I was asked this question by my supervisor last night. 5 years ago I'd have said heck yeah I'm going back to school so I can advance myself in this profession. Well I tried that. I tried taking pre-masters courses and failed stats (a prerequisite to any masters of nursing program) because I was trying to work full time shiftwork at the same time. So that discouraged me more than a little.
Now in my search for balance in life I've made that decision that my homelife is the thing that I should be about what I am and this is what I will nurture instead of my career. Being all about my work is just no at all good for my sanity because there is just so little in it that I have control over.
So is this just giving up or is ths growing up and facing up to reality. Is that what self-preservation is?
So I'm getting married and want a lot of things -- only few of which I can realistically accomplish. First and formost I want children. I want to pounce on the opportunity being given to me to go to europe in 2009. I want to own a house. I want to find a better area of nursing -- and take extra training to do this if needed.
10 years from now??? Hmm, if all goes well, 3 years from now I will be a new nurse. During the 7 years after that, I want to get married and have at least one child...and just enjoy motherhood (can't wait!)...At the 10 year mark, I hope to be working on a Master's degree. I know I definitely want to consider getting a nursing education degree or certificate (which ever it is, I don't know, sorry) that would allow me to teach in nursing schools should I ever get tired of working with patients.
I also want to pursue becoming either a CRNA or NNP, but can't decide which yet.
I know I definitely want to consider getting a nursing education degree or certificate (which ever it is, I don't know, sorry) that would allow me to teach in nursing schools should I ever get tired of working with patients.
Your avatar is hysterical!
Check into the salary for a nursing instructor, gees...it's really low. I would love to teach nursing but not willing to give up 1/2 of what I currently make. I think CRNA or NNP would be a much wiser choice if you want to further your education.
Thanks! Oh, I am definitely aware that the salary is so low, am I'm actually disapointed since I thought college profs made a good salary (my biology prof made it seem like he was raking in the dough)...anyway, I always think "what if?" What if something were to happen (Goodness Forbid) that would physically prevent me from working in a hospital? I would still want to be able to do something related to nursing.
As far as the other two choices, I REALLY would prefer to be a NNP, but have yet to see any openings in NYC for one...(I see "NP", but not necessarily "NNP", so it looks like I make be pursuing CRNA. I guess I'll see where life takes me.
Your avatar is hysterical!
Check into the salary for a nursing instructor, gees...it's really low. I would love to teach nursing but not willing to give up 1/2 of what I currently make. I think CRNA or NNP would be a much wiser choice if you want to further your education.
I've got 5 years till I can draw my pension at 50%. I hope in ten to be sitting quietly in front of the T.V. watching STARGATE SG1 reruns and getting fat and jolly. Unfortunately I'll have no health ins for 15years so I'll prob still be working somewhere but not Acute Care.
I was asked this question by my supervisor last night. 5 years ago I'd have said heck yeah I'm going back to school so I can advance myself in this profession. Well I tried that. I tried taking pre-masters courses and failed stats (a prerequisite to any masters of nursing program) because I was trying to work full time shiftwork at the same time. So that discouraged me more than a little.
Now in my search for balance in life I've made that decision that my homelife is the thing that I should be about what I am and this is what I will nurture instead of my career. Being all about my work is just no at all good for my sanity because there is just so little in it that I have control over.
So is this just giving up or is ths growing up and facing up to reality. Is that what self-preservation is?
So I'm getting married and want a lot of things -- only few of which I can realistically accomplish. First and formost I want children. I want to pounce on the opportunity being given to me to go to europe in 2009. I want to own a house. I want to find a better area of nursing -- and take extra training to do this if needed.
Well that's my life right now at 30.
I don't see what you're doing as giving up. It's easy to stay in school mode and get degree after degree, but sometimes you have to be a student of life too. You may need to work and live your life for a few years and then you'll be ready to go back. Nobody says you have to have all of your degrees by a certain age. No experience you gain while on the job will be wasted. A friend of mine keeps applying to CRNA school, but he only has slightly above the minimun job experience required. He got turned down and I think lack of experience was a factor.
I eventually will finish my BSN and MSN, but since I will probably be working for at least thirty more years, I have plenty of time. Nursing is only one part of my life, not all of it.
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10 years from now??? Hmm, if all goes well, 3 years from now I will be a new nurse. During the 7 years after that, I want to get married and have at least one child...and just enjoy motherhood (can't wait!)...At the 10 year mark, I hope to be working on a Master's degree. I know I definitely want to consider getting a nursing education degree or certificate (which ever it is, I don't know, sorry) that would allow me to teach in nursing schools should I ever get tired of working with patients.
I also want to pursue becoming either a CRNA or NNP, but can't decide which yet.