I've been accepted to LPN school for the Fall, and have been in college off and on my whole adult life (I'm 31...so errm 15 years or so counting high school dual enrollment?) I never knew what I "really wanted to do" until after I had my children and spent some time out in the world, so I don't have a degree, but boy do I have a lot of random credits! I have often said that I just wanted to be a professional student forever.
I couldn't stand to wait for school to start in the Fall, so I took my Algebra course this summer (just started) and it got me thinking about nursing school. I'm just so excited that I think I'm going to pop! Not because its hard to get into. Not because I want to be a nurse (although I most definitely do). Not because its a stepping stone to a career, etc etc. But because I cannot WAIT to get my hands dirty doing nursing "stuff". I hope we get to practice IVs and I cant wait to slip on my first set of scrubs, walk into a hospital, smile at a patient, dig in to my Nursing Essentials book, have my first nursing test, etc. Am I crazy? Is it really possible to love nursing and nursing school for the technical part? Has anyone else gone on to be an RN and felt bad because they enjoyed the technical aspects of their job? I almost feel guilty for getting excited when I watch a surgery documentary or the thought of being an OR nurse or a burn unit nurse, because while I do definitely want to help people very very much, its those scientific/amazing body type details, and all of the machines and life saving devices that make me want to jump up and down!
I hate the thought of being excited over someone else's pain because I will get to help them, but I am still really looking forward to diving in and making a difference.
*I probably should say that I've been a bookkeeper/admin assistant for the past 12 years and I've never had a job where I was not chained to a desk 9-5 just trying to help some poor stressed out overworked sales guy make more sales bonuses.
