If not nursing what other career would you have done?

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Just for fun, if you were to choose a career other than nursing what would it be and why?

Specializes in Ambulatory Case Management, Clinic, Psychiatry.

park ranger

travel agent

hiking/outdoor adventure leader

infectious disease specialist

forensic psychologist/profiler

detective

management analyst

special agent

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Specializes in ED, Cardiac-step down, tele, med surg.

Veterinarian if I had it to do all over again. Lawyer or scientist would be okay too. I really wish I would have been a veterinarian though.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Engineer.

Politician.

Attorney.

International businessman;) traveling everywhere.

ohhh maybe also air traffic control! 0: I think you only need an associate degree and some training and the pay in the six figure range. Lots of responsibilities though!

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Some line of cooking, possibly pastries and desserts. Something in applied arts, like costume and prop work for plays or TV/film ? I actually did an elective course in art, and it was tough but I loved it :) but not imaginative enough and not talented enough to be an original artist

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Epidemiologist or Chicano/Latino activist

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Specializes in School Nurse.

Probably would have been a teacher. This is probably why I took a school nursing assignment not long after starting.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Pediatric Float, PICU, NICU.

Without thinking of pay, hours, etc...I would love the be a cake sculptor and make this giant life-like cakes that shouldn't be cakes.

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Specializes in ICU; Telephone Triage Nurse.

Orthodontist

Archeologist

Marine biologist

Hair metal groupie on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood circa 1990!

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Specializes in Care Coordination, MDS, med-surg, Peds.
Med lab scientist.

Its late. I'm tired, and I read this as MAD lab scientist!!!

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In high school I'd wanted to be an Air Force fighter jet pilot (two problems--my eyesight is 20/200 and I'm a female so I couldn't fly fighters 20 years ago) then I wanted to be a screenwriter. I'd actually researched and found a college in Orlando that had that program and had their internships at Universal Studios. I was afraid to leave home, so I worked in medical billing before nursing, but the screenwriting or an English teacher were my dream jobs. Since I've been in nursing, if I had to leave I'd either do the writing thing (medical dramas are big but none really focus on nursing) or a medical exmainer/forensic tech. Pts can't argue with you!

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Cake decorator/ bakery owener

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Specializes in Medsurg/ICU, Mental Health, Home Health.
Its late. I'm tired, and I read this as MAD lab scientist!!!

I read it as METH lab scientist.

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