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Thanks, llq. I really appreciate your thoughtful answer. The only thing I really don't want to do is clinical, i.e. no drug trials where my work is mainly blood draws, etc. I am more than willing (in fact, it would be great) to have a not-high-paying job working for a PI, research coordinator, etc., where I'm just typing and do literature searches. I had a job as a research assistant to a professor while in school, but my clinical rotation hours forced me to give it up. While I did it, though, I really enjoyed it. It's not so much what I'm doing, as where I'm doing it. Working on evidence-based practice or making the working environment more hospitable to nurses (I did on a project on nurse-physician collaboration) would be amazing, even if I just did clerical work. My alma mater has a "Center for Nursing Research", whose website mentions jobs available for nursing students. My question: would it be inappropriate to e-mail the director asking if there are jobs available for ex-students? I would in no way expect to be anything other than a research assistant, at the same level as a student (the pay is surprisingly decent). Many of the professors there do quite interesting research that I would love to be involved with. What do you think? Thanks again for your help.

No, I am still interested in the health field. If I wasn't, I wouldn't be tutoring nursing students. Thanks anyway.

Thanks for the link. I just checked it out and it looks pretty interesting, especially since my partner and I have been thinking about moving to DC. Thanks again!

Hi everyone, This is my first post here on allnurses. I graduated in 2006 with a BSN. By the time I started my last semester, I knew clinical nursing was not for me. I worked for about six months at a non-nursing position, doing social research on foster care - not the greatest thing. For the last two years, I have been tutoring nursing students, which has been both enjoyable and rewarding (though not steady enough as a source of income). I have thought about pursuing a career in nursing education, but the clinical nursing I would have to do in order to become a professor is just not an option. What do I enjoy is research; I read articles and books about health care policy for fun. However, I have no interest in clinical research. I would love to be an assistant to a researcher who is doing utilization research or something along those lines (I did a little of that as a student). If all I do is literature searches and photocopying, that would be fine. So, what I am asking is: does anyone have any advice for someone trying to pursue a future in non-clinical research? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Karen P.S. I have cross-posted this in the "nursing research" section.

Hi everyone, This is my first post here on allnurses. I graduated in 2006 with a BSN. By the time I started my last semester, I knew clinical nursing was not for me. I worked for about six months at a non-nursing position, doing social research on foster care - not the greatest thing. For the last two years, I have been tutoring nursing students, which has been both enjoyable and rewarding (though not steady enough as a source of income). I have thought about pursuing a career in nursing education, but the clinical nursing I would have to do in order to become a professor is just not an option. What do I enjoy is research; I read articles and books about health care policy for fun. However, I have no interest in clinical research. I would love to be an assistant to a researcher who is doing utilization research or something along those lines (I did a little of that as a student). If all I do is literature searches and photocopying, that would be fine. So, what I am asking is: does anyone have any advice for someone trying to pursue a future in non-clinical research? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Karen P.S. I have cross-posted this in the "nursing career section."