any nurses on here who have changed job type - fancy a change of career

[emandjules]

Hi, I am a nurse and fancy a complete change. I fancy something admin or office, education etc. any ideas

[hadtherapytoo]

NVQ assessor?

Bed manager?

Tutor/lecturor in health/nursing?

Drug rep?

Nurse advisror for drug company?

[NaughtyNigel]

after the day i've just had tesco's looks appealing.
really though - nursey type teaching is what i'm ultimately aiming for. every weekend and christmas off - bliss!

[NaughtyNigel]

Dear god - can you imagine anyone actually wanting to be a bed manager - isn't that what they do to you if you've been really bad in a previous life? (joke!)

[onepieceoflollipop]

I am a nurse (mental health) and really love my job. Sometimes I think about retraining - maybe a dietician.

I actually quite enjoy the shifts (used to it by now after 16 years) and the unpredictability of the work, so probably wouldn't change.

In the long term (when finances are not such an issue for us) I might consider fostering (respite type fostering)

Most of the teachers I know in rl find the job very stressful indeed, and having the week ends "off" isn't necessarily a reason for me to change jobs to something with more sociable working hours.

[peacelily]

Hi I'm a nurse and have also been an NVQ assessor and a lecturer. Both were dreadful I'm afraid. Yes you get more holidays with lecturing but it's difficult, and boring IMO anyway.

I've thought about marketing and teaching yoga, haven't got anywhere with realising these ideas though

[peacelily]

I liaise with teachers a lot (work in CAMHS) and I'd never swap my job for theirs under any circumstances, they really truly are overworked and underpaid.

[onepieceoflollipop]

peacelily I agree. I work in a Crisis Team and it is the best job I have had. Really suits me.

I did office work in the past and found very little job satisfaction but each to their own.

emandjules unless you are unhappy in your current job are you sure it isn't a case of greener grass? Good luck with whatever you decide.

[emandjules]

Just unhappy with politics of nursing, caught between rels, patients and hosp managment. Plus something that has happened recently has made me realise the enormity of responsibility in nursing.

[emandjules]

I have got a degree in languages as well but was so long ago, not very good at speaking it. I was thinking about health and social care teaching 16+, not necessarily lecturing, even as support assistant.

[onepieceoflollipop]

emandjules I started a degree in languages at 18 but abandoned it! I went into nursing 3 years later. I know what you mean about the enormity of responsibility. For the first 5 years or so of nursing my catchphrase used to be something like "I might lose my registration".

The only way I cope now is to make sure that I focus on the patients as much as possible, and make sure (as far as I can) that I work to the highest standard I can. (not suggesting that you don't of course). I go through phases of thinking that I can't do it, then phases (thankfully longer phases) of realising that I am doing a good job.

I find it but understandable that there are lots of nurses in our position who end up leaving nursing altogether.