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3catwoman3

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4. I finished nursing school in June 1973. My first choice...

Reply to LogDog75 (Original post)

Wed Aug 6, 2025, 12:41 AM

Aug 6

…was the ER, but they did not take new grads. Second choice of Labor and Delivery didn’t have any openings. 3rd choice was pediatrics. That’s where I started in August of 1973, and where I ended up spending my career, 45 years of it as a peds nurse practitioner in one capacity or another. I retired 1 month shy of my 70th birthday.

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How was finding a job when you graduated high school or college? [View all] LogDog75 Aug 6 OP

I had one lined up when I graduated college Diraven Aug 6 #1

Same Here ProfessorGAC Aug 6 #9

I graduated into Nixon's recession and the energy crisis. Jobs were drying up like snow in the desert. It was great. rickyhall Aug 6 #2

got one a week after graduating HS. U.S. Army. demosincebirth Aug 6 #3

I finished nursing school in June 1973. My first choice... 3catwoman3 Aug 6 #4

i worked all the way while in college lapfog_1 Aug 6 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author bamagal62 Aug 6 #6

graduated high school in Seattle KT2000 Aug 6 #7

I graduated college in 1971 with a teaching degree. The job KitFox Aug 6 #8

BS '73 and MPH '75 mnhtnbb Aug 6 #10

I dropped out of HS in '70. Nittersing Aug 6 #11

I immediately joined the Navy. It was either that Emile Aug 6 #12

Enlisted in the US Air Force, 1971 anciano Aug 6 #13

I enlisted Skittles Aug 6 #14