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Originally Posted by *Anya*
I am so fortunate that I am an RN. It has served me so well through thick and thin.
I wanted to be a nurse from the time I was little but after I was left with a 6-month old and a 2-year old by their deadbeat dad, I knew it was the best choice I had to be able to support them. I spent a few years on welfare, doing all the prerequisites, got into nursing school, earned my nursing, bachelors degree and never looked back.
Right now I am struggling with whether or not to accept a job offer I just got yesterday. It is for way more money but also way more work. It is a management position. I am so torn. My current job has less stress, is closer to my home but there is no opportunity for advancement. I was willing to settle.
Out of the blue came a recruiter and this company that recognizes my worth, my skill set and value. Did I mention, a ton more work? I swore I would never get back into management again! The politics make me cringe but there is no escaping politics anywhere these days, in any organization.
I wish I did not have to make this decision now. I was not looking for a move. I am still not 100% from my surgeries as well as dealing with matters of the heart.
I know so many people on the Planet and in the USA are looking for work. I am grateful to be in the position of being employed. I do know how fortunate I am.
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Sis o mine thank you for sharing this little bit you shared .
I don't divulge much about my life , in all honesty two people know every detail of my life and one of those people is no longer alive .
I started working at 10 mowing yards in my neighborhood .
There was a point in my life barely 21 where I was homeless. I worked two minimum wage jobs , many hours and instead of paying rent , it went towards college books , school supplies and food. I showered at friends places and crashed on some couches in the winter months and slept in my car in the park during warmer weather .
Nobody in my classes knew my personal life and I'm a proud person and hate help. I've never taken a cent from anyone nor ever asked for grants or loans .
I was in lab tech school at this point and was doing clinicals at a hospital ( who ended up hiring me ) . I realized on the old side of this hospital there were two floors that were empty of pts and they had it closed . The rooms still had outdated beds but the rooms also had a bathroom and shower with running water . I asked some lab folks about the two empty floors and they said that they have been closed for many years and used for storage .
I thought hmmmm I wonder if anyone would even know if I slept there and so I did . I lived there unnoticed for 13 months til one day a nun opened the door and was shocked . This is a Catholic hospital who at the time the nuns ran the place . I was scared to death expecting the worse outcome . She sat on the bed and talked to me for over an hour about a lot of things .
She told me that I was welcome and if anyone ever said anything to me or caught me to have them speak directly to her .
she said after I graduate lab tech school to find her and she would get me an interview however to be very quiet and dont tell anyone what I was doing about staying there . I said ok. I graduated, took my board test and was hired there in the lab
everyone has hard times and no matter how hard they get , it always works itself out .