carissarn

I say go for it! Now, I am sappy when it comes to nursing, I love it! Granted, there are the politics and that sucks...but what field doesnt have politics?? And there will be days when you think...Why in the *#@* did I do this? But those days when you leave knowing that something YOU did changed or saved a life?? That is a pretty awesome feeling...I took care of a woman recently who was 37 and dying of ovarian cancer..she died on my shift, which was horrible and I cried with the family, anyway, she had an 8year old daughter who spent alot of time at the hospital with her mom and I saw her recently in a store and she recognized me and walked up to me and pulled on my hand and said to me " I remember you, you were one of my mommy's angels when she was going to Heaven" and the husband walked up to me and simply said Thank you, you being such a caring person made it easier for all of us. Let me tell you, on bad nursing days..that experience will get me on because I know there will be someone out there that needs me.

I have to agree that there should be a limit. NCLEX is hard, no doubt about it, but the majority of the questions are critical thinking and nursing is all about critical thinking..If you cant take a test on a computer using critical thinking skills then your chances of those skills kicking in when someone is crashing on you are not too good.