I think it started sometime back in high school, when I was trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up. Seems like nursing crossed my mind more than once. I don’t know why I didn’t do it. Probably because I spent my college years skipping haphazardly through sixteen different majors…

Two different times during my college career I stuck my toe into the ‘nursing school’ water, took ALL the biologies and the chemistries and A&P even, and chickened right out.

I got my Social Work license instead.  I’ve worked at three different hospitals and that was actually FUN. And at every hospital job I’ve had, I’ve toyed with the idea of going back to school to be a nurse, because at every hospital job I’ve had, I’ve worked closely with hundreds of nurses, and from what I can see THEY have the FUN job. 

And not only do nurses have the FUN and NEVER BORING job, they have a MEANINGFUL job. Some of the best-hearted people I’ve EVER met have been nurses, and nothing melts my heart more than working with good-hearted people being kind to those who can’t help themselves. Watching them care for the elderly and the severely disabled and the confused… it’s such a great opportunity to bring a little light into someone’s life when they are at their absolute lowest point, and I can’t think of anything more rewarding. 

And bonus? Nurses are ALWAYS in demand, and in THIS economy, that can’t hurt. And for all those reasons and more, I toy with the idea of going back to school to be a nurse.

After 20 years of thinking about it, I’m not over the idea yet.

To me, it’s about the MEANINGFUL and the REWARDING and the MAKING A DIFFERENCE in the lives of people who are unable to take care of themselves. And I’m feeling the call again to go back. And when I do, I want to go back as a nurse.  One day… I will.

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