So, I have college experience. I started out going to Minnesota State University Mankato for music, Vocal education to be exact. Then I got pregnant. My husband suggested transferring online, so I did. University of Pheonix (NOT a school I would reccomend). I spent too much time and money there on an almost completed IT degree. Some financial issues later and I drop out. Now I want to go back.
I start school at the end of August as a gen ed student. I have a lot of my generals out of the way, luckily, but I still have to take chemistry and a couple math classes. I'll be spending the next year trying to boost my GPA as high as possible to get into nursing school.
So now the big question. Why nursing? For the most part it's a thankless job, it's incredibly stressful, almost no one appreciates your work, especially the doctors, and the pay by no means makes up for it. It's because nurses are heroes. They don't face a dangerous gunfight to save a kidnapped little girl, they don't brave a deadly fire to save a family from burning, they don't do anything dangerous at all. So how can I call them heroes? Aren't doctors the ones saving lives and helping others?
I believe this answers all of those questions and more. Nurses have impacts on their patients that can last longer than you can imagine. I want to be one of those heroes. I'm not doing this for the money or the title. I'm doing this for me. I'm doing this because I want to help others the way they do everyday. I welcome each and everyone of you to follow me on my journey from a wonderful job as a stay at home mother to an RN. I'm not in nursing school yet...YET...but I WILL be!
"Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon." ~Dag Hammarskjold
If you guys have any questions or things you'd like to see me address on here, let me know! I'm going to do my best to make this as informative and detailed as possible. Once I get my first semester classes I'll put up my second blog on what I'll be taking. Thanks for reading!
~THE Future Nurse Chelsey
