After I graduate from high school, I plan to continue my schooling at Rhodes State College. I am currently a post-secondary option student. After I finish this year at college, I will be attending Rhodes in the summer so i can start my clinical experience in the fall of 2013. I will be finished with school when most of my classmates are starting their sophomore year of college. My best friend is majoring in the same thing as me but will be done two years after me. I have wanted to be a nurse since I was little. I changed my mind a couple of times but now that I am finally in college, being a nurse is what I want to spend the rest of my working years doing. I plan to go back to college after I graduate from Rhodes to get my BSN. I can do this in a year. I am so glad I chose Rhodes to as the college for me because I will have the same degree as someone going to a four year school in less time.
Wow that is craxy how that works, that you will be done two years sooner than your friend. I think nursing would be a hard field to go into, because of all the techinical term you have to memorize, no to mention the fact that you have tons of paperwork. At least they are moving to computers and will cut down on all the hand written stuff. I give you props for wanting to work with ill people, who hurt and aren't in the best of moods, but I know from experience a good nurse can really make a hospital experience better. I can't believe you are going to be doing this so quick. Good for you. Sounds like you know what are on the right path to get it. It's amazing how much information you can learn in a short period of time when you apply yourself. Every one changes their mind several times, but if you stick with it you will suceed.
For a short period of time I wanted to be other thingd besides a nurse. I love animals so being a vet was something I wanted to do. I wanted to be a horse chiropractor as well. I had a horse of my own. School to do that was only going to take 18 months. I like that idea but I knew it wouldn't make enough money to support a family and it would be hard to find constant work. I then changed mind again and wanted to be a chiropractor for people. That was going to take 7 years of college and I don't exactly like school so that wasn't going to work for me. I changed the career I wanted to do about 4 times in a year. Before that I wanted to be a nurse and now, I want to be a nurse. In my family, there are 3 nurses, 4 EMT's, and a nurse aide so I guess you could say that helping people runs in my family.
Hi Halle! I'm majoring in nursing too. Don't worry I have changed my mind so many times throughout college. I am a sophomore here at Rhodes and when I first was enrolled here I was majoring in occupational therapy assisting then I switched it to radiographic imaging. I recently just changed my major too nursing. I always knew I wanted to have a profession in the medical field I just never knew what. I like that being a nurse you can do a lot a things. It's a very broad profession. I am a nursing aid right now and I guess that is kind of what made me switch my mind to nursing. Seeing the nurses and what they actually do all night (I work thirds by the way) made me really want to become a nurse! What do you want to do with your nursing career? I want to work in a psych ward starting out then go back to school in Florida to become a nurse practioner. I agree with you about wanting to support yourself and a family. Nurses will always have a job that for sure. Becoming a nurse practioner I know I will be making good money and be able to support a family. Your family seems to love working in the medical field. My family is huge. I have cousins who are nurses respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, doctors and so on. I think it's incredible that that they are all helping people and bettering lives. Which is exactly what I want to do. Good luck with your major, you'll do great!
I have been thinking a lot lately about changing my major. I would still like to stay in the medical field but, I'm not sure if nursing is exactly what I want to do anymore. I have been looking at physical therapy lately. I think I might enjoy that. Is there anyone that is going to school for physical therapy assistant? Blood and guts don't really gross me out, I just don't think I could work with that everyday for the next 30 years (or how ever long I will be working). I guess I would most likely get use to it and even enjoy some parts of it. It is a good thing I have 2 more semesters before I really have to decide what I want to do. Nursing is part of my family and I don't see myself doing anything else. I am a nurse aide now and I love my job. Even though my job can be kind of nasty at some points, the residents always put a smile on my face at some point during my shift. I think being a nurse would be that way too. I have been thinking about shadowing people that work in different medical fields and see how I like those jobs. That might help me make my final decision. I am having trouble making a decision on what I want to do. I hate not knowing. I guess shadowing a nurse and a physical therapist might help me make my decision.
