if you had a chance to do it all over again

fergus51 · Mar 11, 2002

Still nursing, though I would've gone into it right away and at another school!

mario_ragucci · Mar 11, 2002

I'm not a nurse yet, as some are quick to point out, but I will be in 2004. Mario didn't decide to answer the calling until he reached 36 (a perfect square)(6^2).

Since were talking about "do overs" I thought i'd chime in with mine.

I would NOT have enlisted in the Marines out of high school. I should have stayed put in NYC, married a nice Italian woman and claimed my place in the community (on the block). Instead, I wandered the US, in search of a place, and now I know my place. I would have liked to have gotten a 20-30 year "retirement-type" job out of high school, had several children, and then become a nurse in my 40's as part II to life.

I don't know :-0

Teshiee · Mar 11, 2002

If I could do it all again. I would have became a neonatologist. Yet I truly don't regret being a nurse. We choose our paths and I am content with being a RN. There is so much to do in this field. You can't really become bored. I met some great people on the way my dear buddy just passed her Licensed Psych Tech boards and she is already to go for her RN.

mattcastens · Mar 11, 2002

It's a frequent question these days it seems, "If you had it to do all over again..."

I would still be a nurse. I think one reason I feel that way is because I have done it over again. When I left college I was an actor (professionally) for a few years -- and a pretty good one, too.

I was getting bored, though. Having always been interested in biology and medicine, and having a mother who has been a critical care nurse for thirty-one years, I fell into nursing and have loved it ever since.

I don't regret my time acting one bit, although I do wonder where I would be in my career if I had studied nursing in school the first time around. I'm just glad I found my calling sooner rather than later.

micro, RN · Mar 13, 2002

oh, my .......do overs.........well can't so..........

actually, without the concept of true time travel.......is no way to do over..............

entered nursing when I was 27, so this is my second at least career choice.....not 27 anymore.....and that is k;-)just starting to truly love it now.....know this is where I belong.....maybe a do over even though impossible....become a nurse earlier..........

but I like what I did before.....working with people with mental retardation..........

ideal dream be a rock star, join the peace corps........fall in love with _________! and be extreme...........

but truly life is all right.....and I know where I am and who I am.......

the journey stays, the path is just different......but you gotta enjoy it.....................

some say love it is a river........................

and with that micro signs off,

jschut, BSN, RN · Mar 13, 2002

I would still want to be a nurse and the only change I would have made is I would have went into nursing school earlier than I did.

Now, in my personal life......why, that's quite another story! MAny changes would have been made! :rolleyes:

Julie:)

OBNURSEHEATHER · Mar 13, 2002

Except for a couple of times when I wish I would have been paying attention and/or applied my vehicle's brakes a little sooner, there isn't a thing I would change

Heather

Hardknox · Mar 13, 2002

I wanted to be a nurse right out of high school but my Dad discouraged me and steered me into teaching, which I loved---taught first, second and third grades. However, back then there was no such thing as maternity leave. When I waas ready to go back after staying home with my kids there were no jobs. So at 40 I became an RN. And I only regret it on those very BAD days when I can barely drag my body home!

eldernurse · Mar 14, 2002

Nursing is the hardest, most life consuming, horrible, wonderful, fulfilling, draining, dirty, difficult, emotional, rewarding thing I have ever done.

lisadavis · Mar 16, 2002

i find it very interesting how many of us "got into" nursing later (not right out of high school). many of us also have had a very hard time i our struggles to be and stay nurses. why are we so hard on each other and new nurses?

RN-PA, RN · Mar 16, 2002

Nursing is the hardest, most life consuming, horrible, wonderful, fulfilling, draining, dirty, difficult, emotional, rewarding thing I have ever done.

Eldernurse expresses my feelings about my nursing career perfectly!

micro, RN · Mar 16, 2002

but since I am in my second lifetime at least (that I remember).....don't know what lifetime #3 or#4 will bring........

if not nursing, then maybe teaching.........but that would make micro very studenty again.....and that is good..........

if total change in career......then travel agent+++++++working again with people that don't have it as easy as I do.........

then travel and r&r for my pleasure and time away to chill and recharge.............

c or s???????

hey all, just micro