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Originally Posted by Cha Cha  My daughter is graduating HS this year and will be heading off to get her BS in Nursing. Everyone makes it sound so easy to get a nursing degree, but we are finding that after she completes her required courses, she has to apply to nursing school and it is highly competitive. So she is stressing about being accepted, (although she is an excellent student and excels in math and science). Her friend just applied and her school accepts 70 out of 200 or more applicants. No one in our family works in the medical field, so we have not known how to direct her. She has been shadowing professionals, and asking a lot of questions. We have found that there is a hundred different ways for people to end up at the same place and it is a matter of which direction you want to go to get there. A bit overwhelming! But, she is more interested in skilled nursing what ever that is. What everyone is saying is true though, there are a lot of different opportunities out there and even if you want to do something that you don't feel there is a high demand for keep in mind that personal motiviation has as much to do with your career as anything, so if you are motivated to go to where there are opportunities and sell yourself doing it, nothing can stop you. Good luck! |
That's great that we make it sound easy but believe me it wasn't at all! The years I spent in nursing school were the worst of my life. It didn't help that I was doing it while working and being a single mom. My nose was constantly in a book studying. Sometimes I had to choose between studying or sleeping. Then I had to study for state boards.. Getting into nursing school is the easy part.
I wish your daughter the best of luck and after all the hard work, nothing will be as rewarding, I promise!