Oh wow! I'm going to be a nurse!

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Specializes in None Yet.

Bear with me here, this isn't just a post to say "I got in!".

I wanted to see when everyone had that big epiphany and I figured that sense everyone on here was a student at one point, why not ask everyone?

I just sent in my confirmation today, and 8 hours later, while watching Speed Racer of all things, it hit me... I'm going to be a nurse someday.

So, when did it hit for you? When did you realize that yes, you were going to be a nurse?

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Specializes in Cardiac Telemetry, Emergency, SAFE.

I understand what you mean. :D

It was my first day of nursing lecture. I sat in the back, very nervously looking around. The instructor comes in " Welcome to nursing 100." Very simple words, but i felt like thats when it smacked me in the face and reality set in.

I have since been an RN for 7 months so far and love it so far. Im still learning every day and feel lucky and proud to be in the field.

Good Luck!

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Specializes in OB/GYN, Peds, School Nurse, DD.
:D I vividly remember the night it hit me. I had been a nursing student for a year and was working my summer vacation night-shift on an oncology floor(cancer.) This was 1976, so it was pretty rustic. There was a ward at the end of the hall with 6 beds in it. One bed contained a very old, very tiny lady who was completely immobilized by contractions. Part of my job was to turn her and make her comfortable. She could no longer drink from a straw so I would fill a 30ml syringe with juice and she could suck it out of the syringe(with a little push on my part.) OH, how she loved her juice! She never opened her eyes or spoke, but she would make yummy sounds and indicate "more." Afterward, I would massage her limbs with lotion best that I could,then tuck her in. One night I walked in just as she was breathing her last. It was around 11:30pm, not a soul was with her, her roommates were all asleep and I was the only one who was there to hold her hand and witness her crossing to the otherside.It only took a few minutes. As I left her room to tell her nurse it dawned on me that I wasn't just going to be a nurse someday, I had *become* a nurse that night. I had a whole different outlook on school after that.
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Specializes in LTC.

I would say the same thing..my first day in class when they welcomed us.

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When I passed the NCLEX.

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:D I vividly remember the night it hit me. I had been a nursing student for a year and was working my summer vacation night-shift on an oncology floor(cancer.) This was 1976, so it was pretty rustic. There was a ward at the end of the hall with 6 beds in it. One bed contained a very old, very tiny lady who was completely immobilized by contractions. Part of my job was to turn her and make her comfortable. She could no longer drink from a straw so I would fill a 30ml syringe with juice and she could suck it out of the syringe(with a little push on my part.) OH, how she loved her juice! She never opened her eyes or spoke, but she would make yummy sounds and indicate "more." Afterward, I would massage her limbs with lotion best that I could,then tuck her in. One night I walked in just as she was breathing her last. It was around 11:30pm, not a soul was with her, her roommates were all asleep and I was the only one who was there to hold her hand and witness her crossing to the otherside.It only took a few minutes. As I left her room to tell her nurse it dawned on me that I wasn't just going to be a nurse someday, I had *become* a nurse that night. I had a whole different outlook on school after that.

:cry::sniff: This was such a touching story, thank you for sharing. It brought tears to my eyes.

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wow,i can't wait ...............thanks everyone for all the stories.

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Specializes in medical surgical.

I wanted to be a nurse since I was 8. I am now 45 and have been in health care since I was 18. I knew that I would be a nurse, it was just a matter of when.

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A co-worker who had been a CNA and was now a new nurse told me she checked a pt vs, found something alarming and was on her way down the hall to find the nurse and report it when she suddenly realized "I AM the nurse!!lol

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The last few years things have been very difficult for our family. My husband hasn't been able to find employment for over a year. We have 2 small kids and have been surviving off unemployment and wic checks. I stay home and watch the kids. While my husband gets up everyday and looks for a job. I have been wanting to go back to school but never could find the right moment or much less knew what I wanted to study.

I am a very compassionate and kind person. I love kids and I love to take care of them.

My turning point was a few weeks ago. As I lay in bed late night watching Anderson Cooper report on the devistation in Haiti. As I saw all the men , women, drs. nurses helping all these people. I thought to myself I could be there doing that. I should be there helping those poor people. What a great and rewarding job those drs. and nurses must have! That's when I realized I want to be a nurse, god willing I will be a nurse. I know I have a long road ahead of me, but I can't wait to get started

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still hasn't hit me yet

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Specializes in orthopedics, telemetry, PCU.

- Decided I didn't want to be a doctor after all when I went to Disney World with my college roomates (for the first time at the age of 18 :) )...realized I wanted to have a family and be able to do things like this with my kids before the age of 30...haven't looked back yet, and realized along the way that what I really wanted all along from a career in healthcare was what I would get from nursing (lots of patient contact, oppurtunity for teaching, etc)

- it hit me that I was actually going to be doing this the first time I hung an IV in clinical...weird I know, but I started with peds/OB and had only passed PO meds, and something about spiking that bag of NS and hanging it made it hit me that it was real:)

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