I worked as a public health nurse. I loved it. Wish I hadn't quit. But I did because the RN I was working with was using me as her secretary-getting me to do the paperwork and all the petty stuff she didn't want to do. I was used and abused. But I still loved the job.

I worked in a Prevention clinic in a poor neighborhood. It was a novel idea but unfortunately didn't last. We did physicals and saw patients but mostly concentrated on education on diabetes, hypertension , high cholesterol. and wt loss. We also went to homes with the diabetic teaching and filling of insulin syringes. We gave out free medication as well. We also did the physicals for the police and fire depts. We held clinics for high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Now they have a bus that travels around doing that. I thoroughly enjoyed it until right at the end.