torashl

So I'm a sophomore in high school and my city has a career center that high schoolers can go to for their junior and senior year to get a head start and take college classes early and work with what they want to do. I have to sign up to go to the career center within the next month so I'm thinking really hard about this. I'll be able to go for a pre-nursing program and then after that nursing school, etc. I really want to be a pediatric oncology nurse because I love kids and cancer always interested me. I don't really know how to go about doing that though.. I know I have to become a RN first but then I don't know where to go from there. I feel like I'm thinking about this too early but I like being prepared. I volunteered at the hospital my mom works at and I've been in the hospital myself for serious things and I always really appreciated the nurses, I want to be one too. I've been looking online for info and this is the first place I found. Anyway.. for people who are pediatric oncology nurses, what is it like? How much schooling did it take? Does it pay well? What are the emotional stuggles like? I have lots of questions!