WannabeNurse(:

I am a freshman in a traditional four year BSN program. The only nursing class I'm in currently is Anatomy & Physiology, and I am really struggling with it. I had heard bad things about the professor but really had no idea how difficult the class...

Thank you all for your advice! I really appreciate the responses

I'm a senior in high school who got directly admitted to a competitive BSN program which I have decided to attend. I'll start the program in Fall 2014. I'm so excited that I got accepted, but I'm really nervous for nursing school itself. All I hear i...

I'm a pre-pre-nursing student but don't really give advice, just ask questions and read around a bit. I can see how it'd be annoying when nurses want a fellow nurse's advice and get people like me who are just looking around here, not experienced.

The question basically says it all, but as a rising high school junior who's not exactly sure where she wants to live or go to college yet, I'm curious about how hard it is to get a job in, say, Philadelphia (CHOP is my dream workplace) if you went t...

Due to personal issues as well as my strong motivation to be a nurse, I will be graduating high school next year (with diploma and all) although I am now only 16. Personal issues aside, I've wanted to be a nurse since I was 8 and I really want to be ...

Thank you for all of the responses! I'm definitely going to start prerequisites as soon as I can and will look up some gen-ed classes that are typically required by some of the colleges I want to attend. I really appreciate all the advice, thanks aga...

Great, thank you! I'm not exactly sure what college I want to go to yet (or if I'll be able to go where I want, the schools I like all seem to cost a ton), but once I have a better idea I'll definitely meet with someone.

I wanted to be a nurse from the time I was seven or so. I really thought it was what I was meant to do, you know? A calling. This year, though, I had a really tough time - I was diagnosed with slipping rib syndrome and had to have surgery to remove p...

I've wanted to be a pediatric nurse since the fourth grade because I just love kids. However, lately (although I do have a ton of time before nursing school), I'm not sure. I was talking to my older cousin, a nurse, and she said that she wanted to ...

Congratulations! All your hard work paid off!

Found this online and it really sounds like something I'd be interested in. It does cost a lot but I have some years still left to raise money. Has anybody attended? If not, do you think it'd be good to do prior to becoming a CNA? Thanks! ~WannabeNur...

Sorry, phrased that badly. I want to be a nurse but am not old enough to CNA so I was curious if y'all thought this would be good experience for me, so that I could do something nursing related before becoming a CNA. Sorry about that!

Not old enough to be a CNA but want to do something related to nursing so I can see if it's really for me, get to see what it's like, etc. I know I can't do a lot patient related but what do volunteers do? Also, do you know the volunteer age at your ...

Thank you everybody for your responses and positivity! I am currently a Red Cross certified babysitter :) I'll see about junior volunteer programs at hospitals around here, and look into what I can. Thanks for the book suggestions, also! Thanks aga...

I recently heard that I did not get in to the medical professions high school that I had really been hoping to go to next year. That would have been a great head start so I've been kind of down. I'm fourteen. The hospitals say I am too young to volun...

Thanks for the suggestions and comments, everyone! Just needed to get out my nerves. I really apprciate the encouragement :heartbeat ~WannabeNurse(:

I recently took a test for a medical professions high school and am nervous as can be to see if I get an interview. I just know that I want to be a nurse so this would be so perfect. We're finding out in March if we got an interview or not. Really ho...

Just said a prayer for your son and your family. Stay strong and know that you have lots of listeners here if you need us. :heartbeat ~WannabeNurse(:

Not a nurse yet, and still have quite a few years to go, but I have known since the fourth grade that being a nurse is what I want to do. I had the best fourth grade teacher, who had been a nurse. She told us all of her nursing stories and while the ...

PediLove, good idea! I hadn't thought of that and there is a children's hospital around here, although it's somewhat part of another hospital. And nohkia, thanks for the information! :) I'll try to act normal if the hospital that I'll hopefully vol...

I am really interested in being a hospital volunteer, then a CNA when I am of age, but I was wondering if you can pick which area you want to volunteer or assist in? I really want to be a pediatric nurse, so I'd love to volunteer in that unit, but wa...

Thanks for the information, gymnut! I think I'm going to PM you to ask some more about being a volunteer, if that's okay? ~WannabeNurse(:

While I'm not a nurse yet and won't be for a while, I do have very dry hands, and my doctor recommended Aquaphor. It's more of an ointment than a lotion but if you slab it on before you go to bed and put gloves over it, in the morning your hands will...

I am certainly not a nurse yet but this situation sounds just terrible. I would most definitely look elsewhere and get out of there. There are many other jobs in NY for you and your husband that will not risk you losing your license. Good luck and I ...