MarieLeah

I think I will try to find past students, I don't want to talk to staff about it for the aforementioned reasons. I will be attending their information meeting for the BSN program this Saturday. Hopefully they will get into some detail about it. Maybe if I get in there and start tossing my cookies and having a nervous breakdown they would give me some kind of alternate course. I am obviously not going to put any of the formal OB learning experience to use. My own personal learning experience says I am NOT going to be working in that specialty! I know I got a hefty dose of PTSD but I also know that there is little to be done about it. I think it could be worked through and over and around and it still won't go away. I'll just have to learn to work around the scar, which I quickly decided includes getting a job and ditching the SAHM business. It's a matter of deciding which I dislike more....seeing babies be born or staying at home and staring at one all day! The thought of another year at home makes me want to say "I'll do it! I'll do it! Anything to get me out of here!". I just have to Choose my poison. Grape or cherry flavored? yum. Thanks everyone!

Thanks for the input. I thought it would be a bit more standardized. The description says "nursing care of women and children" during that course. When I went down this path I never thought I would still be so averse to it by the time I got to the point of actually applying. I had nightmares for a year after the birth of my last child and I am quite pathetically not so sure I am up to "sucking it up". I previously had no problem sucking up to just about anything, I have no problem with blood, guts and bodily fluids and have put down my share of animals by rifle but the thought of walking into a delivery or OBGYN room makes me quiver. If I could kick my own butt for it I would; what a waste. Maybe I need to look into radiology more. I have moved to a rather economically depressed area and there are not many reliable professions to pursue. I need a new career; nursing seemed like a practical choice.... Except for the apparent maternity phobia thing . I am not going to ask specifically as that would que in that I have an issue with it and just single me out for extra scrutiny if I decide to go for it. If I do take the leap I certainly don't need any extra breathing down my neck during it. I would just want to do what I have to do and learn what I have to learn.

I am just a few months away from applying to a BSN program but I am still not sure that it is for me. I will have or be scheduled to finish all my prerequisites in time for fall entry and have a very good chance of being accepted. I am particularly concerned about how much time I will have to spend training on a labor and delivery floor. I did not have good experiences there and I if I am going to spend a whole semester dealing with it that will be a deal breaker and I need to find something else to do. I know it sounds silly but it is true. So how much time should I expect having to tolerate watching babies be born and moms in labor?