Ts1997

I am 28 years old and have almost 6,000 hours of patient care experience in a major level one trauma center in the midwest. I also have fifteen college credits as well from a community college. I don't have my CNA. However, I have thought about earning my CNA. Since, it would be a requirement for the ADN program that I have been researching on my own about that is through my local community college. I am thinking about becoming a Nurse. However, I don't love science to the point where I am passionate about it. I want to be a Nurse to help people who are sick/injured, learn more about illnesses/injuries/disease and be able to know what do and how to help people who are in those kind of situations. I understand that I would have to learn the underlying Chemistry, Biology, and A&P to be able to understand and know what I would need to know. It has been over years since I have had a Chemistry and Biology course. The classes that I have completed thus far are math and liberal arts courses such as History and Speech. I am now Statistics ready since I got caught up in math while I was in college at the community college that I went to in the past. I think first I should earn my CNA and then start taking more pre-requisite courses towards what is required for admission into the ADN program. I was able to send an email to the Associate Dean of the program and she agreed to meet with me. I am planning on asking her questions about the program's curriculum, pre-requisite curriculum, questions about the program's preceptorship, and the profession itself. I am not sure what kind of Nurse I want to be. I have an interest in Psychiatry and the ICU. However, I know a lot of new graduate Nurses begin their careers on a Medical-Surgical Unit. Any advice from anyone is much appreciated! Thanks!