If you won the lottery would you still work in health care?

[nola1202]

A fun what if question, we used to toss this around on night shift.

[IowaLPN]

Abso-effing-lutely not. I'd do volunteer work, give money, actually be able to TALK to a resident rather than just throw them their pills in the morning and then not see them the rest of the shift--except to do more pills or if there's an emergency--since I have to write up a million skilled assessments before the next new admit(s) come..... I love my job and I'm good at it but I'd be crazy to keep working for peanuts and spending precious time away from my daughter if I didn't have to.

[WorriedAbout2Morrow]

H-E-Double Hockey Sticks, I would not continue to work as a nurse!!!!! As strange as it may seem to some, I'd go to mortuary school.

[LPNnowRN]

I would have to work--do something part time and then do charitable work with the bulk of the $$. Can't take it with you, so make the world a better place like Bill and Melinda Gates.

[Rabid Response]

I would get my CRNA license and then work with an organization like Doctors without Borders. I would also get a Masters or higher in Disaster Management or some such degree so that I could be a useful volunteer at large disaster sites. Teaching nursing school would also be fun. I would not ever want to leave nursing completely but would enjoy more flexibility and excitement (and less charting and red tape).

[klone, MSN, RN]

Depends on how much. If it's less than $5 million, then yes, we would both continue to work for a year or two. If it's more than 5, then I would put in my 2 weeks' notice the following morning, and pay one of my coworkers to take my last two weeks' shifts for me!

[sistasoul]

I would volunteer in a nursing home to spend time with the residents. I love my old peeps.

[RNMom2010]

How much money we talking about here? If I won the big lotto (100million+) I would never work a day in my life again. And if I volunteered with anything it would be animal related. I would build a beautiful home on a lake in the woods and have an amazing equestrian center with a few horses. I would enjoy riding in the woods with my son and going on lots of family vacations. I would pay off all of my mom's debts and provide her with anything and everything she wanted. Not sure how long 100 million + would last going this way but hey its nice for a girl to dream!

[VioletKaliLPN, LPN]

I would want to open a preventative health clinic for men and women, and base fees on a sliding scale.(income)

I would focus on treatment of DM-2, HBP, hyperlipidemia, as well as prevention.

That would be an awesome thing, but I doubt I will ever be able to do that without winning the lotto.. Maybe in my next life..

[MissBrahmsRN]

i'd pay off our house, pay off the car, pay off my parents house, set a bunch in the bank for retirement & college then who knows...i'd probably work in healthcare again but on my terms, if they ticked me off i'd be out.

[prettymica, ASN, BSN, MSN, LPN, RN, APRN, NP]

Yes to keep my license current, if I ran out of money and to have something to fall back on. Just prn or once a yr a travel assignment for 6 weeks. Also I would open a free clinic we need more of those :)

[Caffeine_IV]

If it was a substantial amount, heck no! I'm sure I could get a few hobbies, take some fun classes, spend time with family and stay busy otherwise.

[nerdtonurse?, BSN, RN]

If I won the big lottery (so I could set up some kind of annuity to fund the place), I'd open a hospice -- right now in our county, if you live alone and don't have some kind of live in assistance, you're forced to move into a nursing home. I know I wouldn't want to spend my last days on earth listening to one of my dementia patients wailing and screaming and watching the alcoholic/drug addict from the other room take what little I had left....I'd call the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne and fund them running it (Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Atlanta is the closest place to heaven this side of death I've ever seen).