Originally Posted by
janRN
Congratulations to you both!! Me, too--I have 4 more Mondays to work (I only work Mondays) and then I'm done for good after 44 years (40 of them full time) of working as a nurse. I'm excited but nervous. But it will be fun to answer people who ask " what do you do?" and I can say "I'm a quilter" instead of "I'm a nurse".
Jan congrats also to you. I have not worked since Dec 31,2013 and I love it. I still have a couple of former pts call me to say hello and a 93 yr old I visit in the nursing home. Funny thing, one of my brothers has a closed head injury and he told my niece that I say I am a nurse but I am not. He believes this, since I no longer work.
I think you are always a teacher, nurse, etc. whether you are still on the pay roll or not.