I've got a shade less than 2 years of this nightmare of a contract to go, and you know I'm counting days. In the duration of the contract, I've had 2 jobs. The first was 18 different kinds of horrible while the second was decent, just not in my comfort zone (career Peri-op nurse to med/surg). I've come to the conclusion that this stupid contract is a large part of why I have such a hard time getting and doing well at a job. I go into interviews and after selling myself quite well, I then have to field dress myself on the carpet in front of perfect strangers and I wind up feeling like damaged goods begging for a job. I just about have to ask permission to sneeze. I am old enough to have grandchildren (young grandchildren) and this stupid crap is so infantilizing.
I am in the position where I may be able to draw disability for the remaining duration of the contract (or longer if need be.) I am thinking of waiting until I don't have to even deal with contract junk at all to even go back to nursing. No more IPN elephant in the room waiting to stomp on any opportunity that I might have to actually not look stupid. I can look stupid on my own. I don't need their help.
i think my worry is, when I finally do go back to nursing, how do I address a 2 year lapse on a resume? What has anyone done when working outside nursing either by choice or while waiting. What do you say when potential employers for that retail job want to know why you want to work for $11 an hour. Is nursing even worth this? Some days, I think not.
