Going from being paid $120k and being free to walk everywhere in a hospital and see so many people to being paid $65k going around a small hospice building where the only people you see are depressed dying or in a coma. What a beautiful change in scenery
Bruh, someone I know who worked in hospice for so long, left for another opportunity for a different type of hospice environment and took a huge pay cut. She said it just made sense. Better to weigh it all out and make a good choice based on your own wants and needs. Sometimes people choose losing the best salary for the better company values … which contributes to their wel being … thus they are able to give from their hearts to their patients and families.
@@cabin11_slytherin Mine too! I actually first wanted to be a NICU nurse but switched after seeing several hospice nurses on RU-vid like Nurse Penny, Nurse Julie, and Nurse Hadley.
OMG, this is exactly what I needed. I having been working in the financial field and worked so hard to get where I am. This year everything hit the fan and I realized I don’t like my job for multiple reasons. Now I am trying to figure out what I can do that isn’t in the financial field. It is very jarring to suddenly realize that what you worked hard for is not what you want and that you are not happy.
Kinda same here. I went back to college to finish Computer Science degree after 20 years, got the job! I loved it for 5 years, meh for a couple, now I'm not so sure. My parents were both accountants, I like the guy selling the bookkeeping course! I could see myself doing that for the next 5-10 years! But I hate to waste all the work and skills I've learned.
Reading your comment is a little surreal for me. In 2021 I turned my life upside by leaving a relationship, moving states, selling a house, quitting my job, deciding to leave the field I worked in, and going back to school. I ended up back in the field I was originally in, just in a very different part of it. Funny how that happened. In 2021 and 2022 I thought I had ruined my life and wasted all that time. Good luck figuring it all out; I know how difficult it is.
I had that crisis after 10 years teaching about 12 years ago. I took advice from one of my 5th grade students and now I'm still doing something similar but in that different environment and it made a world of difference.
The same thing happened to me a little less than two years ago after teaching for 15 years. It took a while, but I’m finally crawling out of the hole of epic burnout and dealing with mental health fallout while carving out a niche for myself. Hope you’re doing super well now!😊
@@tirkdiamond I mean even if I did I can’t show you, RU-vid doesn’t like links. I think it was on Tumblr though, I’d google something like “Not done forever and seen as a failure Tumblr”
I totally agree!! Sometimes our dream job morphs into something we don't like. I've had this happen to me several times. A change of situation (new job, new opportunities) solved the problem. I am NOT doing what I did 37 years ago when I got my "Dream job" for the 1st time, but I love what I do and hope to keep doing it until I decide I want to spend my time elsewhere.
I have a friend who left nursing and took a course to become a legal consultant. She reviews medical records for attornies, and sometimes acts as an expert witness. She has a flexible schedule, and makes way more than she did at her last several nursing jobs. She is now her own boss, makes her own schedule, no one ever dies, and she never has to go to the hospital nor work with a doctor.
I needed to hear this today. I'm changing roles at work for very good reasons, but I'm still sad about it. I've been feeling nervous that it's the wrong choice,but hearing you say that just because you're sad about a choice doesn't mean it's wrong helped me a lot. Thank you Erin!!
Yes!!!! This really speaks to me. I had a 6 year career after college then during 2020 decided I wanted to completely switch industries. I went back to school and have been on my new path since. It was a huge step from my comfort zone but 100% worth it. I was able to double my yearly salary too
Had a friend that became a lawyer. After about 2 years of practicing law, decided it was not for her. Went back to college and is now an ultrasound technician.
I’m really struggling with this exact thing but with teaching! So needed to hear this! The education/healthcare system is not at all what they make us think it’ll be 😢
I've wanted to be a teacher since I was 11. All my summer jobs and co-op work terms were to prepare me for teaching and gain experience. I taught high school for 3 years and it destroyed me. Now I'm almost finished my master's of education and I've been exploring other options outside the provincial school system. I'm not even 30 yet. I've still got time to find something that aligns with my new goals. (Funnily enough, I used to also teach career education courses for grade 10 and so much of your advice is material I used to teach my own students! Keep up the great work 😃)
Amazing well needed taboo topic that you approached so well! Not everything has to last a lifetime including our vocation so many have felt this way but feel so shy to say anything or just decide to quietly change their life due to all the judgement.
I just finished my education for my 5th career at 50 years old. This is not what I had planned for my life but things change and I had to learn to adapt and pivot when necessary. I feel like the universe has a wicked sense of humour, and sometimes it really felt like I was being punished, but so many of those past experiences and knowledge has helped me along the way.
Yes! For 6 years I had a ✨ physical therapist assistant era ✨. But then things changed a LOT in the field and my local area became saturated in people doing the same job. Plus, having kids changes a lot about who you are and your tolerance of being a caregiver at both work and home. I went on to office support and tried chemistry - but I'm headed right back to office support. Life isn't a straight line for the majority of us! ❤
I did this with massage therapy. Hated working for others, quickly learned advertising for "Massage in your home or office" opened me up to a lot of gross people.😂 Went from feeling like I was helping people to kinda disliking men for years. Real Estate wasn't for me either. Made a move toquality assurance and then troubleshooting for manufacturing. That allowed me international travel and meeting some fantastic people! Never regretted the change! Keep your options open, and enjoy what you do!❤
One of the best parts of having a degree in nursing is there are Endless Options on what we can do. Ive done ICU, adult and infant, admin jobs, taught at high school level for nursing head start program, and the most satisfying has been home hospice the last 15 years.
