@daja2016 I’ll let you in on a little secret: I am a psychiatric nurse and have tried to get my MT daughter and my musician son to go that route for some security, to no avail. However, I think it is a FANTASTIC idea. You can make quite good money working a few shifts a week, and off hours, allowing plenty of time for auditioning. And if it interests you, there is the bonus that it might be a survival job you love. I live in quite an artsy community and a lot of the psych nurses I know are artists on their off hours. It really is a fine life! :-bd