Eidolon

This feels like the perfect place for my first post on these forums... I live in Birmingham, AL, and have yet to even do much research about DZs in the area... but the fact of the matter is that I have been in school now for almost 8 years... graduated with an art degree and went right back to school to get my Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. So, I'm going to be an RN in 2 short months... and I believe that this is going to be an excellent job for a skydiver. I'll work a relatively fixed schedule... may be nightshift.. but that simply equals more money. I might even be working most weekends (still, more $), but I doubt this will even interfere all that much if local DZs will take me midweek. After two years working in the ICU of our only Level I trauma center in the state, I'm thinking I'll be viable enoug to travel almost anywhere (going to be an MICU or emergency department nurse, most likely). So, travel nursing should be the passport for touring different skies in the US. Nursing's not for everyone... but it's a good job for anyone who enjoys chaos control, physiology, psychology, medicine, etc... it's a wide-open profession and offers a fair amount of freedom. Plus, it doesn't take very long at all to get an Associates Degree... from there you can start working and do online classes to get your BSN. Anyways :) I imagine that many of you are settled and have no interest in a drastic career change such as this... still, consider it highly recommended.