"Other" healthcare careers...

Sirapples · Sep 5, 2009

love nursing to much. couldnt sit around and look up pills all day long for eternety

RNperdiem, RN · Sep 5, 2009

If you work in a very academic environment, you will join the club of nurses who work and go to school.

I work weekends and there is one nurse in law school, a couple going for their masters degrees, one starting on a PhD, and another considering NP.

I have known a nurse make the switch to pharmacy; I never heard anyone say anything negative.

talaxandra · Sep 5, 2009

After five or six years as an RN one of my former colleagues switched to speech pathology and loves it. She said nursing gave her the flexibility to fit work around her contact hours at uni.

ONCRN84 · Sep 5, 2009

I'm still just toying with the idea. The program is at the same college I got my BSN from

so I have all their general education stuff done. It'd be 13 more prereqs and 4 years of pharmacy school. Trying to convince my husband that living like a poor college student is fun is my next battle lol. I love nursing in general but I dont think I see myself doing this forever.

marie-francoise · Sep 5, 2009

Do what you want to do. Listen to your gut, not the opinions of others. I also cannot see myself at the bedside for very long.

Katie82, RN · Sep 5, 2009

I have always loved nursing, but not always the job. I had a degree in another field before I went to nursing school, so I put off pursuing my BSN until I was 18 years into nursing. What can a BSN teach me at that point, so I got a BBA in Healthcare Administration and a MBA in Healthcare Management. I still work with patients, but at a different level, and I love it.

FLMom3, RN · Sep 5, 2009

My hubby's an pharmacist, he seems ok with his job... doesn't LOVE it, but it's a decent job with very good pay... VERY different from nursing! It's all about you and what you want to do with your life. They are very different career paths. Good luck with whatever you do!:wink2:

PeachPie · Sep 5, 2009

I'm going back to school for IT in the spring. Maybe I'll do healthcare informatics or go on to do medical librarianship... I don't know. I love the pathophysiology of nursing, and I'm a pretty good nurse, but nursing is too people oriented for a task-oriented introvert like me.

GilaRRT · Sep 5, 2009

I'm going back to school for IT in the spring. Maybe I'll do healthcare informatics or go on to do medical librarianship... I don't know. I love the pathophysiology of nursing, and I'm a pretty good nurse, but nursing is too people oriented for a task-oriented introvert like me.

Respiratory therapy may be another option to consider. While the pay not be on par with nursing in some areas, the RT education is highly technical and physiology based. In addition, your introverted nature may enjoy areas such as diagnostics or sleep medicine. I find many nurses are rather ignorant when it comes to allied health providers and are not aware of the education and technical experience needed to take on the allied role.

NurseStephRN · Sep 5, 2009

never! i love nursing way too much.

do what makes you happy! if you decide that pharmacy is not for you, maybe you could always go back to nursing

pagandeva2000, LPN · Sep 5, 2009

I think about it constantly. While I like nursing, it has disappointed me more than pleased me. I don't see it being true to patient care, due to the politics. And, if I find that niche, I wouldn't care what people thought. I would retain my license and work per diem somewhere, but I think this is draining me.