John O

Thanks for all the wonderful comments, and it looks like there is some good news! My daughter just came home after doing 5 12 hr shifts 5 days in a row at the ICU. I asked her about her plans medical career wise and found out really wants to be an RN but the thought of having to work even part while getting the degree especially like when your taking say Med/surg and Pharmacology etc at same time is just not a good idea. She has taken some college courses already while workin FT and it’s just crazy. So I am going to find away to get her enough money so she can work FT during the Summer but not have to work at all during the school year without having her bury herself in debt for ever. I know she likes nursing because she comes home and tells me all the crazy things that happen at work, codes, the RNs that took her under their wing, scared BSN students that ask her the “tech” for help, the latest new “baby doctor” on the floor right out if Med school, biting hitting patients(them trying to bite /hit her) You know fun stuff! So there is hope. Thanks, John

Thank you Mary, I remember hating it when my dad tried to influence my job educational choices. But I also know from my own life(I’m 62) that it only gets harder to find the time and funds for education as one gets older. But your right , it is ultimately is her choice her life, she has to want it and be satisfied with the choice. thank-you, John O

My Daughter received her nursing assistant certification and geriatric nursing aide cert back in high school and has been working in the field ever since she was old enough,in nursing homes and currently in a Baltimore Hospital ICU full time plus OT. She has a lot of experience for some one who is not even 21 yet. Back in high school she was a great student and seemed college bound intending on getting Her BSN. But some how the reality of life and bill paying (car payments etc etc) has derailed her. She keeps down grading her aspirations . Now she’s talking about just getting a 2 year Rad tech or physical therapy tech or emt or what ever is the latest career de jour. But ,She has not even signed up for any of those yet. And I said at least shoot for a 2 year RN at our local community college but she says that will take her 4-5 years and she won t do it. She seems to think the grass is all ways greener in one of these tech programs vs RN. How can I get her back on the RN track which I think is better for her in the long run. Thanks, John O