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I was in a patient-facing nursing care role for over 10 years and I switched to the IT department. Not only does it pay much better than nursing, but the stress is less than in nursing, and my nursing background was the segue I needed to put me over the top. I was paid with on the job training to build the charting software and handle the vendors attached to the EHR. I went from a 5 figure hourly wage to a 6 figured salary. When I began to take consulting jobs, my income increased even more, as my stress decreased. Many of the nurses I went to school with either asked me how to get into IT, or found their own way into it or some other segue that's less patient facing. Nursing is a noble profession, but ​so is that Starbucks manager position - I mean somebody has to manage that caffeinated fuel that runs the martyrs of our hospitals.

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