What makes you want to be a nurse?

RNonsense · Mar 20, 2003

Easy! It was the fame and fortune!!!

All kiddin' aside, I've wanted to be a nurse since I was a little girl. Can't imagine doing anything else...

Hidi74 · Mar 20, 2003

All of the nurses I have had. The ones I have met, and the ones in my family. Getting to help other people. Because I am burned out in my current career w/ no room for advancement. And the money and oppertunites won't hurt!

NurseDixie · Mar 20, 2003

I've also wanted to be a nurse since I was a young girl. However, I never had an opportunity to go to nursing school...til now.I worked as a nursing assistant from 1978-1989, got married, divorced, remarried. When my second husband had his 2nd CABG and had to retire,the Dr.said he may live only 6 yrs. I decided that I needed to pursue my dream of being an RN and started to school when I was 44 years old. I'm going to graduate in December and I'll be 47. My husband is doing fine so far, but is disabled. He keeps the house clean/does laundry,etc. He has been great.

SingingNurse2 · Mar 20, 2003

My best friend and I volunteered at the local nursing home every summer in high school and I've been hooked ever since.

When you buy something new or watch a good movie it makes you feel good for a little while, but when you've helped make a person's life better it feels good forever. ^_^

2amigos · Mar 21, 2003

I always wanted to be a grade school teacher, or a missionary, or a social worker. I decided last summer (at the wonderful age of 44) that I WILL be a nurse.

My main objective has always been to make a difference. Nurses MAKE a difference.

I am just finishing up my prerequisites and hope to start the RN program in the fall, but with so many applying, I may not get into the program until next spring, but that's okay too.

I can't explain why I am so certain that this is what I will do, but it's nice to have that certainty. Once I'm in the program I am sure that I will question my goals from time to time, and that's okay as well.

Good luck to you!

CherylM

SN Gone Crazy · Mar 21, 2003

I can't say that I've wanted to be a nurse since I was in diapers. When I was a little girl all I knew is I wanted to get married and have a couple of kids. Well, I have all that now. It is a long story how I decided to be a nurse, but I can tell you money and the fact that I love to interact with people had a lot to do with it.

What keeps me going now is I love going to clinicals every week and I truly feel as though I have found my calling. I cannot explain the strong feelings I have when my patients tell me how much they appreciate my kindness and that I need to finish nursing school, because this country needs more nurse like me.

I Know God Will Not Give Me More Than I Can Handle. I Just Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much. _Mother Theresa

perfectbluebuildings, BSN, RN · Mar 21, 2003

Well, I want to care for people in a real way- that doesn't really make sense, but it's how I feel- nurses touch lives in so many ways and I want to do that so badly!

kimtab · Mar 23, 2003

I just always wanted to change adult-diapers.

That and the whole career that means something more than a paycheck at the end of the week thing.

Kim

Nurse2bSandy · Mar 23, 2003

CherylM,

you are starting your new career at the same age that I did. I was 44 when I went back to school and will start an accelerated BSN program in the fall...hope to graduate by 48!

I,too, am so certain that this is what I am meant to do... and may combine some of my other dreams with it... like doing short-term missions work as a nurse. I'm excited!

Ortho_RN · Mar 25, 2003

I am in my 3rd semester and I ask myself that alot.. Cause there are some VERY trying times in nursing school... The tests, the paperwork, the early morning clincals, the instructor from H*ll.... But then I go to work (PCA) and I take care of a patient that grabs my hand and tells me how sweet I have been to them and that I will never understand what that means to them.. People like that are the reason I want to be a nurse..... Yes, you have your people who yell at your, scream at you, you have to deal with hateful doctors with ego trips.. But those people are a VERY small percentage of what you will encounter...

I wanted to be a Veterinarian when I was a child, all the way up to my first couple of years of college, but the thought of being $100,000+ in debt by the time I got out just didn't appeal to me... So my first career I went to Veterinary Technician school, and graduated with a Associates in Vet Technology, sat for a state board exam and became a CVT.. Worked at that for over a year... Loved it, except for the no money or benefits... So I said what the hey... I'm still young (26) so I will go to nursing school... and I haven't regretted a minute of it... I miss the animals, but I think I am where I belong

birdsongRN · Mar 28, 2003

I originally went to college right out of high school as a communications major and was in to atheletics. Long story short, I ended up with a B.A. in sociology/anthropology with a minor in women's studies. Try finding a job with that degree!

I got a did get a job as a clinic manager, barely over minimum wage, at a women's health clinic. That's when I decided that nursing was what I wanted to do. I never thought I was good at science, so was scared to try it. So I moved all the way across the country after leaving my position as office manager. I worked as a psych tech and medical assistant at another women's clinic and started my pre-req's for nursing. I love helping people and I love being involved in the medical field. I'm 27 now and am starting my clinicals in the fall. I am very excited about becoming a nurse.