Leaving nursing for new career?

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Is anyone leaving nursing for a new career? Going back to school? If not and you needed to change careers what would you like to do?

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Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.

Well, I'm the opposite. Spent 17 years as a research scientist and now I'm a nurse. I miss being a scientist, but the job market has changed and this is how I can support my family.

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Well, I'm the opposite. Spent 17 years as a research scientist and now I'm a nurse. I miss being a scientist, but the job market has changed and this is how I can support my family.

I always wonder about this. Did it seem like the jobs mostly went away with the funding? i have thought about going back to do engineering or computer science but Im seeing those people coming to nursing.

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Specializes in New Critical care NP, Critical care, Med-surg, LTC.

It all depends on the job and industry. I worked in pharmaceutical research in a location without many employers. I knew that eventually I'd have to be willing to relocate to keep my job, or change careers to stay where I am. Weighing all the options, changing careers was going to work better for me and my family. I don't regret that decision, but I miss my former profession.

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Specializes in Pedi.

I would like for someone to pay me to travel the world permanently.

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I have been a LPN for 6 years. I knew that I wanted to "help people" but that was all I knew. I was even working on getting accepted into the LPN-RN bridge because that was of course the next step. However, I had so much anxiety related to it. I dreaded going to work. I always knew what I wanted to do in my heart but did not have the courage to go for it. I am the only one in my immediate family to graduate high school, let alone a technical degree. Stepping out further than that scared me. But at 27 years old, I finally decided to pursuit a career in what my interests are and I am so relieved. I am excelling in all my classes because I love what I am doing. I quit my job at a LTC facility that I have been at for five years and work part time as a private duty LPN while I pursuit my degree in biology with a concentration of nanotechnology with a minor in statistics.

I feel so RELIEVED! Please, follow your heart and not a paycheck! You do not have to stick with a career that you do not love! But if you do love it, great, because God knows that we need great nurses in this world! :)

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