Absolutely agree! No one has to be stuck doing the same job or career forever. It can be stagnant and boring. Change is always welcome. Also love the mention of occupational therapy! Thats what im currently studying
Average RN salary $80K, average vet tech salary uncertified vet tech salary $36K. Move into a medical practice, or if you want to leave practice all together, look into becoming a medical sales rep
I needed this so much right now. I'm at a similar position and I feel so embarrassed telling my family and friends that I'm giving up working as a programmer having a bachelor's and a master's in it and 3 years of experience to do a minimum wage job because it's way less stressful and I don't want to be stuck sitting in front of a computer all day.
Computing intensely can really be hard on the body, with eye strain, lack of movement and constant worry that a dot is out of place. Give yourself a break, you will probably find a healthy balance later on.
I have a BSA as a veterinary technician, and I was in the field for 10 yrs before I had to leave. It's not that I didn't want to don't anymore, it's just that I couldn't survive on the pay. It sucks that I went through all of that just to have to leave it so fast. I miss it and hate that I wasn't able to keep going in my field. I still get to use the knowledge occasionally, but now I've learned new skills that do better to sustain me. On the bright side, I met many great people and found several of mine and my parents' pets while in different clinic jobs.
I love this i am in the process of changing my career. Was a baker for 7 years gave one year to see if it was still meant for me and I decided not and finally realized i want something different so i am now perusing my masters at 32. I did think i was a failure first but reading self help books helped ❤❤
“Being sad about our decision, doesn’t make it the wrong decision.” I wish I was told that when I left my last job. I loved that job so much, but so many bad changes were made. I still sometimes miss it but I’ve heard from my former supervisor that the environment just got worse and worse.
It is also important to recognize that even if you love a job you will still have bad stretches. It's okay to look for something else, but it's also okay to stay and figure out what needs to change at the job.
Oh this one hit close to home. My dream since age 16 was to be a librarian. I ultimately left and started an entirely new career on my 29th birthday. I'm happy I made the choice I did in the end but I went through a legitimate grieving process for months.
I've worked in the veterinary field for 16 years (receptionist and assistant). I got a job at a human hospital as a coordinator and I regret taking it. Thank you so much for this. It helps a lot
I needed this as someone who just left teaching after 2 years. I’m pursuing corporate training, talent acquisition and onboarding. I’ll still get to “teach” without the stresses of the public education system, not to mention better hours, pay, benefits and treatment
As a disabled person and a person with multiple elderly family members, home nurses, and home hospice nurses are so so so important. A person in this specific situation could get away from the hospital system and still help people and still use that expensive and hard earned degree.
Not a nurse but I needed this. Loved being able to help people at first but Only staying for the salary at this point and there is no work life balance. I needed to hear this. Time to make a move.
I took a graduate diploma in business administration and pivoted to clinical informatics and it has been a great choice! I still get to help people and use my clinical knowledge from nursing :)
Hospital nursing is exactly like a corporate office. There are so many options out there where you can do what you love. Traveling nurse, hospice nurse, post op nurse that came every couple days after my heart surgery anf kept the doctors up to date on my progress. Was sorry when our tine was up! And gave her a glowing reviews for her continued success.
I was in intensive care nurse for many years and eventually was recruited to go work in a clinic programming pacemakers and defibrillators for heart rhythm and cardiac arrest patients. I thought it would be bored but needed less nights, weekends and holidays because of my family life. I did it for the first year and it was really hard, really different from everything I've always known. Ultimately I've been doing it for 15 years now and I absolutely love it. Nursing is an awesome career because you can go into different arenas and they're entirely different than each and every other one. They're an entirely different world. So if you hate one aspect of nursing, pick a different one. To go pretty much anywhere in any venue to use your nursing skills.
I'm looking at moving from chemical industry (because 1 cancer scare was enough✨) to general HSE. I can leverage my hazmat experience and theres a lot of supervisor and management positions open around me atm so I can attempt managing people for the first time 🙌
Accounting chose me and it's actually kind of a dream job? people make jokes about it but I actually like it! pay is good and pretty much anyone can get an entry-level AP and/or AR role to start (and work your way up from there). Most of those roles don't even require a college degree - just high school diploma or GED.
Yes absolutely ! It can be really hard when you've worked your ass of for ten years to get your dream job, get it, and realize it sucks. Moving on was the best decision for me ! Same field, but see you never hospital !!
