Why I might have picked the wrong profession

Haha! I got you! That's called good writing- picking a title that will make people go, "What? I thought you loved nursing?" Aren't I clever?

Here's the fact:  I LOVE nursing! Sitting through orientation is long and somewhat boring, but I also have the opportunity to learn just how cool nursing is! The reason I might have picked the wrong profession is because I would be an AWESOME nurse recruiter. I should get paid big bucks to go talk to high schoolers about choosing the best profession in the world.

Here's why:

1. You get done in four years. No medical school. No required master's program. Four years and you get a real job.  If you just want to start real life and get a job, nursing is for you!
2. You can go on in school if you want. There are so many opportunities! You can become a nurse practitioner, certified nurse specialist, educator, nurse administrator, or get your doctorate in nursing. If you're one of those crazy people who likes to punish themselves by always being in school- nursing is for you too!
3. If you're a nurse, you can totally work part time. Or overtime. You can get a job with pretty much any schedule you want. I knew a nurse who worked three weekend night shifts each week and that was it. He got a full work week in and was able to stay at home during the week with his kids. If you want to have normal hours, you can work in a clinic and be at home when your kids come home from school. If you want to be a full time mom and work one day a week, you can do that! No matter what your schedule calls for- nursing is for you!
4. If you can get through nursing school, you can basically go in whatever direction you want after that. You can work with patients every day or you can sit in an office. You can teach! You can travel! If you don't like people, you can be a nurse anesthetist and put people to sleep. If you are really passionate about diabetes (weirdo) you can do that every single day. If you want to handle cool technology, you can do that. If you want to hold babies, you can do that too. No matter what you like or how much you can handle blood- nursing is for you!
5. You get to care for patients. You get to hold someone's hand during a very stressful and scary time. You can teach someone how to manage a complicated disease and see their eyes light up when they finally get it. You get to learn and grow as a person every single day. If you care about people- nursing is for you.

I could go on, but I think that my word count is inversely proportional to how many readers make it through this post, so I'll stop. I made it through my first week of real work! It's been good. :)
I'll be back!

-C-