Hello Everyone--I'm New Here.

[mzimmer723]

just wanted to say "hi" to everyone...i just joined today. i was accepted to lpn school last week and will be starting in january. i am from the akron, ohio area. i was in college for a few years, and changed my major twice, almost completing my associates in surgical technology, but decided it was not for me. so here i am, in line to do what i've really wanted to do all along, and that's be a nurse. i'm happy and excited to finally be on the right track. i don't consider the time in college wasted, as it helped me to decided what i truly want to do. i'm also a wife and mother, but my children are older now, so it won't be such an issue as it was 4-5 years ago when they were younger.

i'm anxious to say the least about paying for school. i do qualify for financial aid, and already filled out my fafsa at the beginning of this year. however, i used some of that money already to pay for college last spring. i'm hoping when i meet with the financial aid person at the lpn school, that it will all work out somehow. i was told about the wia program that supposedly provides funding for school and job training, but after attending an orientation, i found out it was not suited to my needs at all. so much for that idea. i just have faith that everything will work out and that i will get through this program and by this time next year, be ready to graduate. i hope to connect with other students on here as well!

[Iridescent Orchid, CNA, LPN]

Hey there! :)

First off, welcome to allnurses! This is the best community for nursing students. I tend to spend a lot of my free time on here over the past few months. Congrats on getting into the program as well!

I know what you went through by changing majors. I was majoring in Early Childhood for a great amount of time and never had the ambition and passion for it. I made mediocre grades and really dreaded a lot of the coursework. I eventually realized I shouldn't feel this way. I changed my major to nursing. I started making grades I didn't know I was capable of. I really always wanted a career in nursing, as you...I don't know why I didn't go for it first! I guess it was an anxiety of some sort that I had. I associated it with a lot of traits and strengths that I didn't feel I quite had enough of. I'm proving everyone, especially myself wrong on that! If this is what you truly want to do, keep on running forward!

I wish you the best of luck in the program and for your entire nursing future!