No hospitals please

[SAS2016]

I am graduating Summa Cum Laude with my BSN in two weeks and I am dreading my first nursing job. I knew after my first semester that I didn't want to continue on with nursing school but I did anyway. This is a second career for me. I have a prior BBA and after 12 years working I decided to go back to school to pursue nursing (which was my first career choice in college the first time but I lacked the confidence). This happened to me with my first degree. I worked in Human Resources for 4 years but didn't like it so I started working as a pharmacy technician since I had prior experience doing that during college the first time. I went back to school because I felt stuck in my career and and interested in health and wellness. Pushing pills in the pharmacy world wasn't for me any longer. Turns out nursing is a lot of pushing pills. So now I am 38 years old and dread working as a nurse. However, I am willing to try it. I do not want to work in a hospital though. Any tips on options for me as I search for jobs. I can't just NOT TRY nursing but I absolutely do not want to work in a hospital and school makes it sounds like hospitals are the only option. Can new nurses obtain in employment in non-hospital jobs?

[Calinrse2b]

Nursing is a great degree to have because it offers so many options. Hospital nursing isn't for everyone and that is just fine because we need nurses to fill those other specialties too! Take an inventory of your strengths. What attracted you to nursing. Do you prefer the corporate environment? Do you enjoy educating patients? What classes in nursing did you most enjoy? I know many nurses who, like you, did not want to work in the hospital and after graduating they went to work for public health or a company selling medical devices or providing education to nurses on their equipment, etc. There is school nursing, clinic nursing, dialysis, aesthetic nursing, outpatient surgery, it depends on what you see as your niche. It is okay to try a few things out until you find it.