samjwm8309

Hi daniam25! I admire your boldness and confidence!! I was born HIV+ and I will be graduating from nursing school in 3 weeks....and I am absolutely terrified and not sure if I made the right choice. I see that you have experience in ER and ICU which are 2 specialties that I was considering, but not sure if I have the guts to work in due to my status....or in any area dealing with needles for that matter. It was really one of those things where I was told that I should not be a nurse, but that made me want to be one more than ever. And now, here I am and I'm wondering if maybe I should've listened. Any advice?

Hi atahualpa67! I know it's been several years since your post about considering starting nursing school. I just happened to stumble across your post as I was also looking for information regarding HIV+ nurses. I'm just finishing up nursing school and I am terrified and not sure if I made the right choice as I was born HIV+. So I'm just wondering now that it's 2017 how your journey has been and if you were able to follow through with nursing school.