Hi, everyone. I have a few thoughts, a few questions, etc. I am mainly thinking out loud here and hoping that a few of you will chime in w/your opinions, advice, comments, etc.
Is there anyone on this board that somewhat recently (past 5 yrs or so) just sort of "fell into" nursing?
I am not positive nursing would be a good fit for me, as I am 1/2 introverted and 1/2 extroverted.
Every time I think about nursing, it fascinates me, but I am unsure if the sciences are where my bailiwick lies. I have completed all my prereq's for the nursing program, but I only made a B in both A & P classes, even though I worked my butt off. Not to sound arrogrant, but I am used to making A's and didn't like those B's (even though I was proud of the hardest B's I'd ever earned!)
I constantly come to AN to hear about the social interactions of nurses, as well as the procedures, descriptions of injuries, etc. I am always the first that volunteers for "picking" at a wound, or wanting to see the damage, etc in order to start helping to get it better, but poop and puke does kind of gross me out (though I think I would be able to numb myself to that aspect of the job??).
I won't lie, I AM interested in the better pay scale, though I'm not ignorant of the fact that nurses in some areas are having a really hard time right now finding positions/...
I have worked as a neurodiagnostic tech and as an EKG tech, but one of the things I do not like is the attitude of some health professionals with the Type A personalities...The kind that are constantly trying to act nonchalant about almost everything, to prove how much tougher emotionally they are, or to show off, etc. The kind that purposely act callous, insensitive, and use that infamous "dark humor" way too much...
I guess the introverted side of me, is the more "sensitive" side....How many other "sensitive" nurses are out there, making it just fine and still able to enjoy their job? BTW, not many can actually tell how "sensitive" I am because as I have been told, they see me as a leader and as a "take charge" kind of person....I'm not a very good "politically correct" type of person either, so that is a worry as well.
Coming around again to the beginning of my post, I constantly find myself coming back to the idea of nursing, the idea behind it, and the whole profession itself. I can't seem to let it go, but in order to find out if it's for me, I would have to make the commitment, spend the money, time, and effort to dive in and that really worries me!
