smokieskat

smokieskat has 20 years experience and specializes in critical care, med-surg.

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1. disabled, out 12 years, trying to return

   smokieskat posted a topic in Retired Nurses

   I have read several , or a couple anyway (lol) questions so far. I have been out for 12 years, let my license lapse. For the past year or so, I have been working at getting an RN license for NC....

2. Made a mistake becoming a nurse?

   smokieskat replied to cathbow's topic in General Nursing

   Scattycarrot, that is the best reply I have seen yet to the original thread. There are good days and bad. The lives we touch, in my opinion, answer a resounding YES! to the question of "did MY life...

3. Made a mistake becoming a nurse?

   smokieskat replied to cathbow's topic in General Nursing

   hmmm...well, I was a nurse for 20 years and many times I said I was ready to go to work in a fast food place. Then there were times that it was so rewarding, like my life actually made a difference...