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Hi futurernmaybe from your username it sounds like you are unsure if you really want to be a nurse. Maybe it is the time that it will take to achieve or maybe you are not sure of your decision. You may even be influenced by others around you to "want" to be a nurse. The situation is you are young. Which means time isn't moving as fast as older people perceive it to be. Right now you have over 45 years to work if you worked to retirement age. You can't even fathom that because you aren't even half of 45 yet! My suggestion is you find a nursing assistant program to enroll it during the summer if you can or whatever works for you and you get a part time working as a nursing assistant in a healthcare setting. This will determine to you if you want to work in healthcare and if you desire to work beyond the scope of practice as a nursing assistant. Unfortunately the older we get the more difficult going back to school is, it is possible, but its harder. If you work as a nursing assistant and completely hate healthcare then you know you need to explore other options. If you love it and decide you want to pursue nursing you are benefited as well. My advice to you is NEVER let a long term goal overwhelm you. You only take one step at a time.

You are never too old to do something you dream of doing.

I don't know what it is, but these age life expectations need to be removed from our thinking. That's been the biggest barrier for me and working towards my nursing career. I'm 35 and I have finally gotten over the age thing. I used to tell myself I'm too old. I should've done it sooner beat myself up then give up. Over and over again. I think I have gotten over that, my faith has helped a lot. I have at least 30 more years to work so why should I stay where I am not happy when I could pursue my dream? Im 35 and I'm going for nursing, my life experience has helped me for my career, sometimes life experience trumps youth. You are not too old I tell you! You are right on time!

Hi! This post is not a question, but more of an encouragement to myself and others. I am a 33 year old woman who is currently working in the healthcare field as a medical assistant to an internist. My hopes and wishes to be a nurse started off when I was probably 18 when I went to Cleveland Job Corps and completed the nursing assistant program. Unfortunately plans to be a nurse were only "hopes and wishes" I never had a set "Goal or plan" I allowed a lot of things get in the way of my life. Now here I am. Dreams of becoming a nurse are still there, but life can be brutal, and life can also be beautiful. Life is brutiful. I had left the nursing assistant job to waitress and work in shops because it was easy money and easier to do. I was young I was immature. My father was diagnosed with cancer when I was 25 and my sister and I took care of him for 6 months before he left this earth. A few months after he passed I signed up for Medical Assistant school, I didn't go into nursing because I had big issues to take care of in my life. My point of this post is to tell you and myself that life doesn't always go as planned there are roadblocks, detours and just plain disasters that come in our way as we walk this journey of life. So I want to tell you to not be discouraged! If you feel you will never get to where you want to but you want is SO bad! Then I know you are meant to be there. There are just a few things you need to learn first. I want to be completely transparent as I discuss my journey into nursing. Its been a rough road and I am still not there, but I am moving forward. Wednesday I will be taking the HESI exam at Macomb Community College. I will be applying for the program at Macomb, but due to my GPA2.73 in my 4 classes I am pretty sure I need to retake A&P and Micro unfortunately. I am just posting this as an encouragement to all that if you really want something its going to be HARD! Like I am now experiencing. I am also looking for friends that are on the same journey. Thank you for listening and I will be updating through this journey because I am ready to get FIRED UP about my goals and plans for my amazing future! I wish you the best! I hope we can be friends!

Today I experienced my first emergency situation in the office working as a Certified Medical Assistant for almost 4 years. I would like to say I handled it well, but I didn't. A patient passed out due to low blood pressure and the doctor told us to call 911. The receptionist called 911 and I sort of froze, my office manager yelled at me which made me freeze even more. She went into the exam room with the doctor and I stayed out of the way because I felt like an idiot. It wasn't a very good situation for my mind. Maybe the fact that I am premenstrual and highly emotional made it worse. I really beat myself up about it for a few hours. I am currently taking courses at the community college so I can apply for the associates degree nursing program. I was asking myself do I really think I am cut out to be a nurse? I do have confidence issues and I had a tough time during my medical assistant program due to my issues with self, but I have since grown from that, but this issue seemed to trigger my unhealthy thoughts. I am almost positive it is the right direction for me, but I need some words of encouragement, response of your experiences, or whatever you can give me. I looked online for information and couldn't really find anything. I don't want to talk about this with my friends or family because I feel ashamed and embarrassed.

I did the job corps CENA program in 1999 in Cleveland and it is a great program! You will get training, it is accredited and they cover the cost of training and your state certification test. I was 17 when I went to job corps and unsure in what I wanted to do. I wandered away from healthcare and now I am working my way into a nursing program. It is definitely a great stepping-stone to go further in the healthcare field!