celouk

To start, I apologize for the length. I just want this to be detailed :) I am currently in my second year of college and I am a pre-nursing major. I plan on applying to the program within the next month for the spring 2018 semester. Well, there is one problem- I faint. A couple years ago, my then 2-year-old nephew got a pretty good gash on his face and I fainted in the hospital parking lot (hitting my mouth on the back of a car and busting out my two front teeth). I thought this was caused from the stress since there really wasn't much blood and I'd never fainted before then. About 3 weeks ago, my brother was in a bad motorcycle accident and lost his foot. I saw him in he hospital before surgery while he was sedated (because of pain). I had to sit down and drink a soda because I felt lightheaded. During surgery, he had a below the knee amputation. Last week when he was getting his stitches out, I was watching the process and was very interested. As the RN got to the last few, we noticed that the wound wasn't completely healed. At the sight and thought of this, I began to pass out. I started sweating and the nurse's voice and my brother's voice became muffled. I eventually got it under control after 5 minutes of having my eyes closed, having a wet wash cloth on my forehead, and drinking water. Is this something I can overcome? I feel that I have the intellectual ability to be a nurse, but I can't become one if I faint. Also, I have been aiming to become a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner so I wouldn't really deal with situations like my brother's, but wouldn't I face such things during clinicals?