wonderer

My Mom is a Nurse and is hearing impaired. I sent her a link to this thread so hopefully she'll figure out how to respond :-). Anyway, my advice to you is follow your heart. There are special stethoscopes for those who are HOH. I'd have to get that information from my Mom. Anyway, she used one for some time. She is now a Nurse Recruiter and absolutely loves it! If your hearing loss would ever get so severe that you would not feel comfortable with patients, the field of Nursing offers many other opportunities! Recruiting is just one example, you could also teach, school nursing, work in a business setting. My brother is severly HOH and he has not let that stop him from pursuing his dreams. Follow your heart and God will lead you to the place you're supposed to be---don't give up because of the "what ifs". Don't feel sorry for yourself either---it seems in life everyone gets their share of something. Best wishes to you! Believe in yourself always!

You don't sit at a desk all day, your body isn't meant to sit for 8 hours straight, you can look at your life when you are 80 and feel like when you leave this world you have made a difference in many lives, if you get burned out you can switch it up, you have a talent with people, just remember if it was easy everyone would do it.

If you had to do it all over would you do it again? I've been thinking about going back to school to be a Nurse for a long time. I've had people tell me not to be a Nurse---I am not sure if I can handle someone puking on my or cleaning up someone's poop! However, I love to help people and really feel my calling in life is to help people in the healthcare field and not sit at a desk all day! Is there anything I could do to get a feel for Nursing? Do you recommend being a CNA or an MA first? I'm pretty sure this is what I want but I just want to make sure I can stomach it first before I pay all the money and spend the time! Also---do Doctors really treat Nurses bad? Do older Nurses really "eat their young"? Thanks for your help!