i was looking for a little advice. i know this may be premature,but i've been taking pre-req's for nursing school for 5 years now (2nd career, worked full time, have 2 small kids) and I hit a set back yesterday that i wasnt prepared for.
I am taking a&P 1 and i was reading a story about how a convict donated his body after his execution and they sliced his body in millimeters to scan and create a 3d image. The photographs are the slices of his body where you can view the internal structures very clearly. You can see also his face and it really disturbed me. I feel sick thinking about how they processed his body. Is this reaction normal?
I'm really disappointed in myself because I didn't think this would bother me. I thought I was not skiddish about this kind of material, but i feel sick over it. seeing his body cut into pieces really makes me ill.
Is this normal? i really want to overcome this fear/reaction because i LOVE learning about the body and want to be an ER nurse of all things!
or is this a red flag?
I asked my professor if he was ever disturbed by this material and ofcourse he said NO!
