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Craziest jobs before becoming a nurse

Factory Work
Nursing can test a person’s patience. But how about an eight-hour shift as a pocket setter at a uniform plant? RN Valerie Jackson’s entire vocation was placing knobs on televisions. Narelle Davis from Australia learned that being a sailmaker was incredibly detailed work.

Before drinking coffee in the break room, Washington resident Linda Darkhand worked in a factory making plastic coffee can lids.

Think a 12-hour shift seems long? Imagine how much longer it would feel if you spent your entire time inserting paper flyers into the local newspaper like Glenda Lee Matteson from Minnesota. LPN Andrea Roberts spent two days in a sweatshop sewing belt loops onto shorts before she ran for the hills!

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