Anybody else dated a nurse?

[R0CKnR0LLA]

my ex-girlfriend had a latex nurse's outfit

 

 

that counts I think

[CCS]

I'm not old enough for a legit nurse yet. I know a fug ton of girls trying to get there though.

[LifeisaGarden]

I used to be a nurse and I know a lot of nurses. 

CNA is a sheeety job, I know, I have been there and done it. 

But being a nurse and having long hours is difficult. It can change though. 

She can get a nice job at a 8-5 m-f clinic/office setting or do home health, but the office settings are hard to come by because that's what every nurse wants. I do love home health nursing, you get to visit people right in their own homes, this means freedom from being in a hospital or office all day, and freedom from coworkers. 

[LifeisaGarden]

Oh and tell her to be a nurse anesthetist, that's where the money is and everyone loves you. 

 

[Mr. Scot]

Thanks LiaG.

She likes interacting with patients, so I don't know if the anesthetist thing would interest her. She's mentioned phlebotomy though.

[LifeisaGarden]

 The reason I'm not a nurse today is because I hate whiny complaining humans and I hate body fluids.  

If I had to do it again, I would be an CRNA. I would see them for a couple minutes, knock their asses out and and not talk to them again until they wake up from surgery to check on them. Then I'd receive approx $150K/yr paycheck. 

[LifeisaGarden]

If she likes the interaction, she would probably like home health. You typically have the same patients for a while, so you form more personal relationships with them. 

[KSpan]

My wife is a nurse and has worked in a variety of situations over her career - currently she's the director of her GI clinic and is enjoying the switch.  From what I've seen, hospitals are the major employer of nurses (duh) and the most commonly open shifts are overnights, and some hospitals require at least a year of overnights at their facility before anyone is even eligible to move to days.  The 12-hour schedules are a double-edge sword since the days/nights are long but the scheduling sometimes works out so that the nurse gets 7 consecutive days or more off from work. 

 

Within a hospital, the PACU, day-surgery, and GI units will carry clinic hours and usually have some call associated with them.  She can also look into contract nursing through an agency, which often pays better and offers scheduling flexibility but carries the same risk that being a contractor in any industry does.  There are also likely a lot of private GI/dialysis/etc. clinics in the area, so with a little bit of experience those will be viable options as well.

[PhillyB]

my wife is a nurse. she quit working at a small hospital as an RN and moved to a company that does clinical trials for prescription drugs. twice the pay, better hours, better benefits. she's starting on a nurse practicioner degree next fall that'll land her either a masters or a phd depending on how the state decides to certify it, which will land her six figs.

 

i'm not sure where you guys are located but if she can manage to find something other than a hospital she'll be doing well.

[KSpan]

my wife is a nurse. she quit working at a small hospital as an RN and moved to a company that does clinical trials for prescription drugs. twice the pay, better hours, better benefits. she's starting on a nurse practicioner degree next fall that'll land her either a masters or a phd depending on how the state decides to certify it, which will land her six figs.

i'm not sure where you guys are located but if she can manage to find something other than a hospital she'll be doing well.

Great point - research is definitely an option as well once she has some RN experience, esp. in a clinical.phramacology (CPU)/ Phase 1 unit.

[Hawk]

sounds like if you two get real serious there's maybe an opportunity for her to drop one of those jobs she has so that would open up some added hours of freedom!

[pstall]

semi off top but i have always wondered why the hours for nurses and docs are so compressed? as someone mentioned there are times it can mean lots of days off in a row and how often i don't know.

 

it seems jamming the hours in like that can lead to burn out or low quality. i could be wrong of course.

[RedMage138]

nurses are some freaks

 

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[Khaki Lackey]

To add to what LIAG and Philly B said:

I was married to a nurse for many years. I've worked in hospitals as well. Once she is an RN she can, for the most part, gravitate toward whatever type of hours she likes, depending on whether she is willing to change jobs, interviews well, and sacrifice some of the salary from off-shift differential.

CRNA is a masters degree so it would require lots more school especially if she is getting a associates degree RN. Phlebotomists are not nurses, just techs, and they are underpaid. (encourage her to get her RN.)

My ex started in a nursing home (only job she could get immediately after graduation), did hospital nursing in several different areas (med/surg, OR  etc.), did research nursing for pharmaceutical co., taught health occupations in high-schools. It's wide open and you can take it as far as you want.