nkc_rn

Hi canchaser! I am fairly new to allnurses and unable to private message yet. I hope you don't mind me contacting you via one of your threads. I have read some of your previous posts from years ago when you gave advice on CRNA school and you were initially planning on becoming an FNP. I was especially intrigued about your plan for specializing in Dermatology and opening your own med spa with laser abrasion. Wondering what changed your plans. I thought...wow, that might be a great option for myself it my spouse (who does well in accounting/finance) took the plunge and moved to somewhere in the Caribbean. Lofty dreams... I am a fairly new nurse. Graduated from an accelerated nursing program in August 2013 after previously graduating from respiratory therapy school and working as an RT while getting my BSN. I have had the lofty plan/idea of becoming a CRNA for a while now (however, the plan is definitely up in the air). Currently, I work in an LTACH setting and have tentative plans of bumping up the intensity by eventually moving on to ICU. I say tentative because, I am just not sure about the route to take. I am interested in a higher level of nursing practice but weighing the stress involved, length of program (many are converting from 3 yr to 5 yr programs), cost (already heavily in debt from degrees before respiratory), time from family, if I will be choosing the "right" discipline that will be satisfying to me, compensation,...makes for a lot of uncertainty. I have enjoyed reading your posts and the advice you give. I sure hope things are going better in your career and that it is bringing you satisfaction. Thank you reading my post and considering a response to it.