Ever see “Fiddler on the Roof” and remember the scene where the fiddler is deciding whether a guy is good enough to marry his daughter? He goes back and forth with reasons for and against him for a while… that’s how many of the conversations in my head go. The most recent one is my career. Grad school is wrapping up and I’ll be in the midst of job hunting again and I’m really trying to figure out what I want…
On one hand, why should I stop practicing as a nurse? I loved my old job.
On the other hand, I’ve always wanted to “be” a Nurse Practitioner.
But on the other hand, there’s a really steep learning curve with NP practice and it’s really hard.
And on the other hand, I’m past the learning curve of being a RN and I’m good at it.
But on the other hand, I’ve been out of practice for 7 months already, will I still be good at it?
And on the same hand, I won’t be making much more dinero working as a NP than I do as a RN
But on the other hand, I didn’t get into nursing for the money.
And on one hand, I love the 3 12 hour shifts of RN work
On the other hand, I don’t like working weekends and holidays
On one hand, a NP job will allow me the normal M-F, 8-5 schedule that everyone works.
So all this tells me is that I have too many hands and I never should have quit piano. At least that would’ve put all my hands to good use! Plus I bet Mozart never battled his career. Maybe I’ll go back to school for a degree in music…
