I’m a nurse. I recently wrote about how I’ve discovered this job can be enjoyable, provided ratios are respected, I don’t work with gossips, micromanagers and drama queens. I also like working with doctors that explain to me how things work and as a novelty, I’ve started reading on my free time about diagnoses, procedures and medicines.
Option A: go to my new unit and do the same.
Option B: patient transporter. I’d earn the same, I wouldn’t have any boss over me telling me what to do except if I lazy around and I wouldn’t have to run as I sometimes do as a nurse. No drama of any kind (I’d be alone most of the time), ample opportunities to sit and read, drink coffee or do nothing while waiting for my next assignment, other opportunities to learn while watching procedures being done to patients.
Yes. It really is this relaxed. I shadowed already.
My old self always though a job is a job and I should aim for maximum income doing the less amount of job I can. I’m also an introvert and enjoy being alone. This second job seems to offer exactly that.
Except that I’d miss learning from the doctors that have shown an interest in teaching me and the adult nurses (the ones not acting like children, the gossips).
I really don’t understand myself. I feel I’d be dumbing myself down, but otoh earn the same I do now.
I would say it depends on age. If retirement is a ways away and your still pretty physically up to it, then I would say go with learning more and what sounds like it has the most long term income potential. The more you earn and save early the easier it is to slow down later when you need to. If your older and retirement is looking not to far away or the strain is getting to you. Then go with the slow down but only if you are in financially good shape. Also if your just burned out on the regular stuff I would do it but with an eye to get back into it and maybe in another way. Like surgical or something.