MrFuggles

Note taken, I guess if the Nursing thing flops I will have my IT skills to fall back on. But thanks for the update, I too feel that way about the medical industry. Always wanted to be a medic but no way in hell I would do that now not with all the Firehouse drama that seems to go on in the industry. Plus I have a NP friend who keeps kicking me in the ass to keep going with this. That helps Mainframe huh man that was a while ago :) thanks for the post.

Geeheeb THANK YOU for the chuckle ! Yeah I have the exact same feeling ! and have been there so many times. It is funny how IT people get yelled at when someone comes and asks you fro help and it turns out it was their own stupidity. Our 2 Nursing school are not taking new students until the fall of 2015. I HAVE to make this work working in IT has just burned me out. I start A&P 1 on Sept 2 this year. I have been working ski patrol now for 3 years and it has kicked me in the ass to get in to the med field. Cant wait to get rolling. Thanks for the post ! B

Hi Amo Hey Thank you for the reply, see I am on the flip side of my IT career, I am in the same boat you are in with nursing. Wanna swap ? :) My only reason for choosing nursing is a drive I had since I was a kid, I always wanted to be a paramedic for as long as I can remember. I joined ski patrol 3 years ago and I think this rekindled the drive to move in to the medical field. Our OEC or outdoor emergency care class is the same material as an EMT B cert. After going on calls all winter for the past few seasons it has kicked in for me to do something. I am so sick and tired of people forgetting their password and bumping their wifi switch and yelling at me because it doesnt work. It is ALWAYS the IT guys fault when they screw up. Yes I am extremely bitter as time passes. What I have found in patrol is that I can help people out and they say thank you as they are loaded in the of the Bus. I hate coming to work everyday, I get to play with cool technology but the people never change no matter what company I go to. So yes I am tired as well, I agree with you 100%, I am hoping that my love for tech and new love for nursing will merge nicely. We will see, worse case I will fall back to IT and just ride that I cant. I wish both you guys well wishes, I am hoping to start ns school in the fall f 15 I start A&P1 in the sept this year. thanks again for your replies! B

amoLucia Thanks for the reply ! I have to wonder how you have been a nurse ? The reason I ask is, are you facing or seeing other that have been in nursing for a long time facing the same burn out I am in IT? I have worked in IT for 20+ years there isnt much I haven't seen. In the north east IT jobs are plentiful for sure, I am just tied of people that cant remember their passwords from Engineering, CEO's and Phd's. I have to disagree about people becoming more tech savvy, maybe some are good with their Iphones and Ipad but when it comes to Corp. IT forget it ! It is too bad there is a glut of new Nurses out there, I can remember when Microsoft boot camps came out to get people tested and certified in a week. All these people had the cert but no exp and never got jobs or got jobs as helpdesk tech at $10 bucks an hour. Do you think this will soon pass in Nursing ? I know here in NH Nusring programs are exploding, schools are building new sections just for nursing. The area I think I am heading to is Nursing Infomatics I see this as an area that is going to grow like crazy in the 5 to 8 years. Should be interesting.

WOW, that's all I can say, I have read a lot of posts on this site and it seems there are a ton of IT people changing careers into Nursing. Why is what I ask. Yes I too am doing the same thing, I am 45 and working on Pre-reqs now start A&P in the fall. Thing for me is I should have done this a long time ago, always wanted to be a medic. I hate working in IT for all the same reasons everyone else has posted. I have been doing my homework on Nursing and schools here in NH and I have to say the one of three local hospitals has 51 RN openings right now. I see a huge demand in my area, this is what is also driving me to do this. Would love people's feed back on the topic as well as idea's people have about paying and working during your change. thanks Brian