What does your trade/skillset require you to bring to the job?

[AnneD]

11. Job requirments ...

Out side of a degree and license: the bladder capacity of a Winnebago water tank, the patience of Job, the kindness of Mother Theresa, the ability to work like a Hebrew slave without a break for food/water, eight arms so I can do multiple tasks at once, the ability to be as fresh and alert at my 12th hour as my first.

They taught me about meds and body systems in school, but you have to have engineering skills to fix crappily designed pump system and other mechanical technology that breaks down. I could get a degree in jerry rigging. I have become so proficient-I carry my own duct tape. I can get a minor in scrounging hard to get supplies.

I didn't know that degree in Nursing also meant a degree in Microbiology, Virology, Psychology, Social Work, Public Speaking, Accounting, Business Administration, Hospitality Management, and Theology.

The job can be a tall order and frankly, after being in the field as long as I have, I will be happy to hang up my crocs. It has been good to me, but if I knew then what I know now, I would have chosen a different path. I could have done just about anything else successfully, but at the time, there were few paths fully open to women.