chubbybunnie

I'm definitely exploring all of the options! I know I love geriatrics, so I'm going to go in that direction, whether it be in nursing, or some form of therapy. Do you enjoy your job as a nurse? I hear of so many RNs who dislike their job, it can be a little daunting.

Yes, I totally see your point! And while I truly do love the children I work with, as a TA, there's only so much I can do to redirect and try to de-escalate situations. I imagine it would be very stressful working without emotionally disturbed adolescents in a healthcare setting as well. I would like to work with the geriatric population;I use to work with Alzheimer patients at a nursing home and I loved it! I didn't stay though because the pay was so poor, and at the time my husband didn't have a job. I had to deal with all sorts of crazy situations, but it was far less stressful than working in a school environment. Thanks for the advice!

I'm 26 years old and am at a crossroads--go back to school, or have a couple kids and be a stay at home mom for a while. about me: I graduated with a bachelors in Psychology a few years ago, but I'm not using it. My husband is the breadwinner, but at some point in my life I wanna go back to school and have a career as well. I was thinking nursing since I love science and anything related to the body. Down the road, I could pursue psychiatric NP because there's a program locally that accepts RNs with non-nursing bachelors, so that's an option once I gained experience. I have most of the prerequisites already done from previous schooling. The only problem is I've missed the cutoff date for the 2016 fall school year for the local nursing program, and would have to wait until 2017. I would be 30 by the time I graduated, So my questions are: 1)Should I have kid(s) soon, and just go to nursing school in my mid 30s once they are school age? Or should I go to school now and push off having a family for a while? 2) once we start having kids, ideally I would like to be a stay at home mom until they were preschool age--if I were to do nursing school before kids, is it difficult to transition into a per diem job so that I can spend most of my time at home while they're super little? 3) is it worth it? Also, I'm definitely not working once I'm back in school, so I figure the rigors of nursing school might be manageable even with kids. I don't know. blech, I don't know what to do! What would you do? Sorry this is so long!