What to use tuition reimbursement for?

[sanantone]

Just to be clear, I can still get tuition reimbursement and educational leave for a police academy or nursing program since they're related to my job, but I wouldn't have any law enforcement or nursing jobs to apply to while completing my work obligation. I would be stuck in the same position I'm in now for another year or two.

[clep3705]

Nurses spend a lot of time charting. That is repetitive and monotonous. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037121/ Another down side is being a handmaiden to doctors. The academic types who write glowing reports on the profession for the Institute of Medicine aren't grounded in reality. http://www.nationalacademies.org/hmd/Rep...ealth.aspx

Every state funded health science center in Texas employs nurses.

Nursing works out much better when it is a calling and not a way to make a living.

[davewill]

I just checked. I would need to stay with my agency to meet the work obligation. My specific agency has zero nursing jobs, and the only law enforcement jobs they have require a couple of years of experience as a criminal investigator. My agency has no entry-level law enforcement jobs. This sucks. A job with any state agency should count.

OK. You might STILL go ahead and take the assistance and get the degree you want. When/if a great job comes up, you can then decide whether paying back your assistance is worth pursuing the new opportunity. Perhaps you end up taking a loan to pay back the assistance. The important thing is to pick your education program so that if you end up paying it back, it's not onerous...which you certainly know how to do.

[sanantone]

Nurses spend a lot of time charting. That is repetitive and monotonous. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037121/ Another down side is being a handmaiden to doctors. The academic types who write glowing reports on the profession for the Institute of Medicine aren't grounded in reality.

Every state funded health science center in Texas employs nurses.

Nursing works out much better when it is a calling and not a way to make a living.

Healthcare is a calling for me, which is why I'm considering it over IT. I thought I made it clear that I already make decent money, but don't want to be stuck in a boring job or in IT because I don't have a passion for it. I also mentioned why I don't want to be a professor, so I don't know why you would make the assumption that I would go through nursing school just to have a job. I already have a job.

And, trust me, nursing is not nearly as repetitive as my job. I, literally, sit at my desk for 10 hours a day writing up the same types of reports. I'm a former counselor, so I know what kind of repetitive documentation is needed for the healthcare field, but it's not something you do all day everyday. Plus, I'm very familiar with law enforcement, and it's more repetitive than nursing, but still not as repetitive as what I do now. I'm not completely clueless and don't need any smart mouth responses. There are no nursing jobs in my agency, and my post-schooling work obligation will be restricted to my agency. Getting hired at a health science center will not count, unfortunately.

[icampy]

Geez. I read the post as helpful, real life input...not being a smart mouth. Isn't the point of your post to get input from people who can help? There's random, no-help posts like mine, then there are some great, informative posts. Aforementioned post seems like great info to me, not a reason to get pissy.

[sanantone]

Geez. I read the post as helpful, real life input...not being a smart mouth. Isn't the point of your post to get input from people who can help? There's random, no-help posts like mine, then there are some great, informative posts. Aforementioned post seems like great info to me, not a reason to get pissy.

I've been reading her posts for years, so I have a different perspective. Regardless of her intention, I didn't get any information out of her post. It might be helpful to someone else.

[icampy]

Hakuna Matata

[clep3705]

Why do you assume I'm making assumptions about you? I don't know you. What I do assume is that if one person posts something, many other people may either in the present or future undergo similar thought processes. When I reply to posts, I keep in mind that possibly thousands of people over time may read my answers. I try to provide answers of general value that may have some value if read years in the future. That's why I like to provide links to primary sources. From time to time, I tell people not to take my word for something but to check things out for themselves. I've also posted that I don't know what other people should do. That's for them to figure out themselves.

[sanantone]

Why do you assume I'm making assumptions about you? I don't know you. What I do assume is that if one person posts something, many other people may either in the present or future undergo similar thought processes. When I reply to posts, I keep in mind that possibly thousands of people over time may read my answers. I try to provide answers of general value that may have some value if read years in the future. That's why I like to provide links to primary sources. From time to time, I tell people not to take my word for something but to check things out for themselves. I've also posted that I don't know what other people should do. That's for them to figure out themselves.

So, you intentionally made your post irrelevant and unhelpful to the OP. If you want to give this information, people will have an easier time finding it if you create a relevant thread. This isn't a general thread. It's a very specific thread about what a state employee should do with tuition reimbursement with her interests in mind. It's not a general nursing school thread, so hardly anyone is going to come to this thread looking for nursing career information.

[clep3705]

I thought the first link might be of value to you. Not all of my response, not even just the link, was solely for you. I wish you great happiness in whatever you do.