Hi everyone, I am writing on behalf of a group of 4 seniors attending a AA RN program in NYC.
My group and I are a conducting a brief, informal, & utterly unscientific survey for our "Transitions to Professional Nursing" class
You may have guessed the topic already; second career nurse. I realize there are many other posts on allnurses that cover this topic to varying degrees, and we are pulling data from those threads as well. However, the below list of questions are what we are curious about and hopefully covers some new ground.
All answers you provide will be used to quiz our class during the required 45 minute presentation. So, have fun answering and help us stump the class with your unexpected and unique answers.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
(copy paste questions you choose to answer and post in your response)
Demographic and previous career details:
how long have you been a nurse?
Age?
gender?
What was your previous career?
Did you receive a college degree in that specialty?
How long did you work in your previous career?
What was the hardest part about changing careers?
What was your motivation in changing from your previous career?
did you make more or less money in your previous career compared to nursing?
What qualities do you possess (if any) from your previous career that help you in the nursing field?
Was your first career in the healthcare field?
Is there anything you would change, in regards to your career choices if you could go back in time?
Do you regret choosing the Nursing field as your second career option?
Rate your previous career, 1-10, or, how happy were you with your previous career vs how happy are you with nursing?
what prevented you from becoming a nurse earlier?
On being a nurse:
Why the nursing field as opposed to another discipline?
Are you worried about 'burning out' on being a nurse? Becoming too reliant alcohol or drugs for coping/escape?
How do you feel about the glorious American healthcare system? [rate it 1-10, or RANT!]
On being a nursing student:
Did you have another job while in nursing school?
What obstacles do you/did you face being a student?
Which class is most important for student nurses?
Which is the least?
What other classes do you feel student nurses should be required to take?
