I am a junior in high school and i want to do Sonograms and become a neonatal nurse but am not sure if i can handle seeng blood and guts or poop or if i can even handle the nasty smells but i love babies so i really want to work with them can anyone give me advice and if this is even a good idea?

 I am actually looking into going to nursing school to become a nurse. I've attempted to go to college for a business degree but due to some money issues I was not able to complete it. Since then I've been working in various sales jobs and really really dislike the lifestyle I am forced to live. My girlfirend's mom is actually a nurse and she actually recommended nursing to me recently and I've been giving it some serious thought. I'm curious about what the hours are like in nursing? I also do not like gore in movies and ect. and it gives me the shivers when I see really bad injuries in tv and youtube ( when something goes wrong and someone end up getting hurt). I was wondering if anyone else had a problem with that and if you have overcame that fear. Blood on the other hand does not bother me too much. I do consider myself a really caring person and the one thing in sales that I enjoyed is how many different kinds of people I was able to meet. Would you also recommend a career in nursing for someone like me?

 Hi there,

I am a nursing student in my first year in the UK. Our degrees are a lot more centred on practical, on the ward or on placement work. I thought at first nursing would be a good career for me because I liked working alongside people and biology. I never had the so called 'calling for nursing.' On placement, I often find myself consistnently doubting whether or not I am up to the job, depsite other students support. Other students on placement with me often think I am third year in terms of my ability to manage a group of patients given to me, and how I can handle and work alongside patients and family in teaching them to cope with an illness. I love the part of nursing where I can help and teach patients about thier health, but I am not really passionate about the other tasks. I sometimes feel like I am just there to do hard graft work that the other nurses and CNAs don't want to do. Although I work hard and to the best of my ability, I am finding that I don't have that passion and drive to work to that 150% in nursing. I don't find the theory that we have done stimulating or intelectually difficult.  Now, I am a bit unsure if I should continue my degree.  I know I could make a good nurse eventually, but sometimes I think I would just end up as a medicore one.  I wonder if it is just me putting to much pressure on myself to succed or if this degree is right for me.

littlered: if u wish to work in sonography(sonograms)..its enroll to a Radiotechnology course if i am not mistaken

if its neonatal nurse..its going into obstetric and pediatric nursing meaning u will need to complete some kind of nursing program 

i am not sure if there is such thing as a sonograph(sonogram) nurse

i am not 100% but u can do research on these...hope i helped

Hi All

I am already an RN, I got my license 2 years ago but i didn't get to practice my profession for some personal reasons. I am always good at theories, in fact I got good academic background, however, I am not good at application,,is the clinical area right for me? Or is it time for me to have a career change? All inputs will be appreciated. Thanks a lot

Thank you so much Teresah ! your words are very encouraging! I hope I can already practice nursing this 2013! so far, I don't have any plans for career change yet! so..really best of luck to me!thank you again