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Thanks guys for answering. Hope you don't mind but I have a few more questions. Do you guys have kids and is it hard to work the varied shifts with them? (I have four kids). Do you get the support you need from your spouses? (Mine is not too keen on my becoming a nurse.) However it is where my heart is. I am seriously leaning towards going to nursing school in the fall. Thanks again.

Thanks for answering. The reason why I asked the question was I worked as a PCA back in the mid 70"s through the early 80"s. I worked in nursing homes and the last was a hospital. I LOVED what I did and I had great respect for the nurses I worked with and the things they taught me. However I never went to school for nursing. (although it's always been something I have wanted to do). Now that I'm 43 and married with four kids, I would like to go to school. I was going to go for nursing but after reading the posts I have, I'm not so sure. Did you know a dental asst. can make $9-18 an hour? And thats with 9 months of school or training on the job. A dental hygenist can make $24/hr. I'm being trained as a dental asst. right now, but my heart is still in the nursing field. Do you think nursing will get better or worse in the years to come?

After reading some of the posts, I'm curious. How many of you, if you had the chance to do it over again and knowing what you know now, would still become a nurse?