Maybe you should sculpt '57 Chevys for the Chinese.

I have resisted responding to this thread because I don't want to rain on anyones parade but :) do NOT go into any healthcare job without knowing exactly what the eff you are in for.

I am (was? yeah, def. WAS) a compassionate, caring, deeply feeling person. My 20 years in health care (as a rad. tech and RN) burned the living shit out of my humanity and I became a shell of who I once was.

I did a lot of different types of nursing, too. Cardiac rehab, occupational, psych (by far the WORST was psych) and free standing clinic (also short part time gig in private doc office - doesn't pay enough to pay bills) - they all had one thing in common: sick people.

turns out - not only do I not like most people, I really don't like sick people. They're whiny and needy and most are unwilling to help themselves. Some of them make a career out of being sick and those are 80% of the people you see - the pros. It was soul killing. It really was.

that's my experience. I am sure there are those who LOVE it. I thought I would and I was very wrong.

eta: a sense of humor did not help.

Noted!

Thanks, Bri. I hadn't thought of that. I had assumed I'd be behind the glass and operating the machine. I already feel the impatience with people who won't help themselves or even try, so I can only imagine what thigns will be like in a few years. Even if I remember to repeat the mantra of "it's paying the bills, it's paying the bills" I'm not sure about how long I could take that. I will consider the perspective. I suppose it comes down to what sort of misery do I want to tolerate?

I bleed all over the interwebz like that and you tell Griff 'noted!' - ?

*disappointment runs amok*


;)

eta - HA! Posted too soon!

Welcome to my world. ;)

Also noted because I replied to him in the brick car thread.

You'd be surprised at how much interaction you have to have. Not as much as some health care workers, but more than you want.

Disappointment is the chariot to enlightenment.

So, considering the weather, I'd wait until spring to make the trip.;)

But I agree with Bri. I don't think I would have the patience for the people. There are those who do, and thank FSM for them, but I know I'm not one. I also hate innards and bloods and culinary regurgitations.

Of course, I have been looking for a job suited to things I do like and do well: professional sleeper, professional reader, professional pop-culture reference sayer.

My chariot awaits! :D

Comedy writer and think-tank thinker.

Yes, my dream. I keep thinking I'll be discovered through my posts here. :o

edit: professional sarcasm would also be a good field for me.

:lol: We must've had the same birth mother

You're my brother from another mother?

Wait: you're my sister from a twisted mister?

Eh, I got nuttin'