Second career nurses: Do you like nursing better?

[stefanyjoy]

It's no secret that there are a lot of miserable posts here, but I wonder often if what I'm reading are only complaints about working for large businesses in general (money hungry administration, being over-worked and under-paid, backstabbing co-workers). So to you nurses that took up nursing as a second (or third, or fourth...) career path, do you like it better? What did you do before? Do you miss it?

I've been working for a huge health insurance company for 5 years, and I fight back tears almost every morning before getting my car. I hate it. HATE it. It makes my life feel so empty and meaningless. I am not proud of what I do. Nursing has got to be better than this.

[joanna73, BSN, RN]

You could eventually move into an educator role. Your prior teaching experience would be a definite asset.