Shadai

How long it take you to become the professional well respected nurse that you envisioned for yourself? I sometimes feel that I should quit and go take a desk job because even though I know better, I still find myself thinking that I could have done something better for a patient. Case in point: a lady was told that she might have cancer in the ER, and asked me to pray with her. I didnt. This has been over a year ago, and I still cringe at the memory. I dont know how to cry with patients, because I am afraid of being seen as weak. I feel sometimes like this cold robot, who dont know how to respond to emotional situations. Since I was a child, I have been always stereotyped as aloof and snooty. It is classic for people to tell me that they didnt know that I am nice untill they started talking to me. No accident that I have few friends. ( I really dont know what to do about this). A desk job is not an option for me. I tried that one and almost died of boredom. I would rather commit suicide than to spend my entire life behind a desk, with no point or purpose. Help. I dont know what to do with my life. I want to help people, but I dont think that I have the emotional capacity for it.

my husband is cheating, and i cant see any way that this is going to last. i will depend on his salary while i school. my advisor said that there is no adverse repercussions, i will just be a re-admit and i will have to review b4 i start.

hi all, I am halfway through my nursing program. however, everything that can go wrong has gone wrong. I am thinking about dropping out and restarting as soon as things settle down. Do you think that I will ruin my chances of graduating or an I doing the right thing? Thx!