ritag369

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1. Should I make the decision to switch career?

   ritag369 replied to arkmann's topic in California

   I could have written the same query. I am a state employee in the NYS Court System with 11 years on the job. I work in a small court with 2 judges and only one other clerk, my supervisor. We are very overloaded with cases and it is always stressful. ...

2. Late career choice @ 35

   ritag369 replied to blessed_2Bhere's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I agree that starting a career (or second) at 35 or older is a good idea. By that age you know what you want to do in life and what you don't. I starting taking prereq classes when I was 31 and temp lost my job. I was rehired but kept going to school...

3. What would you change about Nursing to make it better?

   ritag369 replied to RNman09's topic in General Nursing

   I am not a nurse,( I am working on my RN degree), but I wanted to ask a question. In last few weeks that I decided to change careers I have heard and read a lot of horrible things that nurses have to endure, like mandatory overtime, burnout, predator...

4. Why I have chosen nursing as a career

   ritag369 replied to sara_ky's topic in General Nursing

   I have the same doubts as the writer and I am in exactly the same personal situation. But somehow I finally summoned the courage to stop being afraid of failing. I always had excuses. I hate needles, not sure I could take someone's blood pressure rig...