What was your job before you became a nurse?

[rn4ever?]

Before you became a nurse, what were you doing/what was your job then? Just curious!

[mmiriamasher]

Went to nursing school at 17 so didn't do anything before nursing, worked for 38.5 years always in nursing, and now I'm happily retired. Odd, I don't miss work, just my friends from work.

[Mookie427]

I was a systems analyst for 16 years until September 11, 2001. I worked on the 68th floor of the 2nd tower that was hit, and that building came down 5 minutes after i was fortunate to exit to the street. I still carry the physical and mental scars of that day.. and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma.

[handsofcompassion]

CNA, then US ARMY supply clerk...

[Sabby_NC]

I was a systems analyst for 16 years until September 11, 2001. I worked on the 68th floor of the 2nd tower that was hit, and that building came down 5 minutes after i was fortunate to exit to the street. I still carry the physical and mental scars of that day.. and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma.

Bless your heart I am so sorry to read of the diagnosis.

Gently hugs your way.

[JohnR,RN,CMSRN]

I was a Pizza chain manager, then a Paramedic, back to Pizza as an area supervisor, then a truck driver, now back to becoming a LPN enroute to my RN:yeah:

[bughouser]

cabinet maker- my girlfriend was a nurse and she was doing her taxes. I saw her income for the year and called my local college about rn school She made twices as much as me that year working two- three days a week. The best part was that she kept all her stuff from RN school on her computer. Lucky me.

[astronautswife]

Realtor

[BwayDani]

Broadway performer :)

[aloevera]

Secretary, then had such a wonderful nurse in OB, I decided "I want to do that" started out as CNA, then LPN, then RN ...have been a nurse now for 22+ yrs, I did move from med-surg to psych several years ago and love every minute of it !!

[shelly304]

artificial insemination and transported semen for horses......really!

[Indy, LPN, LVN]

Let's see.

babysitter

fast-food chain

cake decorator

phlebotomist

travelling phlebotomist (drive long distance to NH in middle of nowhere and collect from every resident at like 5 am. My advice to anyone offered that job: do NOT do it. I drove more miles in my SLEEP than awake.)

retail, various times and places

billing and clerk stuff for doctor's office

waitress, twice and twice I was horrible at it.

cabdriver

dispatcher

unlucky person at a call center answering the phone

RN

Favorite job before RN: cabdriving. Least favorite: travelling phlebotomist was a tie with the call center. I swear all the people that called me up to scream at me did damage to the nerves in my right ear. Fortunately for me the memories of being screeched at because our company didn't make panties the size of a volkswagen, have faded somewhat. My favorite phone call though, was when I took one from a coworker whose customer was getting agitated and she thought he was asking for sex, or slacks, or slops, WTH. I got the poor guy on the phone and figured out he had a cleft palate and it was SOCKS he wanted. That was such a feel-good moment. Stuff like that negated my ability to get a raise, though, 'cause you're graded on how LITTLE time you spend on the phone.

[lovethisjob]

I was a systems analyst for 16 years until September 11, 2001. I worked on the 68th floor of the 2nd tower that was hit, and that building came down 5 minutes after i was fortunate to exit to the street. I still carry the physical and mental scars of that day.. and have been diagnosed with mesothelioma.

I wish you all the best. Miracles do happen in mysterious ways. God bless you!