[Magdalen] To renew or not to renew....

[Jay Weigel]

Oh, I know that once a nurse, always a nurse. It's in your fiber. But the
license, now......

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Sal <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see a lot of nurses and their family members, both as colleagues and as
> patients.
>
> So based on that, I say you don't need a license to make you a
> professional nurse, though it may be a requirement for a paid job in
> nursing.
>
> Once nursing has become part of who you are, you are basically stuck with
> it. I'm sure others have noticed something similar and that it's not just
> South African nurses who end up - for better or worse - with nursing hearts
> and minds!!
>
> Sally D
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 27 May 2015, at 16:50, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > My nursing license is up for renewal this year and I need to do it by the
> > 15th of next month. I am of two minds whether to do it or not. I haven't
> > worked as a nurse since 2010 and I doubt that I will again, at least in a
> > paid capacity. There's always a slim possibility that I might be called
> on
> > to volunteer, but I haven't really made any efforts in that direction
> > either. Virginia now requires working nurses to complete a certain number
> > of hours of continuing education, and I haven't done that either, nor
> have
> > I kept my CPR/ACLS certifications up to date. I consider myself
> officially
> > retired. Still, the license is proof of something I worked very hard for,
> > even if I'm not using it now, and something that's part of my identity.
> On
> > the other hand, it's an expense I don't really need. It used to be
> possible
> > to file for an "Inactive" license, but that no longer seems to be the
> case.
> > I can't decide what to do......... Any thoughts, pubmates?
>