If you could no longer be a nurse?...

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Hello, I like to share conversations with you all that come up at work, because you always come up with interesting answers. The questions of the day was "If you could no longer be a nurse, what would you do?" I had to think about this for awhile. I love taking care of people and helping them, so I guess my next choice would be teaching. What about all of you? If you woke up tomorrow and you were no longer a nurse? What would you do? And what would you want to be? :chuckle

~Crystal

Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

Elementary school art teacher,

computer technician (run the wires and set up stuff),

radio personality,

moderate a nursing forum -oooops already do that,

telephone triage...tried it liked it only OK.

Artist in residence.

Writer-fiction, gothics, bodice busters etc,

plant lady,

travelling truck farmer- green pickup with dangling scales on back and sell corn and green beans door to door [childhood memory]

bookmobile driver, as long as I have my Motrin, my Ben-Gay and my heating pad.....

Anything to keep my RN and not have to add that (retired) on my next years license renewal-tears forming as I type.

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Specializes in Emergency.
I would be a princess.....a drunk princess!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I want to be a drunk princess too!!!

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Specializes in Case Mgmt; Mat/Child, Critical Care.

I would love to own and run a B&B in the country, by a lake, it would include boats/boat rental, fishing/bait&tackle shop, cafe, gift shop. We would be open about 8mos out of the yr. The rest of the time, I would write and read, travel.

Ahhhh, to dream....

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.

Any other profession that involved helping others

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Specializes in LTC/Behavioral/ Hospice.

Do I have to leave the field of health altogether, or just nursing? :) I'd probably do something with respiratory therapy or midwifery. Other than that, I'd just stay home and enjoy my kiddos more.

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Specializes in Everything but psych!.

A shrink

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Wow, thanks for all of the responses! I just got back to check it today. I did some more thinking...

if I couldn't be a nurse... or anything medical related, besides teaching I think I would me a mechanic... I like working on cars...

~Crystal

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Specializes in CV Surgery Step-down.
Difficult one mmmmmmm I would love to run my own restaurant

Been there, done that!

I'd be a rock star!

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

If I had to give up bedside nursing due to my MS, I think that I would like to run a support group for others afflicted with this disease.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

Career Advisor (College/University Level)...

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Specializes in Home Health, Primary Care.
Wow, thanks for all of the responses! I just got back to check it today. I did some more thinking...

if I couldn't be a nurse... or anything medical related, besides teaching I think I would me a mechanic... I like working on cars...

~Crystal

I second that one. I actually almost started that before deciding to go into nursing. My father is one, always been around him working on cars and I've learned a lot over the years. I love taking things apart, putting them together again and figuring out why it's not working and trying to fix it.

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I would want to be in the fashion industry. Write for a fashion magazine such as Vogue and live in NYC.(dream job) or be a news reporter of some sort.

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