any POSITIVE comments????

I am 26 yrs old and I am getting ready to go to college and become a nurse. I am confident, scared, worried and excited. Reading all your posts about the underpaid, the overworked, the underappreciated nurses out there is scaring me to death!!! I want to be a nurse because I WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. Of course, the money doesnt discourage me either. I know that it will be heart wrenching and hard, but to make one or two sick people happy a day, doesnt that make you happy???

The reason for my post (im brand new to this website, thank god i found it) is to hear the positive aspects of nursing. I finally think I have found something that I want to do with my life. I have been an office mgr for 9 yrs and i know that i dont want to pay other peoples bills or do other peoples payroll anymore.

Please give me just a minute to encourage me to pursue this career! i know it will be hard, i want a challenge and i want to feel important.

HELP!! thank you in advance for your responses!

amie (cincinnati, ohio)

I LOVE my job. :)

I LOVE my job. :)

I think nursing is the ability to be a vital force in a persons health status. You could be the one person in their day who shows compassion, kindness, knowledge to respond to their fears and questions and the ability to rise to a whole new level of self awareness about life and death.

renerian

I think nursing is the ability to be a vital force in a persons health status. You could be the one person in their day who shows compassion, kindness, knowledge to respond to their fears and questions and the ability to rise to a whole new level of self awareness about life and death.

renerian

Hey - this thread is NOT filling up very fast.....

Don't let that get you down, ams02. Put it this way: Is there ANY other career in the world where you can (and do!) ask people "when was your last bowel movement?"

Nope - I thought not. With nursing you can go anywhere and do anything! We're all a bit warped, but what the heck....

Love

Dennie

Hey - this thread is NOT filling up very fast.....

Don't let that get you down, ams02. Put it this way: Is there ANY other career in the world where you can (and do!) ask people "when was your last bowel movement?"

Nope - I thought not. With nursing you can go anywhere and do anything! We're all a bit warped, but what the heck....

Love

Dennie

We ask a lot more personal questions then you could possibly imagine (until you get to all the cool stuff in nursing school)!!!

I say go for it.. follow your dreams!

We ask a lot more personal questions then you could possibly imagine (until you get to all the cool stuff in nursing school)!!!

I say go for it.. follow your dreams!

thank you for your comments, i do know for sure i want to be the one person that shows some compassion for people, i hope thats enough! i hope that compassion is enough to succeed as a nurse (except of course mentally) - thank you again and i will keep checking for new posts - i am sooooo glad i found this website!

thank you for your comments, i do know for sure i want to be the one person that shows some compassion for people, i hope thats enough! i hope that compassion is enough to succeed as a nurse (except of course mentally) - thank you again and i will keep checking for new posts - i am sooooo glad i found this website!

Welcome to the board!

This is a great place to come and be motivated, encouraged and downright petrified all at the same time. I too am changing careers at the ripe old age of 41. Been working my way through pre-regs for over a year with one more semester to go. Then, the hard part - getting in the nursing program.

You have made a wise choice, hang in there and visit often. I do, (it's almost an obsession! ). :imbar