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Help! I am just finishing up a ton of pre-reqs at a local community college, originally intending to be a rad tech. I thought about being a nurse first, but I thought I would be turned off by blood and needles. Not so, I found out as I did really well in my phelbotomy course. So now I have had a change of heart...I have always had the desire to help people, and I am kind and compassionate. I have job shadowed both professions and felt it was too hard to decide from a few job shadows, especially since in the nursing shadow, everyone complained, about hours, work overload, etc, etc. Does anyone have any advice on how to really know if you are cut out for the demands of nursing? I am a returning student in her mid life with a husband and 2 small children. When I think about my goal of becoming a nurse I feel good about it, until I think about actually doing all the work, then I get a little scared...am I able to take care of someone whose very life may be in my hands? Thanks to anyone who can advise.