Hello. My name is Bekah. I have recently come to this site and thought that I might take the oppertunity to ask someone wiser then myself what it was like to be a mom and a nurse. I am a young mom to a very young child. I haven't even started toward my career yet, but I want to. I am concerned that it will take too much time away from my daughter. She is almost 1 and a 1/2. Does anyone have any advice? If you do I would really appreciate it very much. Thank you.

I myself am a single mother of three kids. Mine are now all school age and I am looking into going for nursing. I have not started any of it yet but I am working towards it. Stuff like filing for financial aid so I can start my basics and such. I can not really give you much good advice as I have not gone through it myself yet but I would be more then willing to chat and we can go through it together.

It takes a great support team. That was my problem throughout life. I wanted to go to school at your age too. I have three daughters, my youngest started her first year of highschool this year. I had a husband, but he was problematic. When you decide to go back to school, you have to be free from any distractions. Every corner of your life, has to be stitched, meaning you have to have everything tight. Nursing requires great concentration, and also taking the preriqusites.

It has been my dream to be a nurse since I was 13. I had a hard time and I turned to books. My favorite author was a woman named Lurlene McDaniel. She wrote about teen dealing with fatal illness first or second hand. Some of these kids were my age and some were older. They spent a lot of time in the hospital and were so lonely in there. Even though they were not real people, just characters in her books, I knew that there were really kids going through similar situations. I wanted to become a nurse so that they knew that someone was their to make them smile and give them hope. Exspecially when they felt like there was none left. If, or when, I become a nurse I would like to specialize in pediatric oncology. I know what it feels like to be hopeless, and it is the worst place I have ever been. Anyway, thank you for your help. I am starting the path toward my future, going full speed ahead. :)

I'm glad to hear that clericgirl69! Also, Ddxp2cnc1 has a VERY good point. In life we make sacrifices and with those sacrifices, we all learn from them. Including our children. Daycare really isen't that bad for our children. Their learning life long lessons at a youg age. Full spead ahead!