I'm almost 25 and suddenly considering being a nurse?

[iamshe25]

So I will be 25 in December and I have a 3 year old son and a five year old daughter. I'm a single parent with not much family or help. I was in college right after high school and had a 3.00 gpa but dropped out. I went on to make some of the most irresponsible choices and silly mistakes ever. Well after a few years of living like a low life and some soul sucking office jobs I quit and decided to quit and do some soul searching and praying to the Almighty for guidance.

I figured I was officially tired of living like a low life as I've always known I am Intelligent and living below my potential. So I deiced to go back to college. Now I've always been a liberal arts type of gal meaning I love english history etc. I totally dismissed math and science and never gave much thought to careers that rely on them such as medicine.

Well suddenly today I had a thought float by in my mind of being a nurse but of instead of dismissing it I decided to examine the thought.

Now I get the feeling like wow I like the Idea of it, after doing some research and looking at my school's pre req's I thought damn it feels right but wrong.

I say right because it makes me feels like I will live up to the potential in me but wrong because I've never considered medicine or science. I did well in high school in my paramedic and physics class but that's it I never thought of it again. I'm have a big soft heart sometimes to a fault so I considered a human services degree but this completely unexpected thought of being a nurse gets me tingling lol!! I even thought where did this idea come from since I figured God might want me to be a counselor of some sort but a friend said maybe he liked you to be a nurse.

So I guess my question is do I have to be born with the passion to be a nurse or could I develop it?

Is it possible to be awesome at something you never thought you could be?

Thanks for advice

[animal1953]

I am 57 with a spouse with several health issues and I finished my CNA class and am taking my state boards on the 14th. Having a passion for nursing is something you aquire. As a single mom, you have started the basic skills of nursing by taking care of you little ones. Think about the time one ran a fever and what you did. As you progress in nursing, more skills will develop and your confidence will grow. My background: Asthma at age 6 months, I leaned alot about the respriatory system. My son had Asthma at age 6 month also. My wife had a stroke at age 45 and a hemmoragic stroke at 47 and had resulting swallowing and aspiration problems. I've learned a lot about caring for her and also my son when he was young. Life experiences are important in nursing. They will come with time. You're still young enough to get started now. Hell I did it at 58.

[lovemydogs91]

Many of my classmates are single mothers, or have a family. It was a very tough program to get into. If they can do it, you can do it. I decided to get into nursing because of job security; it had nothing to do with having a passion for becoming a nurse or anything like that. However, after my first semester and first clinical rotation, I fell in love. I'm so excited and everything I learn is so interesting. Also, remember that there are many different things that you can do with a nursing degree. But it seems as though going to nursing school could be a really good thing for you. I hope you decide to do it and although it will be tough, I'm sure you will enjoy it and be very successful.