BAtoCNM- Thank you so much for your reply! The info you provided was really helpful. It is so nice to talk to others who have gone through this. I have been taking basic courses, working towards a general business degree for three years now. I would like to know what you think of the education -courses and clinicals you may have done- so far. Although I have nurses in my family, the information is not too useful. My grandmother was an ICU nurse then a Labor and Deliuvery nurse, but that was long ago. My uncle's wife is a young nurse, I watched her go through school, was a bridesmaid in her wedding, and helped plan her 30th birthday, so calling her an aunt is odd. She is trying to talk me out of this career, as she wants me to go to culinary school- you make one marzipan penguin and suddenly you're Julia Child. She is convinced I am too sensitive to be happy in this field, I disagree, but it would be good to get an idea of what it takes from an unbiased source who has been through this.