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Just a quick update- I got the amazing HIV educators position. Just a bit of information because this never occurred to me before. If you want to use your degree but cant be licensed at the moment I suggest looking into any job that states "human services degree or related field requires". Seriously, I get to have this amazing professional job, advocate, do good in my community, and afford to live.

In other news: I signed my board contact. The usual- five years, UAs, and the sorts. The amazing part is I get to keep my new job and fulfill my contact by doing the above and completing 30 ceus and 30 hours of community service per each 2 years. My plan is to get on board with the blood bank, have them fill out the quarterly reports.

I am thrilled with where my life is right now, it looks so different than a year ago.

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Yay! Congrats, that's amazing!

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Specializes in ER, TRAUMA, MED-SURG.

Awesome news! Congratulations on the new job!

Anne, RNC

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congrats, TwoYear!!! that is such good news! best of luck to ya! & kudos to you for thinking outside the box! :lol2:

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

i think you just made lemonade, from lemons ;)

congratulations !

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Congratulations to you!

Sorry for the misunderstanding, but you said this is your advice to those who have a degree but not the license, so does this mean you are finished with your nursing degree and are waiting on your license to come in the mail? And did you have to major in any specialty to help you achieve this job position as an educator?

Thanks for your time and best of luck to you! :)

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I am more than happy to answer your question :). I am a nurse in recovery from alcohol/drugs. I am currently under a board ordered agreement because of my misuse of alcohol/drugs. My license is currently under suspension, and I may practice in the next coming months but not right now. So in the interim I am using my degree rather than my degree plus license. Does that help?

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Thank you for your explanation. I had no idea that was even an option! Do you happen to know of other nursing-related but non-educator positions you can use your degree but not license for? Without the license you can't tend to patients but can you qualify for say, a nursing office job or something like that? Just wondering out of curiosity if that is possible as well.

Congratulations again on your success and best of luck to you! :)

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I consulted the oracle (aka craigslist) and looked in the non profit sector. From there I looked for jobs that stated "four year human services or related field required". There were tons of jobs that fit this description- anything from the job I just acquired to youth support, hospice centers, legal aid centers, ect. The non profit sector (which I have lots of practice with before I got my degree) seems to inherently be in need of quality people. I really wish I would have realized this this while past year. I just got stuck thinking my nursing degree was only a nursing degree rather than a bachelor degree :)

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Over the past year* sorry, I just woke up

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Specializes in LTC, Psych, Med/Surg.

Thank you for your help! I will check out that section of Craigslist.

Catmom :paw:

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Wow, I did not even know this. Such flexible

ways to open doors to all kinds of jobs, I wish I was creative enough to think

of this! I was the same, thinking that nursing degree is solely for nursing

with patients directly only. You were able to be qualified for so many

positions because based on your background experience with that field beforehand.

Thus, you looked specifically at those categories only. How would someone

without your experience search? Or rather, are there positions for those

without such experience or any at all? Congratulations again on your achievement.

Have fun!

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