Did you ever pass up a nursing opportunity in the past and regret it now?

[bananabubbletea]

The high school I attended had an LPN program and I sooooo regret not majoring in Nursing in High School. Here I am about seven years later yearning for a nursing degree that I could have had in the past. I am not regretting the past just reflecting and wondering if anyone passed up such an opportunity. I honest did not know much about the program back in high school. I thought it was just science courses and you became a CNA. I actually switched majors in high school and my counselor never told me about nursing and how you could become an LPN. Anyway, has anything like this happened to anyone? I am hoping to start Maria College in fall for their LPN program and then transition into an RN program. Thanks!

[RN from Pennsylvania]

I think that we all have those type of should ofs and could ofs in our lives. I have taken positions as an RN that I regreted, which is opposite. The important thing to remember, is that you are older and are sure of what you want now and are going for it. Good luck and I commend you.

[CrunchyMama, ASN, RN]

I took the LPN program in high school and never took the boards. :/ Ticks me off! If I would've took the boards and passed I wouldn't of had to become a CNA. Oh well....I just didn't care back then and wasn't sure what I wanted to do....what high school student does?

[llg, PhD, RN]

Sure. Life is full of choices ... and it is inevitable we will sometimes look back on our choices and wonder how things would have turned out if we had made a different choice. Sometimes, we will think that things might have turned out better had made a different choice.

All we can do is learn from our experiences and do the best we can as we move forward.

Good luck to you.