BusyNurseBusyMama,RN

Oh boy, I'm having deja vu! 20 years ago, best friend, same comment. I was in nursing school, she was in dental school. Fastforward 20 years, I am infinitely happier with my career choice and love my job. Her? Not so much, but we are still best friends, and I forgave her long ago (as you will). Just remember, you are part of one of the most wonderful professions on the face of the earth, and you can always be proud of that and hold your head up high!

My patient's urologist is Dr. Peters!

I was just thinking "Gee, I miss bedside nursing"........but now I don't anymore! Kinda makes me appreciate my private duty homecare job............!

Food for thought from my personal experience. I will always experience some level of regret not going straight for my BSN in the first place. I was young, engaged to be married, and had no money; the ADN program fit in perfect with my life at the time, and I had my whole life ahead of me to take an RN to BSN program. So I got married, graduated and passed my boards, got my dream job in NICU, but then I had a baby, then another baby, then another baby, then another baby, then a puppy; you get the picture. Now I'm 41, I have no time, zero energy, and little tolerance for the rigors of being a student again. I love my job providing care for a gentleman who is a quadriplegic post MVA, and honestly there really is no need for me to get my BSN; but it will always feel a little incomplete.........my advice is go straight for the BSN; you won't regret it.:)

I think the before-mentioned suggestion that you shadow a nurse is an excellent one, not sure who would allow that though. However, it may be the best way for you to get a feel if this career is right for you. I recently did a clinical rotation as part of a refresher and what made me so sad is that the nurse assisstants that were working there had taken that job because they were planning on going into nursing, and every one of them had changed their mind. To them, it just seemed like 12 hours of non-stop high octane stress with overwhelming responsibility. Their observation of what med-surg nursing was really like made them not want to be an RN. You really need to love providing care for those in need; you need to be smart, very organized with an excellent memory, full of energy and have a positive attitude as it pertains to really giving of yourself to others; otherwise, it may not be right for you. By the way, I love my job; but I work as a private duty nurse, not in a hospital. I do recommend nursing with no regrets about my career choice. I do believe that there are a variety of jobs in the hospital, but you never know where you are going to end up and what those job availabilities will be to you; I would only go into nursing if I would be happy to work on any floor, not count on one or two areas. Also, try not to make any decisions based on whether or not you feel you are letting your parents down; this is your career and your life and to important of a decision; they will (should) love you unconditionally. Do some soul searching and good luck to you..........

Sweetie, read all of the wonderful advice offered to you and then run screaming to the phone!!! It's a good offer as is; take it and then be thankful.........