I FEEL THAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO BE A NURSE, BUT SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT I AM TALKING CRAZY. AM I?

IT IS TAKING ME A WHILE TO GET THOUGH.I APPLIED GOT TURNED DOWN. SO I APPLIED TO MED LAB TECH AND GOT IN THE FIRST TIME. I START IN THE FALL. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? DID I MISS WHAT GOD WAS TRYING TO TELL ME OR IS THIS JUST IN HIS PLAN?

PLZ GIVE ME YOUR INPUT (NOT CUTDOWNS JUST HONEST IN PUT)

THANK YOU. 

I don't mean this to be rude at all, Just giving the honest opinion you asked for so please don't take it that way.

I think that if Gods plan for you is to be a nurse than it will happen for you. Don't give up on applying just because you didn't get in the first time. So if it really is "meant to be" it will happen, if not, well than you know. I didn't think that way until after I became a nurse.

Great post John.   I have always been a christian, its only lately that I finally was saved.  Its like being ignorant for 40+ years.  Its like the lights are on.  I know I wouldnt have made it through school without Gods help.  I wouldnt have gotten the certifications I have without God.  I've always had this dream....................but it came from somewhere.  

THANKS JSILVOY.

WELL IT JUST SEEMS THAT WHEN I TELL PEOPLE THAT I FEEL THAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO BE A NURSE THEY GET THIS BEWILDERED LOOK (THE DEER IN THE HEADLAMPS LOOK) LIKE THEY CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT THEY JUST HEARD. MAYBE THINKING "SHE'S NOT IN THIS FOR THE MONEY." OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL WE (AS NURSING STUDENTS AND NURSES) KNOW WE CAN MAKE GOOD MONEY BUT, I THINK IT IS MORE THAN THAT FOR A LOT OF US. ME PERSONALLY I REALLY DO NOT CARE/WORRY ABOUT MONEY GOD HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED FOR ME THE MONEY I HAVE NEEDED IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER.

I FEEL IF I REALLY DON'T DESPRETLY NEED IT THEN I WILL NEVER GET THE MONEY BUT, IF THE OPPOSITE IT TRUE THEN THE MONEY COMES.(I DON'T KNOW IF I MADE THAT CLEAR OR NOT.THAT WAS THE BEST WAY I COULD PHRASE IT.)

i do hope that you get into nursing.... just ask and pray to GOD....and once you get into nursing ( as a student) dont ever forget to thank Him and rely on him to guide you...

 

sometimes, you feel it honestly inside you that its your faith to be a nurse, when i started college, i was a literature major, and some told me to take up nursing but i felt indifferent but somehow, quite curious of nursing, but then i shifted to nursing and i honestly couldnt see myself working hard for another course other than nursing, but there were times,during my time as a student nurse, i didnt love nursing already...but i continued coz its something i need to do ( finish my schooling) and ask for GOD's help to help me pass difficult subjects and now im done with nursing,,, and i honestly believe GOD wants this for me... if you have the chance to get into a nursing school, then give it a shot and always ask for GOD's blessings & help...only our almighty GOD can do goodness to you without anything selfish in it and will help you accomplish and reach your dreams, i honestly do believe that. thats all i can say from my experience and i do hope it helps you in my own way....

Personally I believe that it is a calling to become a Nurse.  Some people (patients) often call Nurses "Angels on Earth".  It takes alot of will power and drive and a need to heal people and be by their side at the worse times in their lives.  Not just any average Joe can do that.  Being that I am a Christian I do believe that God gives us direction of where to go in our lives, he has directed me to become the kind of person that I am.  I feel in  my heart that I have a responsibility and desire to be the person that offers compassion and healing to people that really need it.  God made me a compassionate, caring, sympathetic person with a desire to learn and be educated.  That almost by definition is a Nurse, and God made me that way. 

Absolutely God calls people to be Nurses!  What God has started He will bring to completion, and His timing is perfect!

alphamale says ...

As I do not believe in god... i have to say no..I think if you hear ANY voices.. you should seek help.

 

 

You may not believe now but you will one day. Every knee shall bow and Every tongue shall confess that he is lord. I wish you would just try God and just develop a relationship with him.

God speaks but few listen. As God opens doors He expects you to go through them. but stop for a minute and ask yourself  if it is the title of being a nurse that you seek or the chance to serve in the healing professions. God does not see things as we do. I believe  he calls us to serve. I believe  He calls us to use the talents and skills we have to help those in need. To be there at His appointed time, to be His hands and do for others, what they can not do, so that they can heal. God Bless you as you serve.

alphamale says ...

leng says ...

