So you want a career that is meaningful and fulfilling but still want to have that family you have dreamt of. Nursing is the career for you! Tune in to this weeks episode and meet Laurie, a super nurse AND a superb mother of 6. Laurie was not sure about nursing at first but new she wanted a job that would allow for flexibility and the opportunity to become a mother someday. After looking into teaching, physical therapy, and other options, nursing seemed to tick all of the boxes. Since choosing nursing she has had a wonderful and varied career, met wonderful people, learned self confidence as she learned new skills, had an impact on the lives of others, and had her own life impacted by others as well. She also shows how it is possible to take a significant amount of time away from nursing and still get back in when the time is right. It may be frightening, but as she puts it "You just gotta jump in, have confidence in yourself, and think positive". Laurie also tells of her experience in her current role as a triage tele-nurse working from a home office showing just how flexible and varied this wonderful world of nursing truly is.
Show Notes Time Stamps:
- 1:00 Why nursing?
- 2:30 About experience at BYU nursing school in Provo UT
- 4:15 Description of finding her first job in a tough market and how being willing to move for a job may be key.
- 6:30 Description of her first job on a Medical Oncology unit
- 8:45 Moved to a new job for better hours at a Pediatric Neurology Unit
- 10:00 Nursing is great due to variety but can also be hard as switching jobs requires you to switch gears and become the "new guy" again.
- 12:00 When beginning your first, or new job there are many fears and nerves to overcome. "You just gotta jump in...have confidence in yourself...think positive"
- 13:35 Describing her third job in a Physical Medicine and Rehab clinic as a nurse manager.
- 16:15 Tips for managing employees well "Be there to listen"
- 18:00 Patient and family interactions and experiences have been the most impactful part of nursing for her. It is important to look beyond physical needs, look at the patient as a "whole person".
- 20:15 Took a 16 year hiatus from work to have a family.
- 23:15 Getting back into nursing was "terrifying" after 16 years off. Just go for it though! Be willing to "be vulnerable...ask questions...don't be discouraged...It may not be easy but it is definitely doable".
- 25:00 How she kept her RN license active.
- 27:30 Description of her current triage nurse job where she works from home.
- 33:00 Process she went through to get hired for above job.
- 35:15 Her personal Nursing stories
Links:
- https://nursing.byu.edu/ BYU nursing program
- https://www.netce.com/ Source for continuing education credits
- https://jobs.sutterhealth.org/ An example of a company that frequently hires remote triage nurses. (May only be for Utah RNs)
- https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=Remote+Triage+Nurse&l= An example of a job search site you can use to find remote work as an RN
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