After I graduate from high school, I plan to continue my schooling at Rhodes State College. I am currently a post-secondary option student. After I finish this year at college, I will be attending Rhodes in the summer so i can start my clinical experience in the fall of 2013. I will be finished with school when most of my classmates are starting their sophomore year of college. My best friend is majoring in the same thing as me but will be done two years after me. I have wanted to be a nurse since I was little. I changed my mind a couple of times but now that I am finally in college, being a nurse is what I want to spend the rest of my working years doing. I plan to go back to college after I graduate from Rhodes to get my BSN. I can do this in a year. I am so glad I chose Rhodes to as the college for me because I will have the same degree as someone going to a four year school in less time.
ReplyDeleteWow that is craxy how that works, that you will be done two years sooner than your friend. I think nursing would be a hard field to go into, because of all the techinical term you have to memorize, no to mention the fact that you have tons of paperwork. At least they are moving to computers and will cut down on all the hand written stuff. I give you props for wanting to work with ill people, who hurt and aren't in the best of moods, but I know from experience a good nurse can really make a hospital experience better. I can't believe you are going to be doing this so quick. Good for you. Sounds like you know what are on the right path to get it. It's amazing how much information you can learn in a short period of time when you apply yourself. Every one changes their mind several times, but if you stick with it you will suceed.
DeleteFor a short period of time I wanted to be other thingd besides a nurse. I love animals so being a vet was something I wanted to do. I wanted to be a horse chiropractor as well. I had a horse of my own. School to do that was only going to take 18 months. I like that idea but I knew it wouldn't make enough money to support a family and it would be hard to find constant work. I then changed mind again and wanted to be a chiropractor for people. That was going to take 7 years of college and I don't exactly like school so that wasn't going to work for me. I changed the career I wanted to do about 4 times in a year. Before that I wanted to be a nurse and now, I want to be a nurse. In my family, there are 3 nurses, 4 EMT's, and a nurse aide so I guess you could say that helping people runs in my family.
ReplyDeleteHi Halle! I'm majoring in nursing too. Don't worry I have changed my mind so many times throughout college. I am a sophomore here at Rhodes and when I first was enrolled here I was majoring in occupational therapy assisting then I switched it to radiographic imaging. I recently just changed my major too nursing. I always knew I wanted to have a profession in the medical field I just never knew what. I like that being a nurse you can do a lot a things. It's a very broad profession. I am a nursing aid right now and I guess that is kind of what made me switch my mind to nursing. Seeing the nurses and what they actually do all night (I work thirds by the way) made me really want to become a nurse! What do you want to do with your nursing career? I want to work in a psych ward starting out then go back to school in Florida to become a nurse practioner. I agree with you about wanting to support yourself and a family. Nurses will always have a job that for sure. Becoming a nurse practioner I know I will be making good money and be able to support a family.
DeleteYour family seems to love working in the medical field. My family is huge. I have cousins who are nurses respiratory therapists, occupational therapists, doctors and so on. I think it's incredible that that they are all helping people and bettering lives. Which is exactly what I want to do. Good luck with your major, you'll do great!
Wow! You have a very medical family! Hahaa my family is eclectic.
DeleteI have been thinking a lot lately about changing my major. I would still like to stay in the medical field but, I'm not sure if nursing is exactly what I want to do anymore. I have been looking at physical therapy lately. I think I might enjoy that. Is there anyone that is going to school for physical therapy assistant? Blood and guts don't really gross me out, I just don't think I could work with that everyday for the next 30 years (or how ever long I will be working). I guess I would most likely get use to it and even enjoy some parts of it. It is a good thing I have 2 more semesters before I really have to decide what I want to do. Nursing is part of my family and I don't see myself doing anything else. I am a nurse aide now and I love my job. Even though my job can be kind of nasty at some points, the residents always put a smile on my face at some point during my shift. I think being a nurse would be that way too. I have been thinking about shadowing people that work in different medical fields and see how I like those jobs. That might help me make my final decision. I am having trouble making a decision on what I want to do. I hate not knowing. I guess shadowing a nurse and a physical therapist might help me make my decision.
ReplyDelete