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[libodem]

204. I was a nurse

I taught at a community college, the last year I worked, teaching, CNA's, theory and skills. I'd hurt my back at my previous job, being a charge nurse in a state veterans' home, and had a failed back surgery.
Before that I worked at an adolescent treatment facility that recently opened a wing for adult mental health and substance abuse treatment. The place was undergoing transitions and I didn't stay long. I worked at a treatment center prior to that.
I did a short stint with hospital nursing on a med-surgery unit.
I spent several years as a therapy technician at our State School and Hospital, doing hands on care, and training, of the DD population. I was a leadworker.
My first real job was at the State Hospital as a therapy tech. I loved my job there and I learned a lot about people and families. I should have become a social worker rather than a nurse.
My high school jobs were baby sitting, car hopping, and tutor.

I'm on disability now. For which I am eternally grateful.