BS biology/Nurse?...Research?? Suggestions on what to do next?

Question

CNA,CMT,LPN,IV therapy course, next got married inherited trust fund paid for books/tuition to school went back premed biology major, worked hard got divorced... got published... did field biology La selva, HIMB,... graduated Dec 2006.. now what? cant find lab work or research work w/ just my BS nothing but maybe some quality control work that pays nothing... working as LPN makes more... should i go to grad school.. bio, path, immune, cellular bio... undergrad research doing PCR, RFLP,RAPD... havent taken MCAT did less than stellar on GRE lol but didnt refresh my highschool geometry prior to taking it... all education is paid no matter where i go or what i do... but now inbetween school and work.. and not sure what path i should take now... GPA was good perfect until last semester and divorce/house fire... but still above average... honors level undergrad reseach and good references.. Live in midwest now... have daughters willing to relocate if necessary looked into several grad progrm

Answer 1

Over the long term, nursing will likely pay more than about anything you'll go into with research. If you don't care about the money, what do you love to do? If bench work in the lab is your love, go to grad school for the PhD so you can get a research job. If working with people is your thing, stick with the nursing. If you really, really, want both, med school may well be your best bet, but be prepared, any schooling options will require sacrafices of your time, and since you have daughters you may want to consider that carefully before you do it. Grad school less so than med school.

Answer 2

ummm...next you need to look around your house for a mid sized hand mirror...do you have one? if not go out and buy one..doesn't have to be fancy although i like to have the pretty and solid ones.

at any rate...grab ahold of it with a firm grip....get in your bed and pull the covers over you leaving only your face exposed...lay down and look into the mirror...stare at yourself for a long time. what do you see? now, what DO YOU REALLY WANT IN LIFE AND FOR YOURSELF? what fulfills you?

this sort of field your in is a social field when it comes down to it...i mean the cellular and path is ultimately going to benefit society in some form or another if anything becomes of it is it not? The same with gentic mapping... i mean when i wanted to go into it, that is what i had my mind set on it for....

is there a reason why you are not settling down into something? you have so much are very intelligent and yet?...

i have only this as a suggestion....why not consider teaching as an option? you seem to like to move around and are not quite ready to settle. this is a wonderful option. with teaching and with your credentials you have the opportunity to travel most anywhere and even go abroad. you should even be able to teach on a college level if you wish. it doesn't seem like you are after money from what i am reading.