To gain experience, she negotiated to work as an intern at a reduced salary for the first six months. Transfer Your Skills Like Giordano, Kathleen Budreski, RNC, BS, age 56, and Michelle Redmond, RN, BSN, age 40, two nurses from Massachusetts, have made creative career moves that exemplify resiliency. Budreski is a strong believer in the importance of continuous learning. In her current position, she helps HMO members understand their benefits and facilitates communication between providers and patients. She says she considers herself a risk-taker but carefully weighs and measures a decision to leave one position and take another.
People have to have their own barometer of what fits and know when to move on.
Budreski also stresses the value of reflection and replenishment. For her this includes exercise, journal writing, and meditation. Last year as president of South Shore Registered Nurses Association in Massachusetts, she helped sponsor an entrepreneurial evening where many nurses who had started their own businesses networked with one another. In her new business, she will use her counseling skills to work with clients in a collaborative practical process in which, acting as a coach, she will help them bridge the gap from where they are to where they would like to be in their lives. Redmond's career path has also taken her many new places.