FearTheRaptor

I have done something similar as far as changing careers. I was in middle management with a fortune 100 company for 10 years and became completely burned out on the whole corporate politics and ladder climbing. I wanted to change and do something where I could help people in a meaningful way, the two options I looked at were teaching and nursing. I went with nursing because of the better job security and better compensation. I am now 4 weeks from graduating and will hopefully find employment soon after. As far as nursing as a choice for a career change I looked at it this way, with a BSN RN the options are available to work in other areas besides just medical care.....there is also community nursing, psych nursing, etc. I fully expect to be working in med surg for the first year or two once I graduate, after that I would not mind trying a year or two in ED, ICU, and psych to see where my true interest will be. The only thing I was not prepared for was the amount of "catiness" and drama that I have experience with the female RNs in my clinicals and now practicum (I'm not saying that males are not capable of acting like this, I just have not been around any male nurses to witness it). I have seen RNs smile and talk nice to one another face-to-face, but the momemt apart just rip each other a part in the worst way. I was also surprised with the amount and crudeness of "locker room" type talk between female nurses, they would have these conversations in front of me not even knowing how I would react or felt about this subject matter; and Im no prude by any means but the only time I have those type of conversations is when Im around my close friends who know me very well. In the corporate world if I heard any of my subordinates talk like this it would be a serious HR issue. Sorry to get sidetracked on your topic, just venting on my dissappointment in the lack of professionalism in some RNs that I have witnessed especially during my practicum.