WannaBeeee :)

i won't be a nurse for a while, but i've heard of this sort of thing before... a very close friend of mine is a 35 year old male who recently started seeking medical help with a similar issue he's lived with for a long LONG time. not only does he get dizzy, but he sometimes sort of passes out. i've never been around him when it's happene, so i don't know exactly what he experiences. it doesn't happen very often -- once every couple of months or so. his doctor immediately set up appointments for EKG, CTT scans, did blood-work, etc... he's still waiting for the results. the number and variety of tests they've set up for him indicates to me that they are looking at every aspect because it could be anything. i hesitate to say this because i am in no way qualified to speak on any diagnosis, but they suggested that it could be a type of seizure. i think that can probably be effectively controlled with medication because my brother's epilepsy (major big scarey seizures) are under control that way... don't know if that helps, but maybe it's not so unusual and the answer can be found if the health care personnel just look in the right place (?)

my mom has been in and out of the hospital a lot this year, but about two weeks of daily visits sums up my nursing exposure... i've always been drawn to the medical profession. i majored in chemistry and life science (the closest equivalent to a pre-med degree at my college), but didn't end up persuing medical school beyond taking the MCAT. if i had, i might have been an army doctor instead of an engineer officer. this is probably idealized and not at all meant to be taken against all that doctors do, but i see nurses as being a lot closer to patients and their care. the nurses were there when my mom was in pain or scared, and they were always there when we, her family, couldn't be; they were always helping in ways we couldn't. and it wasn't just my mom -- i realized that they took care of many people all at once and did the same things for them. i really enjoy all types of people, and i think most people are pretty comfortable with me. i just want to help people feel better and get better, and i feel like that type of work would be it's own reward. does that help?

hi nurses and non-nurses and almost nurses! i'm just looking for a little guidance here... i'll be getting out of the military in about a year and a half, and i believe that i've found what it is i want to do when i grow up :) NURSING! i've spent a lot of time scrolling through the internet trying to find good schools and training programs, but it almost seems that running out to get a BSN is like starting from the middle. i'd like some advice about where to start and HOW. nursing is such a wide and varied field (which is part of what makes it so interesting to me) that i just feel like i need some help getting in tune with everything... thanks for reading -- and thanks even more for replying! :) p.s. Happy Thanksgiving