I work for a law firm — as a nurse

Perhaps this surprises you, but I am presently employed (and earning a comfortable living) as a nurse in a law firm, of all places. I enrolled in one of those online nursing schools a few years ago, and successfully attained my legal nurse consultant certification. Now I am involved in a lot of different types of cases — I interview patients and doctors, I request medical records from doctors and hospital offices, I review the results of medical tests, procedures and x-rays. I am in constant communication with the attorneys assigned to the various cases — and in a couple of very important cases I was even asked to testify in court. This sure beats running up and down the hospital ward all day (which is what I did in my previous position).

19 July 2008 | Business