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!

[aloevera]

eccentricRN----WOW!!!! At least in nursing if you grow bored there are so many different avenues for you to switch to..I have run the gamut myself in about 8 different areas until I found my niche in psych....Good Luck and Happy Nursing !!!

[mashell4]

I work in customer service for the local cable company..Start school in sept. Yahooo!!

[KarynicaRN]

i was a certified nurses aide for about 3 years. then i became a secretary at a flatbed trailer company, then i worked home health care as a cna, then went back to being a receptionist at a travel agency, had a child at the age of 29 and 1 year later went to nursing school

[medsurgrnco, BSN, RN]

Sales Clerk

Data Entry Operator

Dog Trainer

Security Guard

Worked with Developmentally Disabled

Plethysmograph Technician

Nude Art Model

Computer Programmer

Mental Health Counselor

Psychotherapist

[MrsMommaRN]

ahh so many jobs before i found my true calling.

pharmacy tech

pharmacy clerk

receptionist in medical office

chiropractic assistant

nurses aide

bar help

phone sales

reservation specialist

cashier

ice cream maker

pre school teacher

nanny

[83studentnurse]

1) Communications Specialist (manager-level)

2) Marketing Intern

Summer/college jobs including: administrative assistant, nurses' assistant, sales

I realized I liked being a nurses' assistant more than I liked working in business, despite having a good career. So back to school for me.

[cherubhipster]

I was a special education art teacher for awhile, and I also worked doing a bunch of jobs in the fashion industry in NYC. I am SO happy to be starting a completely different career now!

[beachbum3]

in order from nurse to past

1.RN (now)

2.Flight Attendant

3. Commercial Sales Rep

4. Departmental Assistant/Accountant

(Plus I've waitressed and worked the usual odd jobs)

[Agrippa]

Law student. Dropping out and going to nursing school was the best decision of my life. If only I didn't have that debt...

[pixieshmoo]

While I'm still researching schools and struggling with the whole Surgical Tech/LPN-RN thing and what to do, I am a legal secretary. I love the field of Law, however, I'm not in any exciting field. Defense litigation. We represent insurance companies being sued from car accidents. Lame, repetitive and I have the onset of carpal tunnel. Not worth the cheap pay and now chance of growth unless I go to law school....which I wouldn't.

[littleRNthatcould]

I worked in my uncle's garage (which I still maintain was my BEST job ever). Then I worked for a while in a lumber yard before starting Nursing school. Believe me loading sak-crete and 2x12's really gets you ready for transferring those large patients!!!

[frappe]

I'm not nurse yet:)

1.cashier

2.baby-sitter

3. real estate agent