emilyleigh

Right now I'm a freshman undergrad and am undeclared. I've been thinking a lot of what it is I want to do in life, have talked with career counselors at my school, and researched. After a lot of thinking I liked the thought of becoming a nurse. I'm a very caring person and I love helping others. I want to choose a career where I'm up and moving and feel like I'm making a difference and helping others. I also want to make sure that I choose a career that will always be in demand no matter where I go, and has a decent salary. When I mentioned this to my parents, they said I was too emotional for nursing. I'm really interested in pursuing something in the medical field, but my concern is that it might be too emotional draining for me. I don't think I would mind long shifts, seeing and dealing with messy things, etc. I'm just worried about how emotional I can get. I realize being compassionate is something a nurse needs, but is it possible to have too much of it? I'm also wondering if for very emotional people it can be something they just get used to after a while and it helps make them stronger...or if it will just break someone so emotional?