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What personalities would not fit with the flight nursing career? I also have some additional questions. flight nurses out there are you happy with your job? Do you find fulfillment in it? are you still able to maintain a work life balance? If you could go back and choose your career again would you choose flight nursing? I know it's not all about the money but would you say you are or were able to live comfortably on your salary as a flight nurse?

I've been thinking about becoming a nurse for some months now and have about a year until I actually have to decide ( senior year of high school) but the one thing that keeps me from just saying yes, is that I don't know if I have the personality that will be content with nursing as a lifelong career. So I'll just say some things about myself and maybe some actual nurses can tell me if they think I am fit for the job. I know nursing school is hard and I'm ready to do the work, I'm taking some college-level classes now to get some prereqs out of the way. I've noticed that I'm not the best with paying attention to detail and I get stressed if I have to do multiple things at the same time or if people start yelling at me. I'm not terrible under pressure and I can still think. I do enjoy helping people and I want the job that I do to have some meaning other than the fact that it gets me money, but I will be honest. If nursing didn't pay well (the salary wasn't enough to live a comfortable life) I wouldn't do it. But that goes for all careers for me regardless of whether or not I like them. I'm a creative person, which I know doesn't really have a place in nursing, but I also like to get things done. I'm introverted but I am still a pretty social person. And I'll be honest, a big reason as to why I want to be a nurse is I will only have to work 3 days a week, but then again they are 12-hour shifts. I also feel that becoming a nurse will make me grow stronger as a person and build a thick skin, something that I lack but am working on. Should I look to a different career?\ PS I'm considering becoming a PA or an NP if nursing doesn't work out for me, so if you think becoming one of those is a better option then feel free to say so

I've seen so many posts about nurses hating their jobs, and this is kind of scaring me from the career, but I still want to go through with it. But are you happy with your choice to become an RN why or why not?