Holly245

Well I love helping people in times of need, and I'm very interested in the science and psychology behing healing. I've volunteered in the hospital for awhile and just love what nurses do, but I get so scared of doing something wrong. When we go over IV's in about 2 hours and are expected to know how to do it, then never get the chance to practice in clinicals... what happens when you're out on your own? I guess that was my main worry. Thanks for your input.

If anybody has any advice I'd certainly appreciate it. Ok here's my story. I'm 26, have a Bachelors Degree in Business Information Systems and went back to school for nursing about 3 years ago. I have all my prereqs done, and got accepted into the highly competitive RN 2 year degree program. The first few weeks into the program I felt totally lost. I came fresh out of business school with no healthcare experience at all, and clinicals and labs were so stressful I would make myself sick. So I talked to my advisor, who was also my lecture and lab prof. She said not everybody makes it in nursing and I should go get experience as a CNA. She also was very negative toward about 80% of students in the class... which made me definately feel stupid and brought what little confidence I had to zero. The thing was, I passed all the skills easily in lab, got A's and B's on all the tests, and got an A- for my final grade on the care plan portion. I ended up with a B in the class (probably 40% of the students failed) but did not return the next semester because I still did not feel up to par doing what we learned. I got my CNA license and worked at a nursing home for 6 months, but due to financial constraints and a bad work environment I pretty much gave up on that. Now, I'm getting the itch to go back and finish. I really want to learn things from the ground up, and be proficient in all skills. I'm wondering if I should try to get back into the RN program, which I know is possible I've talked to admissions, or just start over and learn everything new in the LPN program. It seems like a waste of money because it will take twice as many credits to finally graduate from the RN program, but I don't want to feel hurried and incompetent like before. What do you think???