Pinkman

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1. I'm needing some advice, feeling somewhat lost.

   Pinkman posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   I've planned on being a nurse since my freshman year of high school when I wrote a research paper on how it was my dream to be a peds nurse. It's been years and years since then and a couple months ago, I got a job as a nursing assistant on a medical...

2. Hated being a CNA, scared to commit to nursing.

   Pinkman replied to Pinkman's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I will think about that. I think I need to spend some time shadowing nurses to see if it's something I can do long term. Do you mind giving me other ideas of health careers besides nursing? I know about respiratory therapy but that's about it. I'll h...

3. Hated being a CNA, scared to commit to nursing.

   Pinkman replied to Pinkman's topic in Pre-Nursing

   That definitely wasn't the mantra on the floor I worked on, unfortunately. I rarely had help from any of the nurses, with the exception of probably one. Anyways, I know I would still have to be doing all that type of work but that's certainly not my ...

4. Hated being a CNA, scared to commit to nursing.

   Pinkman replied to Pinkman's topic in Pre-Nursing

   I figured that much but I know there's all different types of nursing I could get into besides even being at the bedside. My interests are in labor and delivery, ob, and peds. I know I would be dealing with bodily fluids there but I feel like I would...

5. Hated being a CNA, scared to commit to nursing.

   Pinkman posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   I got a job as a nursing assistant at a major hospital in March. I went through the orientation and enjoyed it and especially enjoyed our clinical day. My job was 12 hour night shift, part time. However, when I got up on to my floor, things took a tu...

6. Should I retake this class?

   Pinkman posted a topic in Pre-Nursing

   I'm currently a Health Sciences student graduating in summer 2016. I'm going into an accelerated BSN program after I graduate. My prereqs are pretty good with the exception of my stats class. I got a C. The rest of my prereqs are A's and B's so I don...