Do You Have What it Takes to Be a Nurse?

Mormon Giggles: You can do all of that or something close to that. I had a great friend who is a nurse, has five children, has lived on more than one farm that she and her husband bought ( not sure really why they have moved so much, but now they are on at least their fourth farm that they have owned not rented) and she has worked in a rural hospital on the weekends so she can be with her kids during the week. They lived in town for awhile very near the hospital where she worked, but they wanted to get back to living on a farm. So they bought a farm and now she commutes to work, maybe 20- 30 miles, but remember there is no rush hour in the country. You can do it!!! Don't be discouraged. Nursing jobs are available all over!!! Country and city!!!

No its really easy. Talk to the hospital nurse recruiter. Also there are CEU programs that will legally allow you to add initials to the back of that R.N. I would suggest looking at the state board of nursing website for your state :D

haha looking at the ages on what everyone wrote i seem alittle out of place ;) im 15 and i actually just reasently wanted to become a nurse, my main intrest was cooking and i wanted to become a mother, haha with 12 kids, i know carzy, ;) but i was at school and my friend had this test in bio. over bones and it made me remember how much i liked that topic in health, and then i got thinking about how ive always really liked health. ;) idk if its just cause my mother was a mid wife and is now a RN. here in indiana or what but the more i thought about it the more i wanted to become a nurse, personaly im not to good with the older people, so i wanted to either become a mid wife or work in pediatrics. I know its not gana be all fun and happy, being with babies and kids all the time, they will be sick, some will die. and ill have to work with parents and screaning in pain mothers too, but as i said i grew up with a mid wife mother, ive learned alot of things most kids dont really need to learn ;) but also things that i think can help me out if i do choose to go threw with this, im not some happy go lucky girl, and i know it would be hard, and as a fresmon in school with not the best grades im alittle worried if i can do it myself, but im not stupid, just not modivated most the time, but i know i could do this if i tryed, grades wouldnt really be a probelm, i can do good in school, the only thing is i had my life planned, not that i thought it was actually gana turn out how i wanted, i knew it wouldnt but i wanted to be a pastry chef, a mother of 12 kids and a farm with all different animals and a garden so i could make my own (heathier) food, and make cakes on the side if i ever had the time when my kids got older, but now this nursing this has changed my whole perspective, i still really want the kids, i know 12 isnt to realistic, but still i want a good amount, but i know haveing alot of kids and being a nurse is about imposiable expecialy if i want a farm too, i know its either gana be one or the other really, im just having a hard time choosing, ive wanted this farm life for a long time, and then it just all changes one day, and i dont know which to choose. do i pick the job that i know i can be good at and will love but have less of a big family and prob. not much of a "home maker" life, or have the screaming, laughing, tragic, playful, 12 (or so ;)) kids and a farm with horses and mountains and pigs and chickens that i want so much too. the other thing is ( i know ill really sound like a high little happy girl now) but the guy im gana marry (yes i know who he is, yes he knows about this all too, and no im not sleeping with him, not even dating, ;) i cant till im 16, he's just my best friend for now ;) ) hes gana be a enganeer of some kind, and says "i dont have to work" ( even though with 12 kids we would really need the money so idk what he's talking bout ;) but ) but i think what he means is he wants me to be the mother/ homemaker/ farmer girl, but he wont say that cause he wants me to do what i want, i know he wants a family, and hes all up for me working as a chef, but i think when it comes to me being a nurse hes alittle less enthusiastic (cant really spell sorry ;) ) cause he is really one of the family guys, not that i wont have a family still, just it will be smaller, he came from a family of 10 kids so its not like 12 is imposiable, he wanted from like 7 - 8 really, but i can get carried away and want 12 ;) but before this gets to long ;) it could help to get some imput on what any of you think i should do, go with my first plan, or change everything overnight, what should i do?

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great info

i always have had this desire to help people before i even knew what be a nurse was, i believe God gave this yearning to me because im such a tender hearted person and helping the people is my desire not only physically but mentally as well. iv heard said many times when something is for you its for you no matter what you have to go through with its yours.

I graduated at 51 this year from a university with my BSN. I passed my boards in July and am beginning my first job as an RN. MANY times I wondered if I was making the right decision. It was a long grueling process. If I had not stuck with it (with the support of my husband and family)I would never have known the supreme satisfaction and sense of accomplishment that I now feel. What a thrill it is to know what I know and have earned the opportunity to continue to work and grow in a field that chose me as much as I chose it. Keep going. Your day will come.

I am 52 years old and am completing my prerequisites into nursing. I spent 27 years on Wall Street and after getting laid off twice, I decided to pursue my first dream. I am not a friend of math and it does not like me either, but I am taking my math classes at a slow pace. When I went to my orientation, I was pleasantly surprised to see other potential students, male and female in my age group and older. I know its going to be tough especially since I have not been in school for a long time. I have 3 more prerequisites to take (AP 1 & 2 and chemistry). I wish everyone here the best of luck and looking forward to working in the field of nursing.