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Thanks for the advice! I think a part of me really wants to face my fear, because I'm not scared of getting poked but I'm mostly concerned about doing it to someone else. I was actually thinking of taking a Phlebotomy class after this next semester so I can prepare myself and conquer my fear. Thanks again!

Hi everyone, I'm new on here but figured this is the best place to post any worries I'm having about choosing nursing. This summer I graduated from UCLA with a degree in Sociology. I like challenges, love helping people and want a career where I can do that every day. I'm currently trying to figure out what I want to do with myself while working as a receptionist. Nursing interested me in high school, but once I found out about IV's I ran the other direction and pursued my dream of transferring to UCLA. Once graduation got closer I began thinking of nursing as a career again. I'm currently taking anatomy and I'd only have 2 other prerequisites to complete before I could apply to nursing school (if I chose nursing). My main concern is getting over my "fear" of IV's/tubes, I really don't think the other things would bother me, however, whenever I tell people this the common response is "how can you be a nurse if you are scared of iv's etc" or "it's only going to get worse" urgh....In the mean time I'm sending out applications to become a nursing volunteer so I can get a better perspective on all of this. Any advice would be appreciated :)! Sorry if this is too long and all over the place.