sidnurse

i just started an rn program and have thought about that a lot. i became a cna in march and actually surprised myself with how well i did. i am a little anxious though about the nursing program. typically i don't do well with blood, but in the cna course we got extra credit for letting the ma students practice drawing blood on us. i forced myself to watch the whole process and it wasn't that bad. i am interested to see how i will handle things in the rn course. i have been polling nurses over the last few months and the general consensus was that it is hard for all of us to see other's suffering. that's the beautiful thing about being human, empathy. i think it comes down to the fact that you are helping people and they need your help. they don't want to be in the position they are in. they are scared, in pain, humiliated, etc., but they are relying on you to make them feel like everything will be ok. as nurses, i think we will learn to get through it, because we know that what we are doing is more important than letting ourselves be bothered by the "ick factor". hope that helps! good luck to you.