Re: weak stomach - cant decide
If your heart is leading you to nursing, you are having a "calling" in my book, and you WILL adjust, especially when you get caught-up in the moment (whether happy, like childbirth, someone taking their first steps after rehab) or sad & life is NOT neat, regardless of where you choose to work, we just happen to be in a "wetter" position than most, at least in the beginning.
I always prided myself on my "iron stomach," and worked my way thru college as an ER Attendant, and in a Nursing Home. THen I became a MOM, and all of a sudden, anyone's body fluids other than my families REALLY grossed me out!! I used clove oil or tea tree oil under my nose for years, and since have gotten into a "dryer" form of nursing, in Adult Medical Daycare, as my chronic health issues have included prolonged periods of nausea.
You can do it, one day at a time, and like I did, find a few close clinical-mates who you might be able to swap off the worst of your phlegm cases too~~but, then again, the sooner I got more practice handling the stuff that grossed me out, the sooner I became swift & adept at disposing of it!!
YOu are not alone!! Peace from Mo in Md.
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