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Just for some fun, I was on my clinical placement recently and a Parkinson's patient asked me, ''Do you like what you're doing?''. I simply smiled and said yes. She looked at me mockingly,''What do you like about it?! Cleaning the poop?'' LOL Here goes my attempt to look all professional... Just sharing this with you guys.

Lol, fair enough, Wave Watcher!

Sorry, Invitale, I just saw this. I want to thank you and say that my first priority is my family too. :) I think we would never regret this prioritization!

Sorry, Invitale, I just saw this. I want to thank you and say that my first priority is my family too. :) I think we would never regret this prioritization!

Thank you so much. This is really nice of you to say. :)

Thank you Camillus

Thank you for sharing the link RonaldLS, I'm really so interested in research, mainly health and health care related advanced research.

Thank you brandy1017 for the info. I did not know that. And yes, a nurse practitioner is a very possible next step for me. Again thanks for sharing your valuable opinion and facts. :)

Thank you, I feel much more motivated after seeing that others have similar thoughts too.

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Thank you, aoriola. Your positive comments are giving me positive energy.

Thank you IIg. Your words are positive and inspirational.

Hi, i need advice, please, or suggestions or just an ear to 'listen' maybe. I'm so lost. I finish in 5 more courses (mainly clinical placements) but with my 2nd placement , I've realised that I made a decision based on my emotional and psychological side of my personality when I decided to study Nursing( for example, I only considered my love for helping others, my compassion, and how I naturally care about helping and giving). Yet, I didn't really think of my own personal satisfaction in terms of career development and big achievements. I did not consider whether or not nursing is what I want to spend my life doing to feel satisfied with my education level and intellectualism level. It turned out I want something that challenges me harder. I love books and research and experimenting with new theories to validate new hypotheses...etc and this type of work that requires more intellectual skills than hands on skills. My GPA is really high, but then everyone talks about how grades mean nothing in real nursing practice. Well for sure grades do not make you a good or a bad nurse after all, which is very true. I believe Nursing is great and is the backbone of the health care system. Nurses deserve even much better than what they get. However, I'm not so much into this anymore. I already have a BS in Biology and was hoping to do post-grad and maybe PhD and become a professor or a researcher or both, but then I decided to study Nursing, and now when I'm almost there, I feel that it's not what I want to spend my life doing. Thank you for reading. Thanks beforehand for any help or suggestions. :)