Question for people who made career change into nursing?

ArtClassRN, ADN, RN · Jan 5, 2014

What was your previous career? Engineer

What is your current position? Med Surg RN

How has your overall experience been as a nurse? Awesomesauce.

Do you have any regrets? Not a single hairy one. As difficult and challenging as my job is, it is nowhere near as bad as dealing with corporate idiots.

MidLifeRN2012 · Jan 5, 2014

I am still working in accounting because I graduated a year and a half ago with a BSN and still can't get a nursing job . Need experience I keep being told if I get an answer at all.

Well...who is gonna give me the experience ?

allnurses Guide · Jan 5, 2014

For those who have changed careers and became a nurse: What was your previous career? What is your current position?How has your overall experience been as a nurse? Do you have any regrets?

I was a medical transcriptionist.

Now an RN on ICU Stepdown

Proud to be a nurse. Frustrated with certain aspects at times.

No regrets. None.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jan 5, 2014

What was your previous career? Factory worker at a paper products plant

What is your current position? RN (House Supervisor) in acute rehabilitation

How has your overall experience been as a nurse? It's tolerable, but I don't particularly enjoy it

Do you have any regrets? Not at this time

mluvsgnc · Jan 5, 2014

What was your previous career? Self employed massage therapist.

What is your current position? LPN in private duty nursing (working on RN).

How has your overall experience been as a nurse? So far so good!

Do you have any regrets? No.

Mossback · Jan 5, 2014

What was your previous career? Television executive.

What is your current position? Med Surg RN in a large university-based hospital.

How has your overall experience been as a nurse? It's been challenging, but very satisfying. Nursing is a great fit for me.

Do you have any regrets? None. I enjoyed my first career and I'm loving this one.

sistrmoon, BSN, RN · Jan 5, 2014

For those who have changed careers and became a nurse:

What was your previous career? Worked human resources for an IT startup and various office/library positions. Also worked for a nursing staffing agency while in nursing school on the phone interfacing with agency nurses and hospital nursing supervisors.

What is your current position? Oncology/Med surg RN in large teaching hospital

How has your overall experience been as a nurse? Hard work but like it better than desk jobs.

Do you have any regrets? Not so far. Plan is for NP eventually.

Peppermint_RN · Jan 5, 2014

What was your previous career? Manager at a fast food restaurant for 9+ years

What is your current position? RN on a LTC/hospice floor

How has your overall experience been as a nurse? Graduated May 2013, Only been working on this floor for 3 weeks (psych nurse for 3 months before that) but I absolutely love it!

Do you have any regrets? Only that I wish I would've went to school earlier. I didn't believe in myself back then, didn't think I could do better than fast food. So glad I made the decision to go back to school & do something good in my life!

SL2014 · Jan 5, 2014

I'm sorry about your experience, this is the case for many new grads. Just keep trying and know that you are not alone.

Bortaz, MSN, RN · Jan 6, 2014

What was your previous career? Cop, corrections

What is your current position? NICU RN

How has your overall experience been as a nurse? Great career move

Do you have any regrets? Love the career, despise the current job.

danh3190 · Jan 9, 2014

What was your previous career? Industrial Chemist

What is your current position? Bedside RN in cardiac unit of large hospital

How has your overall experience been as a nurse? Much more worthwhile than chemistry but much more physically demanding

Do you have any regrets? I miss the chemist salary and benefits.