Aug 22
No path is easy
I officially started nursing school on Wednesday! I am not sure what I expected. Did I think I would be a natural and not have to work as hard as the others to pass the program? What was going through my mind the day I first decided to make such a drastic career change?
The truth is …
I already feel like I am drowning. As each professor went over the curriculum for her particular class, I was spinning. Tears of frustration clouded my eyes. One class actually requires us to read seven chapters before the first day of class. Each chapter is more than 50 pages long!
I got my first dose of reality when my lab partner and I tried to take each other’s blood pressure. I could not hear a thing! What is wrong with me? We spent nearly an hour before even a sound came through and that was only from the help of our instructor.
Do I have what it takes to be a nurse?
I am not so sure. I will try. I do know that no path is easy. You do have to work for what you get. That is all that I can promise myself.
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No they aren’t. It’s the way our resolve is tried & tested towards walking the path, the Tao. Becoming a nurse is a valiant path, and as long as your desire is greater, you will succeed, have no doubts.
Whenever you feel the need for a friendly ear, I’m here.
I know you will succeed. There is no doubt in my mind.
You go girl!!
Another possibility, is that the person you were trying to take the pulse of was actually a zombie, and therefore had no pulse…
WOMAN, you know better! You’re going to be GREAT. Keep your chin up; you have too many people supporting you!