My little journey (So far)

[Marker_Brent97]

Hi everyone,

-I guess I'm writing this for the soul purpose of just getting my story out there and seeing what you all think. Mainly because I know there's a lot of helpful people here that have a lot of insight on a lot of different things, but today, I'm just going to address my little journey of being a nurse so far.

-back in high school after goofing around for 3 years, soaking up the kid life, I realized that I needed to go somewhere with my life because it was about time to pack up and move out if you will. One day, while driving around with my dad, I decided that I was going to be a nurse. I had to do some switching for my classes so I could put myself in anatomy for my final science and it was honestly one of the best decisions I made even though the teacher kinda sucked, but honestly, anatomy has been more of a personal subject for me. Not like all the other classes, but regardless I took well to it and finished out my high school career getting an A in that class.

-Ever since college I always laughed a little whenever something needed my high school transcript because my college transcript looked like a gold nugget compared to the likes of my high school transcript. So because I was broke as hell and didn't have very good grades, I decided to attend Ivy-Tech Fort Wayne, IN. I should've taken the summer to get my CNA, but I guess I decided to be young and dumb doing the whole party, work, sleep, repeat thing while going to a lot of concerts. In regards to Ivy-Tech, I'm torn right now honestly. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful college and mostly every teacher is genuinely caring about your success, but maybe it's just me, but I feel like I'm missing the social aspect of things. I almost feel fed up with some of the people there, but being the "social butterfly" that I am, I wouldn't expect everyone to take too kindly to it. It became a reality that everyone was in t just to get their grade and get out. So in a sense it kinda shut me in and made me shut up a bit. I got to see a lot of people with different attitudes and personalities. I shouldn't give it a bad rap because honestly, I work 2 jobs pulling 12 hour shifts 3 days in a row not even in the field I wanted to go into, but I feel a little drained by the time I get to Tuesday because that's when my weekend begins and ends on Friday. Maybe I'm just being a spoiled little brat, who knows.

-After a decently successful semester, I wound up having a 3.1 GPA which is way better than the 2.65 I was getting in high school. I wound up getting an A in my anatomy class which was important because it was one of three GE classes I needed to get into nursing school. Along with that class I'm taking Micro, Psych, AP2, and English, 2 of which I NEED to get an A in. Along with that I took my TEAS VI test and got a 71.3 scoring highest in Science and reading, but at the same time I didn't really study for it because of my own faults of wanting to be a kid again, wanting to hang with friends instead of studying over Christmas break. So if it's the soul reason of why I won't get in I only have myself to blame. But it that leads me to my next point.

-Since I probably won't get in because my score wound up being a 131.95 (if I get an A in English and in Psych) and with my goal of getting all A's putting my GPA at 3.53, I've put it in my mind that I will take the time to find myself and start doing me 100%. If I don't get in this first time then depending on how adventurous I'm feeling at that point, I might just take the summer off to get my CNA, because I almost feel embarrassed because I've never seen in real life what it is to be a nurse even though a lot of people have told me that emotionally, mentally, physically, that I'm fit to be one. They tell me that I'm passionate, goal driven, but will stop and listen to your story and I don't mind loosening up a bit to get a few laughs in at my own expense just to get the other person to feel better. So with getting that, I'd just take Chem, AP201, comm, and maybe another psych class, or whatever since I'm actually starting to run out of classes. Oh I know, I'll take a med terminology class. So anyway, that's what I got going for myself like it or not that's who I am and hopefully I'll be able come out of this sitting pretty.

-B:up:

[HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD]

Hi - welcome to AN. Just a helpful note.... it's *sole purpose*, not *soul purpose*, although the latter kind of imbues your message with a sense of higher purpose & that may be your intention.

Seems like you're in the midst of a typical/normal maturation journey. IMO, you're focusing on the right things & have an accurate understanding of all the challenges ahead. Congrats to your parents or whoever was responsible for raising such a great kid -