This is exactly what happened to me about a year ago... I always wanted to be a teacher, started tutoring when I was still a student, worked as a tutor during university and when I finally started the last part of my internship at a school it really crushed me. After about 15 months into the internship I had mental breakdowns and had to realise, I can't do it for the rest of my life. Now I'm at a new job but still struggle to find something that really makes me happy about it
Going from RN to Vet tech will leave you in the poor house! I’ve been a vet tech for 30 years and have always had to work 2 jobs just to make ends meet except for a 7 year period when I had financial support of a spouse and worked for a pharmaceutical company. RNs have SO many non-hospital options, including leadership, sales, consulting, home care…just to name a few…as options since she already has a few years of hospital experience. If you want to volunteer with animals, there are plenty of opportunities to do so while being an RN but don’t rely on making any kind of RN money as a vet tech or in a vet hospital in ANY role!
One of the best ones I’ve heard to when it comes to nursing is if you don’t like the system and like the hustle and bustle of being a nurse try hospice nursing it’s a lot more intentional in a lot slower paced and is about relationships and we need more people in the field anyways. The hospice nurses do so much of the good of nursing but it’s a completely different structure
My daughter loves being a school nurse. She bounced around for a while.... I would suggest finding something UNION. PROTECT ALL YOUR HARD WORK. NOW she's upgrading to RN.😊
This is so real tho! My PCP recently left her practice because she hates having to fight with insurance companies in order to care for her patients. Shes been my PCP for 10 years, now I'm looking for a new one, but i wish her nothing but the best in this new chapter ❤ i hope it brings her the peace and happiness that she so deserves.
I needed this! I wanted to pursue PhD almost all my life and now that I'm somehow in the 4th year of it, I absolutely hate it. I want to shift career but the sunk cost fallacy is eating me out. I'm having doubts about changing my career all the time. Thanks for this video, Erin ❤
Ok, I really needed this. I decided I wanted to go to law school a few years ago. I wanted to go for all the right reasons, I wanted to help people and make a difference. But after taking the LAST while I was starting to get everything ready to apply, I realized it's not the life I want. I've felt extremely guilty ever since.
There are nurses that visit patient's homes. They make bank and don't work in hospitals. Not sure how hard it is to break into that but seems like it could be a great fit
I thought nursing was one of those things where you just get better at it with time and experience. I've pursued a nursing degree for eight years, failing out and re-applying a few times. This last semester (before I flunked again) made me realize that my brain isn't wired to handle the stress and attention to detail nursing requires, but I love learning about health stuff and helping other people understand it. My family is all pressuring me to save up money and finish the dang degree, but everything in me is screaming "No!" to the point thay my doc prescribed me anxiety medicine. But I don't want to waste all this money I'm in debt for, and I dont have money to pursue a new degree path. Your video speaks to me!
Have you taken any aptitude testing, and spoken with someone at your school or a local college to see what other degrees are possible with the credits you have, or considered patient advocacy or patient support type jobs. Many hospital systems have jobs that assist patients in understanding diagnosis and treatment plans, and there are also life transition support and care planning jobs galore as the baby boomers age.
This is so helpful! I have so much fear about making a change though! I'm finally at a point where my job is stable and I earn a great income after a decade of struggle. I no longer enjoy my job but I worry about putting myself through years of hard work to get to another job I might not like, that is likely less stable, less flexible, and pays less!
I struggle with my field being a bit of a niche(disability services funded through state level programs). There aren't many options for expanding on my experience and the only way to work up the chain is to be in management and I hate managing people!
omg this is spooky how perfect the timing of this is currently questioning my entire life and childhood goals of wanting to be a nurse as i've jsut spent a year qualified as a community nurse associate (just a step below a nurse in the UK) and i am totally burnt out and mentally broken down. i've been stressing non stop about how this job might not be for me even though im about to do my nursing apprenticeship! seriously still don't know what im going to do but this has helped clear my brain jsut a little which helps a lot rn (sorry for the rant) ❤
My sister has been an ICU nurse for a few years and recently decided she is done with it… now she’s going to law school and planning on working in healthcare law! You don’t have to give up on what you have been passionate about when it’s time to make a career change
My mom was INSISTENT that I get my bachelors straight out of high school. So I did, I went the traditional route and got a college degree. Learned after I graduated and starting looking for jobs that I might not even LIKE what my degree is in (community health). I enjoy the healthcare field but public health probably isn’t the route I would’ve chosen in life had I taken some years to think about it. Now I’m 100k in debt with a degree I may not even use. Have been thinking about getting an esthetician license as I love all things skin care and I feel like combining my healthcare knowledge could give me a solid foundation.
If you want to stay in nursing try becoming a travel nurse. You get paid between 2x & 5x what you get in a regular gig, and get to be the pinch hitter who comes in when a hospital needs more staff. You don't have to get involved in the hospital politics, and you get to travel. I have 3 friends who are travel nurses and love it. They get to take time off whenever they want, schedule around your family, and opt out of hospitals that don't work for them. And if you want more caring & connection to your community & don't need more money, school nurses do a lot of important work. Ours absolutely carried us thru the pandemic, and gets to build connections to families and advocate for inclusion for kids with medical disabilities. She teaches us staff emergency first aid & keeps chocolate in her desk for when we're feeling drained.
