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<blockquote data-quote="rlsnights" data-source="post: 421403" data-attributes="member: 7948"><p>I for one thank you for being honest with yourself about your safety on the floor of a hospital or doctor's office administering medications, etc.</p><p></p><p>At the same time I am wondering about whether there are some other ways of using your nursing credentials to work at a job that does not involve actual clinical care. Like being an online or telephone advice nurse just screams for my attention. You might be able to handle doing nursing home or facility inspections. Or be a nurse consultant for an organization that makes medical equipment, an insurance company that needs case managers. I could go on but I wonder if there's not some way you could work at one of these jobs and be successful.</p><p></p><p>But most of them are going to require that you hold a license.</p><p></p><p>As for the format of the test - I think you should seek a modification of the testing format due to your disabilities. You can have someone read the test questions to you. They can mark your answers in the test booklet. You can have extra time or do the test in shorter segments if it's normally done in one long day.</p><p></p><p>I think you should not give up if you don't want to. If it's going to be so stressful for you to work in the field then you may be right to back off and let this go. I don't know.</p><p></p><p>Being honest with yourself about your disabilities means that you can find ways to compensate, if possible, rather than deny, ignore or "pass" as if they were not there.</p><p></p><p>Best wishes,</p><p></p><p>Patricia</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rlsnights, post: 421403, member: 7948"] I for one thank you for being honest with yourself about your safety on the floor of a hospital or doctor's office administering medications, etc. At the same time I am wondering about whether there are some other ways of using your nursing credentials to work at a job that does not involve actual clinical care. Like being an online or telephone advice nurse just screams for my attention. You might be able to handle doing nursing home or facility inspections. Or be a nurse consultant for an organization that makes medical equipment, an insurance company that needs case managers. I could go on but I wonder if there's not some way you could work at one of these jobs and be successful. But most of them are going to require that you hold a license. As for the format of the test - I think you should seek a modification of the testing format due to your disabilities. You can have someone read the test questions to you. They can mark your answers in the test booklet. You can have extra time or do the test in shorter segments if it's normally done in one long day. I think you should not give up if you don't want to. If it's going to be so stressful for you to work in the field then you may be right to back off and let this go. I don't know. Being honest with yourself about your disabilities means that you can find ways to compensate, if possible, rather than deny, ignore or "pass" as if they were not there. Best wishes, Patricia [/QUOTE]
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