Originally Posted by WhisperingEchos
You guys know a lot about Nursing that's all I can say! I think i'm going to into Nursing even though my Mom isn't to happy with it! I love kids and I just want to help them as much as possible!!
Your mom may change in the future after she finds out what nursing is really all about. It is ok to disagree with your mom as long as you do it in a respectable way, a way that honors her. Your mom might have other fears in which you might want to find out and address them if possible.
Gompers-- with the NCLEX is it hard? haha.. I mean most tests are and everything but I get really get stressed over tests so I figured that's why my mom didn't want me to go into Nursing!
In psychology at the graduate level, you also need a "test" usually in the form of an oral exam and that is no cake walk. With NCLEX, at least you can prepare for them and get support/tips here and everywhere else since it is a standard test.
There is a funny book call "I always faint when I see a syringe - Nurse Student Tales" by Florence Hardesty. The author is a psych nurse and she is a prof. Anyway in there she has examples of student nurses who did not do well on test and they turned out to be great nurses.
Try "Majoring Nursing - From Prerequisites to Postgraduate Study and Beyond" by Janet Katz. Small book, easy read, good if you are wondering if nursing is for you. Also she has a good sense of humor too like she confessed she hate blood. Here is a quote from the book to give you a feel "...A nursing degree can be used to work in or out of hospitals, in helicopters, on boats, and in the home. Nurses work for the US government in the military, at the National Institutes of Health, at the Centers for Disease Control, and in Congress as representatives or senators. Nurses work internationally for relief organizations, large corporations, foreign schools, or small village clinics.
Nurses save lives, take care of people who are dying, provide pain relief, do scientific research, run hospitals, and design computer systems. With advanced degrees nurses deliver babies, run their own clinics, provide primary care, give anesthesia to people undergoing surgery, and become lawyers in medical law. All nurses are teachers and counselors and, in one way or another, help people live healthier lives..."
Now does your mom know all these? Talk about flexibility.
My family doesn't believe in medicine a whole heck of a lot! I think that's the problem by grandfather has a business in the chiropractic field! My granfather is very old fashion and doesn't take any medication! I don't even think he has a family doctor! He doesn't even take advil! So.. I think that's why my mom is a little worried! I talked to my mom last night and she said she just doesn't want me to limit myself!
This is going to be semantic, but nursing is not medicine. Nursing and medicine are actually two different fields and they do overlap. You might let your family know gently that you are not into medicine, but nursing. With medicine, your focus tends to be on the disease or illness. With nursing, your focus tends to be on the whole person, from biological to pscyhological to social to spiritual dimension of the person. A good health team will consists of people who are in medicine and people in nursing and other people in other special areas. As for limiting yourself, nursing actually have the opposite effect, it expands your possibilities.
Danu3-- My heart is telling me to go into pediatric nursing or neonatal! I just know I want to work with kids!
Then go for it especially if you feel it is a "calling". You want to be the lucky people who actually like their professions.
Maybe you want to read the above books suggested (don't know if they have it in the lib or not) and show some interesting parts to your mom. Your mom has your best interests at heart. She just need to be educated as to what MODERN nursing is about as it has changed a lot since your mom's generation.
-Dan
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