How did you know you wanted to be a nurse?

How did you know you wanted to be a nurse?

• I am going to major in Nursing and I was pretty sure that I wanted to do it. I am a compassionate and loving person who loves to help people. I wanted to work with kids and help them. There's a problem. I have been in the hospital for some short stays for an non-serious illness. This recent stay involved major debilitating headaches and it was the worst stay of my life. I feel like if I become a nurse it is just going to remind me of what I have went through as a teen. I don't know. I need help because you can't just go for nursing and then back out in a year, especially at the school I'm going at (get your RN in 2 years and BSN in 4) Any advice from fellow nurses? Everyone says that it sucks to be a nurse, but its fun? I don't get it?

• Answer:

  Hi! :) I just gradutated with my RN degree last year and I've been working for 4 months. I wanted to become an RN because it's a stable career with good pay. RNs also only work 3 days of the week (3 12 hour shifts) which is great! :D You get a lot of down time and free time on your days off. Also there are so many opportunities in the nursing field. You can do ER, ICU, medsurg, pediatrics.. the list goes on and on. AND you don't have to work in a hospital. There are clinics around town (pedicatric clinics, fertility clinics, etc)