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Hi all, I'm new here and looking for advice. I got my BSN back in 1992. Worked for about 4 years in a hospital pediatric unit then went to prn status for awhile. Then worked for about a year for an adult daycare center. Got married had kids and event...

If it's been more than a few years since you've had any nursing experience, I would suggest taking a refresher course. Your state board of nursing should have a list of places that offer these classes. Take one with a theory and clinical portion. Thi...

Mtngrl I sent you a PM.

I was all set to get back into nursing but an opportunity came my way to work for an Optometrist and I could not be happier! Daytime hours. Evenings, weekends and holidays off. Tues-Fri work week. It doesn't pay as well as nursing does but I'm so mu...

Congrats Darren! Best of luck with your future endeavors!

Nursing isn't the only career in which people have multiple jobs. For many, all they can find is part-time work, so you get two of them to make ends meet. Firemen often have more than one job. So do paramedics. Working 12 or 24 hour shifts does often...

Started college at 18. Graduated with my BSN at age 22.

Ugh. I'm so sorry I didn't realize this was a question just for the men. Guess I read over your topic fast and didn't see that part.

It's been awhile since I was a brand new nurse but I didn't experience any of that. Sure, there were some frustrating moments but I would expect that in any job. All the nurses I worked with were older than me but they were wonderful mentors and for ...

Well this is definitely interesting. We will have to see how this plays out over the next few years.

It doesn't sound like burn out to me but rather that the job you found just wasn't a good one. Keep looking. One bad job doesn't mean they are all bad.

Yes, you are being taken advantage of, whether it is intentional or not. It would have been ideal to have had your agreed-upon duties written down and both of you sign it at the beginning of hire. Do you have in writing what the two of you initially ...

Congrats! You give me hope in being able to find work even after a long time out of the field. Good luck with your new job. Let us know how it goes!

Well it's been almost a year since I started this thread. I think the time is right now and I've enrolled in a Nurse Refresher course that starts in January. I'm scared to death but excited. Wish me luck!

Thank you so much Testify and Shar for sharing your stories with me. So much of what you have said sounds just like how I feel. Testify, I've thought of asking my supervisor at the home health agency I work for if there would be a job for me if I go...

I've been looking into this as well and Sippie is right. Contact your state board of nursing for board approved refresher courses. Most of them will have a theory component as well as clinical component. You'll want both, imo. Good luck! I still have...

You described my feelings perfectly. This is a factor in my indecision on whether to take that refresher class and get my license renewed. I do not want to work in a hospital ever again. My personality is like yours. Thanks for putting into words wha...

Hi all, I'm new here and looking for advice. I got my BSN back in 1992. Worked for about 4 years in a hospital pediatric unit then went to prn status for awhile. Then worked for about a year for an adult daycare center. Got married had kids and event...

I worked the night shift right out of nursing school and continued for 3 years. It is absolutely draining. Feeling tired all the time, regardless of whether it's night or day. Never being able to enjoy a day off due to feeling tired or needing to sle...

I actually read it. :) Good food for thought and a good reminder. Thank you.

How do I do that? I looked around and do not see a "private message" option anywhere? Would you be willing to post your advice here on the forums so we can all benefit?

Thanks again for the replies. My son is at school all day, which is why I am able to do the part-time PCA job. Yes, we have to keep our sanity, lol. :)

You guys really rock. Thank you for giving me so many things to think about. You are right, my confidence is pretty much nil. At this point I don't think I am going to do the Refresher course. Maybe sometime in the future. My husband and kids want me...

^ Thank you for that. I have always put my family first. That's why I've been out of nursing for so long. When my second son was diagnosed with autism, my career went by the wayside and all focus for the past 14 years has been on that. I've spent the...

Thank you all for your kind and honest replies. It's really given me a lot of things to think about. One complicating factor for me personally is my youngest boy has autism and the change of me working at all has been hard on him. I worry about the t...