision to be a nurse. Writing "RN" behind my name is what I dreamed of for years, now I can do just that! Specifically, I was always interested in mental health nursing, and I have a job that I really enjoy. I always feel bad for people who hate going to work...that's so sad. I have a job that I like and financial security. Three cheers for the nursing profession!

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Actually, I quit my previous job to pursue my dreeeeaaam :whistling:, and here I am without regrets. So I kind of already did go back and choose.

Me too. I'm a crusty old new nurse.

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nope

but i want a job where i could be a part time stripper (1 day a week) just for the fun and i wont get fired at my main job ;-0..... i guess girls night out is looked down on

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Specializes in Psych, Hospice, Surgical unit, L&D/Postpartum.

A veterinarian or a trauma surgeon.

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Specializes in Geriatrics, Dialysis.

As much as I sometimes hate it, being a nurse is such an integral part of who I am that I really can't imagine doing anything else. That is until I actually win the lottery and don't have to work at all!

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