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>Hi Kevin -- > >Bravo for you! Nurses are in such high demand these >days why do you want to switch careers? If you have >your reasons, read on. > >I started off as a medical librarian, and worked in >that capacity for a good five years before getting >into systems librarianship. > >I think any university that supported a school of >nursing would love to get an RN as a librarian. Don't >expect anything close to RN salaries, though. :) > >Also, never tell a medical library or any library >employer outside of the pure humanities these days >that you want to become a librarian because you love >books. Everything in the health sciences is purely >electronic these days, and being able to cope with >constant change and technology saavy is of primary >importance, even ahead of subject knowledge that you >would bring to a job. > > - pascal > >>RN who has been working state side since 1988. I am >>enrolled in an online MLIS program starting Spring >>2007. It goes for 2 years. >> >>Question: has anyone seen anyone do this ? My rational >>is that I like books and libraries. As well I think I >>will be extremely well qualified for a job in a >>medical library.

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