lillian20

"God does not ask your ability or your inability. He asks only your availability." Mary Kay Ash "Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words - Wait and hope." Alexandre Dumas "Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look there." Marcus Antoninus "The purpose of life is a life of purpose." Robert Byrne

i know there's probably been some threads about this but i guess i just want to make another one. i love reading insightful/inspiring quotes, or when i'm reading a book and i come across something in it that i have to write down in my journal, just to look back on it and be inspired again. the friday night knitting club: "i'll let you in on a little secret. we don't all love our jobs everyday. and doing something you have a passion for doesn't make the work part of it any easier." "it doesn't?" "no, it just makes you less likely to quit." the glass castle: a memoir sometimes you need a little crisis to get your adrenaline flowing and help you realize your potential. gemma doyle series (libba bray) an old beggar woman sits in the damp muck on the walk. she shakes a beaten tin with one penny in it. "please, sir, spare a copper." kartik places a sovereign in the lady's cup, and i know that it's likely all he has. "why did you do that?" i ask. he kicks a rock on the ground balancing it nimbly between his feet like a ball. "she needed it." father says it isn't good to give money to beggars. they'll only spend it unwisely on drink or other pleasures. "she might buy ale with it." he shrugs. "then she'll have ale. it isn't the pound that matters; it's the hope." he kicks the rock in a high arc. it skitters down some stone steps. "i know what's it like to fight for things that others take for granted." "what a wretched existence." kartik takes on a hard tone. "it is a means to live. life isn't always fair." the comment is meant to sting and it does. we fall into quiet. "you're the one always speaking of fate and destiny. how do you explain their lot, then? is it their fate to suffer so?" kartik shoves his hands into his pockets. "suffering isn't destiny. nor is ignorance." i was wondering for all the nurses or nurses-to-be, if you guys have any quotes you wanna add? any quotes that inspire/motivate you in your life, quotes that you live by?

Runner2008: Thanks. I know nursing school is really tough and stressful but I think it's worth it. It's something I really wanted to do. I've volunteered at the hospital for a year when I was in high school, and I just loved the environment. lpnflorida: I've read about that, that unit clerk isn't easy and those who pursue it aren't appreciated enough for what they do. But I guess I'm not worried about that, I feel that being a hospital unit clerk could be essential - knowing the basics, building the foundation to becoming a nurse (if that made any sense, lol). I guess it's just complicated because both sides are tugging at me. I want to go get my certificate in unit clerk because if I do, it'll be from sept 2009 and I'll be done in mid march 2010. Then I can work and get experience and when it's Sept 2010 I'll reapply to the Nursing program and somehow still have a part time job in unit clerk (to save up money for the next 4 years) while going to nursing school. I would want to take my time, and not rush through but at the same time, I just want to get my degree right away so my mom can retire, I really love my mom and I don't want her to work anymore. My brother is 24, and he could've gotten his degree/certificate/diploma but he still hasn't. After high school, he just went in all directions, took years off to upgrade, take other classes, work here and there...and now my parents are clueless as to where he's going. So now the pressure is on me to get my degree and have a career.

Hi everyone. I'm very new to this and I know there has been a few questions about this in the forum, but I'm still struggling with this decision and I would like to hear some of you guys feedback on this. I'm a first year college student in the bachelor of science program but that's not what I wanted to go into. I found out a bit too late that I wanted to go into Nursing but by time I could apply, it was already too late, the program was already full and wasn't accepting. Then I was looking up at this other college that I could obtain a certificate in Hospital Unit Clerk...but I guess I panicked and stuck with the decision of going to the bachelor of science program instead. So now, Im re-applying for admission to get into Nursing for next year (Sept 09) but I'm scared that I won't get in, so I have a back up plan -- go to the other college to get a certificate in Hospital unit clerk. My question is, which path should I go if I do get accepted into the Nursing program, and get accepted in the other college (Hospital unit clerk) at the same time? I've read that becoming a hospital unit clerk is good because you know the basics and it gives you the experience/knowledge, which is at your disposal when you do become a Nurse. I guess I'm just scared of wasting a year away being a Hospital unit clerk while I could just go straight into the nursing program. Anyway, that's my problem...sorry if it doesn't make sense. It's just that this has been gnawing at the back of my mind for quite a while (lol)