dedicated_2b_RN

Hello ALLNURSES i am a first year student I am having major second thoughts and I need honest non sarcastic answers I'm sure all of you working Nurses have been in this place to tell the truth ( no disrespect intended ) my second thoughts do not come because of the program or from clinicals everything is fine there I'm doing well my concern is about my future as a Nurse I am a positive thinking person and happy in my choice of career ( very sorry about the lack of punctuation don't want to lose my thoughts ) my honest from from the heart question is Why do I read so much negativity here on ALNURSES? Please no bashing me for this question this is very imporyant to me and may very well affect my future as a Nurse thanking you in advance BE KIND TO EACH OTHER WE ARE ALL WE HAVE

when i tell friends i want to be a nurse they ask me if i'm going to be a male nurse i just say yes i have never described myself as wanting to be a male nurse So give us a break i believe the only reason an individual would describe himself as a male nurse HERE is because you cant see that we are male or not ***

a lot of talk about this problem going on here WHAT IS THE ANSWER How many people have died because of all this BS from administration *** How can Nurses as a group address this issue to someone who can solve it and make the money grubbers see lives are in danger does money really make administration blind I HAVE A SOLUTION require all administration to be an RN in order to work in administration also require administration (who would be required to be an RN ) to do bedside 8 hours a month

how do you hold anyone accountable for their job when lying and sneaking around with deals behind the public eye is a built in part of the the good old boy system ,we cant change anything and they know it, you say hold them accountable ok lets do it tell me how , show me the way please . ( not meant to be sarcastic )

What a crazy question how many nurses are gonna admit to using weed you do know weed is not legal in most states lollololololol lololololololol

i believe windsurfer is being realistic and not trying to discourage at all

dedicated_2b_rn is what i am

as you may have noticed i said for me that i thought it was the best advice i could give from my own experience ,because i get to see first hand what nurses do on a minute by minute basis and how difficult the job actually is. i have much respect for nurses and the nursing profession I do not mean to offend you or anyone else .i will still say being a CNA and working with Nurses every day is a great learning experience for me as i would have not been able to see and do patient care in the real world not the text book world and i still for me being a CNA is the best route on my way to nursing

Nothing you do to pursue an education in what you truly believe in is a waste of time

Again I am in awe of all the learning potential here I am a CNA waiting to be accepted to a nurse program I want to say but don't know exactly how to express it correctly that these highly emotional posts are really teaching me I hope that all of you licensed and experienced RNs here know what I am trying to say PS I have enormous RESPECT for what you all do and for the Nursing Profession I hope to be a part of it someday

Allnurses is the best pre nurse education you can get this site should be a pre req (three months of reading allnurses posts) this site has helped me to cope with and understand many aspects of a nursing education I would not have known thank you all and allnurses

I want to thank Nursy1,Rn for asking this question I am amazed at all the answers and opinions I am a CNA waiting to enter a NURSING program and all of this is like a giant class room lecture and has opened my eyes to various ways of seeing and thinking in regards to this type of nursing experience my first reaction to some answers was that these people have no heart and no sympathy then I realized that the comments were from the heart and is the Nurse version of tough love

Prayers and condolences to all of you

I have not said RN and CNA are the same thing I understand that just like a laborer and heavy equipment operator are not the same thing but they both work on the same team for the same cause and the operator could not do his job if the laborer didn't do his

Like I said I look at All criticism as constructive I respect your view all you have to do is respect mine

Thank all of you who have visited and commented when I said the best advice I could give was to become a CNA I am only saying this from my own personal limited experience in the this kind of career I believe that ( for me ) it is better to work in my intended field as a CNA to me that is time well spent not only learning about myself and what I may be capable of and gaining valuable experience but opening my mint to what all of you here have commented I do not know the possibilities or anything about all the different routes one can take in nursing I honestly appreciate the comments here this is also a valuable learning experience you all have given me information I could not get anywhere else and given me more food for thought as my user name says I am dedicated to becoming an RN I look at all interaction with medical personal as a potential learning experience Thank you all again for taking time to open the mind of a furture RN

I am not discouraged just more informed to the realities of a career in nursing . what I'm saying is that being a CNA for me is very enlightening to the responsibility , dedication and compassion that is needed to be an NURSE the nurses I work with are awesome at what they do I don't think I would have the opportunity to see nursing in a real life situation as I do as a CNA . I feel privileged to see nursing first hand at such a low cost to me ( three weeks training about $1000)

First off I want to say that I have the deepest RESPECT for all NURSES, i have been thinking I really wanted to be a NURSE but if any one who is thinking about becoming an RN honestly wants to find out if the profession is for you and if the desire to be an RN is real then become a CNA , you will know in short time if NURSING is for you, this is what I am doing so believe me I know what I'm talking about, i believe this is the best advice I can give to anyone who thinks they want to be an RN and is in doubt.

Do not take chem in the summer it is twice as fast and twice as difficult

I understand where you are coming from Gavin sometimes brutal honesty is just another superiority complex seems to be a lot of that where there should be more compassion and understanding don't allow anything or anyone to alter your goal

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