NurCe-45
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This this this. Thank you so much.
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I hate to post this on the nurse's feed, but the student feed has zero activity lately. The background: I'm old, I taught school for 12 years, I have a business degree but my dream has always been nursing. I have taken all pre-reqs and will apply to begin school in the fall (bc I need the rest of my Hep-B rounds). In the meantime, with no medical background or experience, I am trying to find a job in the medical field that doesn't require a year of school. I would be good with a 1-3 certification of some type, but it is all so confusing. Some hospitals require certifications from one organizations but some require certs from others, etc etc. Any guidance on how I can navigate forward would be great! I'm looking at jobs like medical assistants or techs, or even phlebotomy would be good. This is an example of something I'd love doing - thanks in advance! https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Memorial-Hermann-Health-System?from=mobviewjob&tk=1efl3cffc3f09000&fromjk=ac265d370ccaa0a3&attributionid=mobvjcmp
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So against my nature in the past, but I've really turned that around. Again, great advice.
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Is there no way for me to delete this post?
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Oh my jeez - you're correct. Need to delete stat
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That makes total sense - although NICU would be less close to home since it's been 18 years and really those nurses were just inspiring. We saw and experienced a lot in the 12 weeks we were there, but I don't feel the PTSD with that as I did with many of the other issues I experienced.
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I recently talked with a longtime nurse about my past career path. I worked for a behavioral school as a teacher, where students came when they were not capable of functioning in a regular school environment due to emotional disorders. It was quite a traumatic experience in that we had to restrain students, often multiple times a day, in order to prevent them from hurting themselves or others. We maintained a school full of students that should likely have been hospitalized without the use of medicines, and only the use of our bodies as restraints. On top of this, in the years prior to working there, I lost a brother (he was a drunk driver), was abused by a stepparent, had an 11-week premature baby, filed bankruptcy, got a divorce, and moved to a town where I knew no one. All this to say, by the end of my 3rd year at the behavioral school, I had a mental collapse. Over the next two years I was in intensive therapy and finally got meds right. It’s been 6 years and although I can’t say I’m 100%, I can say my life has completely turned around and I’m a class away from applying to Cizik. When I spoke to this former nurse about my nervous breakdown, and the fact that my areas of interest were ER, NICU, and psych, she told me I wouldn’t be able to handle it. She said, “Everyone wants to go into surgery, or ER or psych and no one ever stays bc it’s so hard and it’s so stressful...” I am realistic and understand what is on TV medical dramas is not how things go down. But I do think with my life experiences comes a sense of understanding and empathy that will help in whatever area I choose to work. Do you think her assessment is correct? Do you think that my “reaction to working in that behavior school tells <me> how well <I’ll> do in psych or ER?” Her direct words.
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