Question for people who made career change into nursing?

For those who have changed careers and became a nurse:
What was your previous career?
What is your current position?
How has your overall experience been as a nurse?
Do you have any regrets?
What was your previous career? EngineerWhat is your current position? Med Surg RNHow has your overall experience been as a nurse? Awesomesauce.Do you have any regrets? Not a single hairy one. As difficult and challenging as my job is, it is nowhere near as bad as dealing with corporate idiots.

I am still working in accounting because I graduated a year and a half ago with a BSN and still can't get a nursing job . Need experience I keep being told if I get an answer at all. Well...who is gonna give me the experience ?

Quote from gcc8For those who have changed careers and became a nurse: What was your previous career? What is your current position?How has your overall experience been as a nurse? Do you have any regrets?

What was your previous career? Factory worker at a paper products plantWhat is your current position? RN (House Supervisor) in acute rehabilitationHow has your overall experience been as a nurse? It's tolerable, but I don't particularly enjoy it Do you have any regrets? Not at this time

What was your previous career? Self employed massage therapist. What is your current position? LPN in private duty nursing (working on RN).How has your overall experience been as a nurse? So far so good!Do you have any regrets? No.

What was your previous career? Television executive.What is your current position? Med Surg RN in a large university-based hospital. How has your overall experience been as a nurse? It's been challenging, but very satisfying. Nursing is a great fit for me. Do you have any regrets? None. I enjoyed my first career and I'm loving this one.

For those who have changed careers and became a nurse: What was your previous career? Worked human resources for an IT startup and various office/library positions. Also worked for a nursing staffing agency while in nursing school on the phone interfacing with agency nurses and hospital nursing supervisors.What is your current position? Oncology/Med surg RN in large teaching hospitalHow has your overall experience been as a nurse? Hard work but like it better than desk jobs.Do you have any regrets? Not so far. Plan is for NP eventually.

What was your previous career? Manager at a fast food restaurant for 9+ yearsWhat is your current position? RN on a LTC/hospice floorHow has your overall experience been as a nurse? Graduated May 2013, Only been working on this floor for 3 weeks (psych nurse for 3 months before that) but I absolutely love it!Do you have any regrets? Only that I wish I would've went to school earlier. I didn't believe in myself back then, didn't think I could do better than fast food. So glad I made the decision to go back to school & do something good in my life!

I'm sorry about your experience, this is the case for many new grads. Just keep trying and know that you are not alone.

What was your previous career? Cop, correctionsWhat is your current position? NICU RNHow has your overall experience been as a nurse? Great career moveDo you have any regrets? Love the career, despise the current job.

What was your previous career? Industrial ChemistWhat is your current position? Bedside RN in cardiac unit of large hospitalHow has your overall experience been as a nurse? Much more worthwhile than chemistry but much more physically demandingDo you have any regrets? I miss the chemist salary and benefits.

What was your previous career? Call Center RepresentativeWhat is your current position? Private Duty RNHow has your overall experience been as a nurse? Fair to middling. I graduated in May 2008, just before the economy collapsed. I do LPN-level work for CNA-level wages. I'm making more than I did at the call center, but not much more. My benefits are very expensive. Sometimes I wonder why I bothered getting my RN.Do you have any regrets? I wish I'd figured out how to become a CNA before I graduated. I wish I'd had the opportunity to work in a hospital.