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Formerly Horse
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Location: TEXAS | I have a Bachelors degree in nursing but am considering a whole new career. I have had trouble finding anything that pays well that I could easily branch into from my current degree. Has anyone done this and do you know what options there are? |
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| Well, I'm a high school teacher and it's the perfect job for rodeoing and barrel racing. Summers off , weekends off, you dictate your own salary based on our education. And your hours are pretty set. |
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Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | Healthcare and trades in my area are the only thing with job security. Depending on your experience maybe a nursing teacher? I know my college hired a teacher if they had a lot of experience and a degree, or a school nurse then you could take advantage of the hours. The general population is getting older, I don't know if I'd let my licence go most places are looking for them if your willing to move. |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | nurse practitioner? |
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Location: Austin, Texas, where it can get really weird!! | What part of texas are you in, i have considered going back to school for an rn bachelor's, i have an animal sci B.S. right now. Are you dependant on shift or hours? Are you qualified for a surgical tech? I've heard there is a burgeoning telemedicine sector here in Austin. |
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Location: Nebraska | if you don't want the patient care aspect, I know some insurance companies hire nurses to go through paperwork. If you're techy, I know nurses that work helping to build and tweak the computer charting systems. I'm surprised that with a nursing degree you're having trouble finding something! Up here, we're short!! |
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Formerly Horse
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Location: TEXAS | . I am not having problems finding a job. I was wanting a degree in something different. Wondering what my current schooling would transfer into easily NOT another nurse or NP job. |
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Location: Austin, Texas, where it can get really weird!! | The way you phrased your post made it sound like you wanted to use your nursing as launching pad for something different in the same sector.
Just go with what your passionate about. Choose a school and contact an advisor. |
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 Certified Snake Wrangler
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Location: North MS | Oddly enough as a Forester I only needed 6 classes to become a nurse. Associates in Forestry, Bachelors in Forestry, Masters in Park & Natural Resource Mgt. Couldn't find a job so I went back to school for nursing- then got a forestry job that semester. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | I don't know how common it is, but I worked at a Briggs $ Stratton plant that had a nurse on staff... |
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Location: Home....Smiling M Farms | I'm somewhat in the process of trying to do the same thing and frankly I've had no luck. I thought about being a high school science teacher, then found out the state of TN pays bologna and I'd be making less as a teacher than I currently do. Unless I get my masters, then I can teach at the college level (for my current profession) but then I'd be paying for student loans and only making a little more $$$.
I've thought about a dozen different things, they end up only sound good for about a week and then I'm over it.
I would LOVE to have my own repro facility but it TN that has the potential to get you toasted too. |
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RN considering new career