Am I GOOD ENOUGH?!?

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Hi everyone... So i just had to write this out that I really want to be a nurse and i love my CNA job and the fact of helping others makes me feel good.. but does anyone else here going for nursing feel like they wont be smart enougH?? i know i just am going to start classes in the fall for nursing so I havent learned anything pertaining to it, but it just scares me...and I will study and try my hardest but just had to get that out there!! :uhoh21:

my second option would have been accounting, but I like to be moving and on the go so I will try nursing and hope that i can learn it all enough!!!

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Specializes in LTC, cardiac, ortho rehab.

sometimes fear is a good thing. fear helps you strive and in some cases, clear your mind.

i was in the same situation as you when i first did my LPN program. i was scared that i wouldnt be as great a nurse as my mom and i chose to persue it anyways. ive learned that i didnt gain any confidence in myself until i actually helped save a patients life. thats when i realized that i am a capable nurse. even though i work in rehab and most things are "routine", i still am scared. i learned that fear is a good thing because it helps me become more vigilant in my assessments, knowledgeable to make the right decisions, and it helps me to be render better nursing care.

anyways, some of the best nurses ive met were nurses with cna experience and it would suck to lose a potentially great future nurse like you due to fear. you alreayd have the compassion to care, all you need is to take your fear and turn it into a positive characteristic for you.

jon lvn

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Specializes in Home Health Care,LTC.

fear is not always a bad thing it keeps us on our toes good luck with school and remember that there is always support here on AN

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i feel the exact same way. im about to start nursing school, and i think ill do good. i used to think that i was'nt good enough, and i thought many times about changing my major. but, i realized that this is my passion, and this is something i could see my self doing for a very long time. you just have to believe in yourself and you will do good. whenever you get those negative thoughts in your head that keep you discouraged...say to yourself "im smart enough for this, im good enough for this" because you probabaly are.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

we must have been split off of the same soul. i went through high school wondering if i should be a teacher or a nurse. it's all i talked about. however, when i went to junior college i started studying accounting because it was, i thought, more practical and i could get to work and start making money faster, and i did. after 5 years as a bookkeeper, i realized that while i liked the accounting work (i love working with numbers!), i hated being in an office. there was no challenge. same thing day after day. then the petty office talk and gossip really started bothering me. surely, there had to be a more productive profession. you have to also know that i have a slew of relatives that are nuns and priests serving god and man, but i wasn't going in that direction! although i did go to a catholic college for awhile.

did you ever see the third movie in the indiana jones series? at one point in the movie in order to get to the chalice he has to take a "leap of faith". harrison ford puts his foot forward, seemingly into space. you think he's going to fall off the edge of a cliff, but miraculously, there is a walkway there that you couldn't see that supports him so he can cross to the other side safely.

what i'm telling you is that from high school until i was 24 i worried about whether or not i could be a nurse, just like you are doing and probably for all the reasons you are finding. at age 24, i finally signed up and did it and have never looked back. there were a few rough spots along the way, but i was determined to keep on going. i'm not a quitter. in my early days i questioned my ability to even be nursing material. but i worked at it. i got criticized for a lot of things i did. i corrected myself. i adapted and learned. then, i went back to school for my bsn. it was a milestone for me.

if something inside you is saying you need to be a nurse, i would trust it. at the very least give this idea a chance. if you don't, it will always haunt you. if you do, you'll know the outcome one way or the other. and, by the way, a math background is perfect preparation for the rational thinking you need to do scientific work in the prerequisite classes you need to take as well as the critical thinking you will learn to do as a nurse.

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Unless mentally handicapped, A persons level of intelligence only alters the amount of time it takes for that person to learn a given set of information. So really it comes down to desire to learn. Will you spend the time to learn the material, ever how long it may take? If the answer is yes then there is no reason for fear. I've always said: No matter what it takes, I will become a nurse.

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I'm 49 and, plan on taking my pre-reqs. this summer.

I have my dads high school year book sitting on a table in my livingroom.

He graduated in 1938 and, went directly into law school. In the year book, under each of the students picture, is a motto or, quote, that they align themselves to. Under my dads picture it reads; "Courage and Perseverance have a Magical Talisman." My dad I'm proud to say, lived that saying to the tee.He put himself through law school many years ago. To this day, I strive to emulate his character and, his refusal to relent. I'm certainly no rocket scientist but, as he liked to say;'"John, go right at em and, give em hell."

Both himself and, my mom ,are in a better place now.

Am I asking myself if I'm making the right decision? Yeh, I am.

But, for me and, everyone else out there with a level of uncertainty, I say to you;GO RIGHT AT EM, and GIVE EM HELL!

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Specializes in Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele.

When I started working as a CNA...i knew NOTHING....quite literally...I didn't really know what to report, how to treat patients, etc.....

Fast forward to today....after countless clinical hours, and work shifts every week, I now am confident in knowing when something isn't "right"....when I need to do something for a patient beyond what they're telling me....when I need to be assertive to the nurse of saying "Hey, you need to listen to me NOW!" The knowledge comes with time...and for every week in m/s theory...it seemed like I had a patient with x condition..whatever we studied that week in theory....

Tomorrow is my last clinical EVER!!!!! If I can do it, you can do it...and you will! GL to you!

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I've found that it just takes hard work and discipline... If you put your mind to it, you can do it! Besides... your kids will thank you with the exciting nursing stories... I don't think that happens much with accounting...LOL

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just believe in yourself youll make it happen :) i think its just nerves hun :up:

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