more aries advice needed...

i hate to ask another "job" question but i would really appreciate some fellow aries advice.
i have been a LPN for 18 yrs, went back to school to get my RN and just finished all classes.i have only worked in a hospital setting for a couple of months as an LPN so i dont have alot of what people would call in the medical field as "acute type care" experience. i have floated around to every other kind of job there is in the medical field, just not hospitals.(nursing homes, doctor offices, rehab hospitals, insurance companies, etc)
having said that, i went back to school so more doors would open and of course i'd get paid more. dilemma is this...apparently it's important that you get "acute care" experience if you want to further your career (management, travel nurse, nurse educator) in any kind of way. atleast 2 yrs. i have been on two interviews...the shifts are 12 hrs and mostly nights...i am 40...and i dont "HAVE" to work....do i really want to subject myself to those kinda hrs when i could get a job with say, home health, and make my own hrs? the pay is about the same and i think i would enjoy it.
i know i will hell hate the hospital hrs, but my goal is to get my masters and eventually teach nursing...i gotta have acute care experience to do this...but damn i hate the thought of a freaking "schedule" and 40hrs a week and every other weekend. my last 2 jobs i worked "prn" which meant i could go into work when i decided to...which really works for me.
do i suck it up and do the dang hospital work so i can reach my goals (meanwhile, i will be miserable) or work a job that i think i would really enjoy and try to figure some other way out to climb the totem pole?
and keep in mind, i'm 40...with a husband, 16 and 12 yr old and more than anything on earth love to spend time with them and to travel. oh, and "schedules" are my nemesis.

we are some hardworking aries females 🙂

and in the right field...medical

impress me you are so right. I do the billing aspect of it...is that what you mean when you say administrative?

What is two years out of your life?


If you really want something, and you're telling the truth in saying that you've worked in all those environments to get this far ... then why would you even be bitching about the work you have to do now?


Doesn't make sense.


On one hand you are saying ... look at how hard I've worked to get this far, then on the other side saying ... I'm thinking about giving up because the work is too hard.



Either you want to obtain this goal or not

Posted by ImpressMe
No, I work in clinical research with the chief research officer. I review all research studies that flow in and out of the hospital. It's a lot of paper work 😢 so sometimes I miss my patient contact. Reading FDA regs. day in and day out gets a little boring. It's cool because I work less hours and I am not so stressed out.

sounds good and very interesting..

impress and dward..whatcha think about this idea? i work 6 months full time in hospital to get knowledgable about the hospital setting, etc....then i go prn or pool and work the schedule i'd like while attending school. i would still be "employed" in an acute type setting and would be able to put this on my resume. i dont think the applications for the masters of nursing in education will ask if i was "full time" for the entire time i've been employed. do you?

thanks ladies for taking time to address my issue.
and p-angel, i know you are right. and i do wanna meet my goal. i just wish there was a way around the inconvenient hospital work/schedule. and yes, i am whining about it, but i'll get over myself.

I'm good ... finally shagged the crazies who are obssessive with me.



Shagged American style , which is much different than all you English people out there.

dward, I like your new pic

i have floated around to every other kind of job there is in the medical field, just not hospitals.

Your aim is teaching and that requires a certain level of 'detailed' knowledge somewhere. Teaching is akin to having a PhD in a field.

i dont think the applications for the masters of nursing in education will ask if i was "full time" for the entire time i've been employed. do you? ... contradicts this ...if you want to further your career (management, travel nurse, nurse educator) in any kind of way. atleast 2 yrs.

^^ Even if they don't, what happens when you come across a real life scenario that the 2 yrs experience would have given you? Someone will find this out eventually, hence why it is 2 yrs minimum. This is the bottom line of experience i.e. with time, you will see a lot of different scenarios and the helps your studies and future work much easier. Masters is education based on experience you have had by the way, if you don't have the experience, the studies will be very difficult.

If this is what you really want, then you are focusing way too much on this '2-years' thing and making a lot of assumptions about how you will feel. How about looking at the positives and actually starting the process, then see how you feel? You will get the support you need from your loved ones I'd imagine.

Good luck

i agree zenal and it's not the work or experience i resent...it's the dang schedule! i know i need to change my attitude and find the positives...and as for support...i have more than i prolly deserve 🙂

and also, i wish my nursing instructors (clinical and classroom)were akin to having a phd in any topic, but unfortunately that wasnt the case.😢 thanks for the advice and well wishes.

Posted by P-Angel
dward, I like your new pic

thank you