My diverse nursing profession

I’ve desired to change into a nurse for so long as I can remember. As soon as I used to be sufficiently old, I began volunteering at a neighborhood hospital, and once I applied to school, I used to be sure nursing school was where I desired to be. After the 4-year program and with my BSN under my belt, I started working as an RN within the intensive care unit of a university hospital.

After just a few years, I made a decision to return to high school and proceed my studies. Although I remember considering a critical care nursing program, I ultimately decided to check women’s health. It took me about 4 years to earn my master’s degree – working on weekends, attending classes and clinical visits through the week. Caring for girls (mostly healthy and lots of pregnant!) in an outpatient setting was a very different experience than caring for critically sick patients within the hospital.

The next stop in my profession was as a clinical editor. I just happened to see an ad for a position in a neighborhood nursing publication, and although I wasn’t entirely sure what “clinical editor” meant, I made a decision to use for the position and discover. What a change awaited me! I worked in an office and wore real clothes. I spent the primary 6 months in a movie studio, helping to provide nursing movies. If someone had ever told you that as a nurse, I might in the future have the ability to jot down scripts about EKGs and IV insertions, recruiting talent, and spending time in an editing studio, I might never have believed it!

Of course, there have been bumps within the road… financing my education, the shock of reality, planning and managing personal and family responsibilities, to call just a few. I’ll have to save lots of them for one more post! Well – that is my story, what’s yours?