Well said Jasmine, there's no problem if some people dont believe in God, but mocking one's faith is another.

 

I am not mocking anyone superstitions... the fact is.. if you hear voices.. and the voices are from anyone other than god you have a mental illness..that is simply a fact.

 

Its not a superstition lol

I too have questioned this and came to firm understanding that God does call people into the medical profession and into nursing.  There are those people that get into the profession for the wrong reason (money, steady job, etc.).  I heard a voice in my head that said "be a nurse, be a nurse" for many years.  I denied that voice and actually planned to go to school to be a psychiatrist, but each time it was time to enroll in school I would get sick and put in the hospital.  Finally I decided that I should not be a psychiatrist and started doing other jobs.  I jump from job to job until I got laid off and was collecting unemployment.  During the unemployment interview I stated that I might want to go to school.  The lady gave me a brochure, and I didn't read it for a couple of months.  When I finally read it I saw that the government would pay for me to become a LPN, so I prayed that night "ok, God if it is really you that has been telling me to be a nurse then tomorrow when I go on my interview I will get hired on the spot no matter what".   The next day I went on my interview and really didn't have "my best foot forward" so-to-speak.  I told the woman.........................."that salary is unexceptable...............what I will take is this,  those hours are unexceptable................what I will work is this, and I might go back to school".   She then said "you are hired".     (Also I was applying for a cooking store and told the lady that I didn't even like to cook that I microwaved everything.)  Then I said "well, I am going back to school", and did so.  

The point to my story is that NO ONE can tell you what you should do.  You have to go with your Gut and that little voice in your head that tells you what to do.  You have to go with what you feel, and what you KNOW  deep inside of you.  That is how God speaks to us.  He speaks to our beings..........way down deep.  It isn't just a fleeting thought, but more of a nagging sensation that you just have to do it or you just might BURST!    God may not want you to be nurse at this moment in your life, but might want you to do something in the medical profession and then work your way up to going to nursing school.  We are the sum of all of our experiences and God may want you to experience more to better round you to make an AWSOME nurse when you do become one, and you  will be able to help others with your story and guide them to make their dreams come true.  Don't ever give up!!!!!!!!!!!!    If God wants you to be a nurse then GOD WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    One thing that you must remember is that God's time is not our time and he will do it when and only when he is ready (and when he knows you are ready too).

Take care and God Bless!

i do believe that GOD called me to be a nurse... now i am an rn.. with our almighty GOD's grace...for without GOD's grace i wouldnt pass.. im not bragging but im just sharng... i replied to this discussion 7 months ago...i became an rn, just days ago... but the road i took wasnt easy... there were times, i do feel its all difficult and complicated.. but all i did was move on, no matter how painful the stuff i was going through whether be it about nursin or personal life.. sometimes though the road you have to take to be who you want to  be will confuse you, and sometimes, will make you think if you are meant to take that road.. but in the end. you'll just know, coz  our almighty GOD will lead you and that you'll just find yourself in that road..and that you'll know it in your heart. you just have to give yourself several try... and lots of prayers to our almighty GOD for guidance & help... i hope somehow, this helps...

I do not believe in 'coincidence' but rather, an event or series of events where God is acting anonymously. If you are called to be a nurse as I was (and also as Florence N. was), then the events that will make this possible will fall into place in your pathway.  From the time I was about 10 years old, I have wanted to be a nurse and everything to make it possible fell into place-right down to the money from the state for tuition and fees/books for my 2 year program.

Also, if you pay attention and watch for the 'roadsigns' along the way you will find that you are being led through your life and career. I have been blessed with many diverse opportunities to learn in different disciplines/specialties that my resume' is now 2 pages long!  Remember that God finally had to throw down a burning bush to get Moses' attention?  Makes you wonder what Moses 'missed' along the way?

Nothing happens by chance or by accident. Science and Religion CAN and DO exist together. Remember that Darwin was a theology student before becoming an explorer. He never denied the existence of God in evolution and neither do I.  However I am sorry for those who never open their minds/hearts to God because they miss a lot of love and peace.

Best of 'luck' to you!

absolutely!!!

I do feel as if GOD calls you to nursing

I had to take the NCLEX x2 the 2nd time "I just told God "Jesus take the wheel" if it is meant to be