butlerette.rock

Basically! When I went to med school there was a woman starting from the bottom already IN her 40s. It sounds like you know what you want to do, don't let age be a factor.

I doubt many of the folks here have worked as hiring managers. I certainly haven't, but I DO have experience in administrative assistance... haha I can't speak for the effectiveness of boards like nursingjobs -- what is that, like a Craigslist for nurses? Most of the places I've worked at have used resources at local medical schools to find new hires, as well as online recruiting sites like Dayak (kind of like a hiring ebay...). Most people looking for nurses don't have much time or money to find them, so they had to go with options like these. Recruiters are good because they find the candidates for you; I saw a lot of people go through that resource. I was actually just reading something the other day about the millions of dollars it costs to replace medical staff...it's crazy. Good luck with your search and definitely check out Dayak as well as some local med schools (sometimes they have job fairs).

Very, very true. There are a lot of risks associated with special ed. My mother works in that field and supposedly she was assaulted when she was pregnant with me ...maybe that's why I turned out so wacky In all seriousness, though, I think special ed comes with its own set of challenges, like nursing. Both take a lot of intelligence and courage, afaic.

I actually think the game they spoke of in the article was a modified COD4, now that you mention it. I've heard of films triggering flashbacks so I'm sure video games would have a similar effect. Part of the therapy requires the PSTD patient to simultaneously "relive" and "rewrite" their traumatic experience, through the simulation...very interesting indeed.

I don't blame you wanting to go back to school with the job market the way it is, but depending on what it is that you want to do I might throw my vote for the "experience" pile. That's sort of what I did, I tried getting a few internships that would show me whether or not I really wanted to go into nursing (it helped that I had some good connections, but...). On the other hand, if you're sure that the degree will put you in the right place then it, too, could be a good decision. Just be prepared for the debt that will no doubt result. As for capella...you might be interested in this (I don't know how truthful these claims are, tho) http://www.capellauniversity.org/

Not really a nursing question per se, but I have a conversation starter for those of you who might work with PTS patients Did anyone else see the story a few weeks ago in the New Yorker about video game treatment? Basically they got some game programmers to change up a popular war shoot-em-up to the characteristics of an iraq war field...then they would have PTSD patients from the recent Iraq conflict enter this virtual world and through prolonged exposure start to overcome certain aspects of their condition. I'm not very well-versed in PTS, and the clinical substance behind such a treatment seems iffy to me, but the article was fascinating.

yeah, even google has a few barebones articles you could also go to a local hospital and try to find a few lpn's who aren't busy to give you their take, but good luck finding one on a "lunch break"... ah, I see alyx already gave this advice...oh well, great minds, etc :)

My great-grandmother was an ICU nurse for almost 30 years (she did other things as well) and that was always an inspiration to me, although I never got to see her "in action," as it were. After she died one of her sons (my "great-uncle" or some such thing) uncovered this memoir piece she wrote after she retired, about all the years she put in and all the people she watched both die and come back to life in her care. It was very moving (and a little depressing, especially when you think about how far medical science has come since those days) but it made me think about giving the medical field a shot. Plus, I really like "ER", so... (j/k) lol