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I am about to start a BSN program. I am a second-careerer with 3 kids. As I get closer to beginning, I get excited but also second-guess my choice. I feel pretty confident that I will like the work, but I understand that working nights is pretty much a given. I can't think of any other job that I would like to do, but I just can't seem to get past having to work nights. I think that I would like to work in NICU or PICU which I understand are areas that many people like to work (meaning tough to get days). I could probably deal with nights for a year, but honestly think that is about it. So finally my question: Do you all honestly think that that is a serious impediment to working in the field? Did any of you feel the same way and found a way around it or did you feel the same way and feel that going ahead and going into nursing was a bad decision?

I have been accepted to nursing school in the fall. This is a career change (although I haven't worked in quite awhile. My question is this. I have a great life-style. I am able to stay home with my three kids and we travel alot. Money isn't an issue. I have been interested in nursing, volunteered in a hospital and loved the pace and the environment. I think I will be satisfied with the job, but am worried about losing the freedom that I have now. Is it possible to find work that allows one to work say, one shift per week? Are there satisfying volunteer opportunities if one decided to use their skills in that capacity? I live in a major metro area. Any insights appreciated.

I have been accepted to nursing school in the fall. This is a career change (although I haven't worked in quite awhile. My question is this. I have a great life-style. I am able to stay home with my three kids and we travel alot. Money isn't an issue. I have been interested in nursing, volunteered in a hospital and loved the pace and the environment. I think I will be satisfied with the job, but am worried about losing the freedom that I have now. Is it possible to find work that allows one to work say, one shift per week? Are there satisfying volunteer opportunities if one decided to use their skills in that capacity? I live in a major metro area. Any insights appreciated.

My last baby was born on Christmas. I was the only patient there. I left on the 27th and things started to up again.

I am not a nurse yet, but it seems that the placenta's function is to provide nutrition while in the womb as well as passing waste right? Out side the womb, the baby gets nutrition from breastfeeding or bottle (but obviously nature intended breastfeeding) and the baby poops alot, so what purpose does the placenta have after birth? I have three kids and could not imagine having had to schlep around a placenta along with the baby. Also, wouldn't it begin to degrade and begin to smell? I am really interested to read these responses.

I know this may seem like a strange question, but has working as a nurse negatively affected your sex life? Since you are caring for people physically and also seeing alot of sick people, do you get home and feel like you don't want anyone near you? I ask this, because I know that after I had my children and taking care of them that is how I felt alot of the time. Curious to hear you responses.

I know this is a pretty old post but I had to reply because my friends and I were just recently talking about this. I am curious to know how many of you have read the book. I have a few friends who have used this method, as have I, and we all loved it. The book is actually quite reasonable. It does not tell the parent to let the baby cry forever. What it proposes is that rather than feed the baby a few nips at the breast every 15 minutes around the clock, you try to get the baby to go for 3 hour stretches and make sure the baby takes a full feeding. What I did was try to get my babies to eat for about ten minutes on each side and then eventually get to three-hour stretches during the day, even waking the baby at three hours during the day. It took a few weeks and of course there were the times when my babies would need to eat more frequently during growth spurts. I carried my babies a lot, but I wouldn't run to them the second they started to cry (especially my second, we all know that that is impossible), but would let them cry for a few minutes and sometimes they worked it out for themselves. My children are very happy and affectionate. I am not a warped sicko raised by warped sickos. But my kids are excellent sleepers (12 hours straight at 12 weeks) and I have friends who demand fed their newborns and are still giving them bottles in the middle of the night at 2 years old. Some of them don't seem to mind this, but I know that it is a great feeling to know that when I go to bed at night I am going to sleep all night. The reason I asked how many of you have read the book is that some of my other friends in this discussion were criticizing the book based on what they had read from second-hand sources and had a lot of misinformation, but were very voracious in their cirticism. When I asked if any of them had read it, none of them had. Now I will say, that while I very much liked the Babywise for newborns, I did think that the ones for older children were much too rigid. My 5 year old still has his beloved blanket and sucks his thumb. I think we all know that the best advice given to idiots can be completely turned on its head and turned into a disaster. Perhaps the book assumes that most people have more common sense than they apparently do.