Just curious folks.... I have written a handful of posts now about why I chose to become a nurse - I plan to do my Master's thesis about what IT IS that prompts people to do this.... I have a strict belief in "personal reward" - which is NOT considered FINANCIAL reward - though this IS helpful, when it comes to paying the mortgage!
I chose nursing because I want to spend MY 40+ hr work week doing a job that makes me feel GOOD inside - personal reward - knowing that I have made a DIFFERENCE in someone's life - even if it was very subtle OR if they don't even realize it ---
I used to do accounting - playing w/ numbers -- I found this IMMENSELY UNREWARDING - when I would go home from the office at night, I would feel empty - I would often - throughout the work day - find myself going to the ladies room 3x an hour - just to have an excuse to get up and be near other people!
Making $ for other people (my old boss) was NOT what I considered personally rewarding - and I thought about getting a different job in accounting - but to ME, this is NOT what I thought was "fun" --- helping someone walk for the first time after a hysterectomy - or a family member grieve over the diagnosis of AML of their loved one -- this is life. Does anyone have their own idea of "what you are in nursing for?" to add?? I'd like to know. I have a theory that many more students/nurses are really in this field because they really care about others...
i've always wanted to be a nurse. But not being determined enough kept me from persuing my dream. My light bulb moment was when i got laid off and i realized that i have nothing. No money saved because i was living from pay check to pay check. And that i will have to start in another odd job from scratch.
I decided to go back to college and change my life for the better.
I start Jan 14th, 2002. Two days after my 27th birthday. And i am so happy for making this decision, and so excited about going back to college. It's never too late.
I original was a edu. major at TCU, when the advisor, told me that the schools did not need history or lit majors, and that I should think about math. I bolted and spend years looking.
Then:eek:
I always watched ER, my mother's a vet tech and I also like the medical, field. And I started work in a Detox center, and the LVN's said I would make a great Rn or MD. The idea of helping people finding a job anywhere and being well-paid, got to me. And then it stick! I then knew that it was to be so!
So, I when to half-price books and started studying ahead. To see what I was getting into.
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i've always wanted to be a nurse. But not being determined enough kept me from persuing my dream. My light bulb moment was when i got laid off and i realized that i have nothing. No money saved because i was living from pay check to pay check. And that i will have to start in another odd job from scratch.
I decided to go back to college and change my life for the better.
I start Jan 14th, 2002. Two days after my 27th birthday. And i am so happy for making this decision, and so excited about going back to college. It's never too late.