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Wow, thank you for that post. It is great that you were able to take something so negative, and turn it into something very very positive. Id also like to thank you and everyone for the support and well wishes. I think now I just need to sit down and think about it. I come from a fairly stressfull work environment and im not sure If I can handle stress well enough to take on this new line of work.

Thanks too all who replied. I do enjoy being a people person, and helping out others, and I have a great deal of respect for the nurses and doctors I know and have seen. You people truely do great things. That being said I have a few more questions for you. What is the greatest part about your job? What is the worst part about being a nurse? Is being a nurse a very stressfull job?

Hello all, First time poster, I hope I put this in the right area of the forum! First of all let me state that Im a Tool and Die maker, looking for a change. Recently my father in law was admitted to the hospital and spend a great deal of his week there in ICU. Not one to want a desk job, and even tho it was hard to see him with tubes everywhere, it kind of hit me that maybe Nursing would be the right career path for me. It would allow me the ability to help people who are the most in need, and their familys at the worst hour. My question to all of you is how did you know nursing was right for you? What is the stress level of being a nurse like, let alone being a male nurse :), and do you ever get over the squeemishness of watching surgical proceedures. Ive been told that clinicals are the hardest part of attending nursing school, what should one expect out of clinicals? Also, are there programs available that allow you to shadow nurses to see if this career would be right for you before you start attending nursing school? Ive been out of high school for almost 7 years now, have a mortgage and a stable life, but the down turn in the economy has left me wondering how stable my job in the auto sector will be in the coming months and years. Maybe this is the next career choise for me, but I want to be sure before I apply. Any information you guys can provide me would be awesome, and Id be very appreciative.