With financial planning, nurse Thalita Dutra was able to specialize in aesthetic nursing and fulfilled a longtime dream. Working two jobs, she managed to pay for her studies. Today she already sees patients in her own office and still keeps one of her positions at a public hospital in Santa Catarina.
“I've been a nurse for six years, and since then I've always wanted to work with aesthetics, but there was a whole process for my professional council to authorize our work in aesthetics. So I graduated, started working in hospital care, and began to realize that what I really wanted was to treat skin, build a bond with patients, work on health promotion, and I started preparing to invest in this specialization that would be a turning point in my life,” says Dr. Thalita.
After a promising start in aesthetics, the nurse was able to leave one of her two jobs to dedicate herself to appointments in her own space. And specializing in aesthetic nursing was essential.
Dr. Thalita used the beginning of her career in hospital care to plan financially. She says she spent a year saving money to invest in her dreams, which were to specialize in aesthetic nursing and also to open her own space.
“In the middle of the pandemic, even with everything uncertain, I decided it was time to invest in the course. I started the specialization. At the time I was still a scholarship student in another postgraduate program, which had nothing to do with aesthetics. When I realized I could perform some procedures that I consider more straightforward, I left one of my two jobs, the one where I worked the day shift, and I literally took the leap: I took my savings and invested in my own space,” says Dr. Thalita.
Dr. Thalita says that today she already sees patients in her office every week, keeping a more regular schedule. “My focus is facial care, skin care, treatment of dark spots, and now I'm going to start applying botulinum toxin and dermal fillers,” she explains.
After specializing in aesthetic nursing
For the future, after specializing in aesthetic nursing, she only wants to solidify her client base and space even further, so that soon she can also give up the night shift she still works at a public hospital in Santa Catarina.
“Today at the hospital I care for people who are very needy and require attention; a nurse in hospital care does a little bit of everything, is a therapist, a waiter, so that work ends up being exhausting. What I see today is that I managed to find in aesthetics the same fulfillment I find in hospital care. I've already noticed that a patient with dark spots or acne scars, for example, feels a deep sadness, and we can never judge how much these self-esteem problems affect people's lives. That's why it's a different perspective; helping these people is just as rewarding,” stresses Dr. Thalita.
For the aesthetic nurse, there is nothing better than doing something that brings professional and personal satisfaction. And specializing in aesthetic nursing was the first step toward that.
“I finally found myself. I realized I went to my shifts and weekend jobs irritated, because I had to leave my friends and family celebrating while I went to work. Nowadays in my office the reality is different: I come here feeling good at any hour, this is my refuge to study and see patients, I no longer feel that ache in my heart I used to feel. And anyone who thinks being your own boss means working less is mistaken, because it doesn't. But the meaning is different, because today I work for myself,” concludes Dr. Thalita.
And you, have you thought about specializing in aesthetic nursing too?
Success Stories>Aesthetic NursingMariana Lucera
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