What will I do with it. I'm in my fourth year of college, yet I've got a full two years left after this semester as a Nursing major. Now, to be perfectly honest I don't fit any of the nurse stereotypes. That doesn't bother me. But I'm really starting to question what I want to do with my life. I mean, the goal here is to get a masters in Nurse Anesthia, Nurse Practitioner, or Nursing Educator (and thats several more years added on). But my dad and uncle are partners in the family farm...I'm the only son of my dad's and my uncle has three daughters. (See where I'm going) It seems each year I leave for college I miss working on the farm more and more. My current course has status, job security, more than adequate salaries and I really do think I would enjoy surgeries or education day in and day out. Yet I know also that nothing satisfies me for than "working with my hands". Nursing school is killing me[], I have no desire to be an actual floor nurse, its the higher level stuff that appeals to me. All the floor nurse 'stuff' is what we're doing in clinicals. I knew I wouldn't like it but just planned to gut it out. But what's the logic in choosing a profession that you hate the schooling in?[&:] Had a good chat with the 'rents today about changing majors to something in Agriculture. Job availability isn't as nice (nothing compares to nursing in that regard)...and I'll never have the money-cushion. I also don't really want to 'give-up' on the nursing. I mean, I've pretty much had a 7-8year chunk of my life planned out for the last 4 years of my life and I like the feeling of accomplishment as much as the next guy. There's always been thoughts of seminary in the back of my mind as well. (Note: not pastoring or preaching...those things I feel very strongly are reserved for people who are 'called'. I feel no 'call' as of now, just a desire to better understand scripture...to really understand scripture and be around God's working and people who care about Him and each other day-in and day-out. Things that I know seminary aren't a prerequisite for.) I guess I'm just trying to decide all over again what I want to do with my life.
Don't know if I'm looking for advice or just prayers either. I guess I'll let you decide. I am praying about it, but it seems like I've never gotten much direction in stuff like this before. I'm probably just not listening close enough....oh, and did I mention I've got a hidden stubborn streak here and there
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dan is a job coach/career builder, i wish i had followed my dreams instead of trying to make more money and not really enjoying my work, my wife ask me the other day what i wanted for Christmas and i told here i wanted the book and workbook. i would love to work outside, in fact i used to have a small landscaping biz and i got to the point i either needed to go full time with it or focus on my career, my first year i netted 8k, the next year12, then 16, then 19k, things were looking good, i really needed to get to about 35k before i would give up the securityof my regular job (23 years with 8 different employers[:@]), well a back injury decided for me, ironically i injured my back at work[:@][&:]. for a young person, pick what you like doing, and go with it, the money will come, its better than hating getting up everyday to a job you would rather not be doing...
with all that said, i have a friend that is an emergency room nurse, he says he really enjoys it, and he does make very good money, he said the worst part of his job is seeing young children that have really traumatic injuries, and the numbers of teen-agers that he says he sees detroying their lives[&o]
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things are more like right now than they've ever been
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.
William James
Soil,
Not everyone is cutout to be a nurse. Some seem to be born into it. I am a RN that has been doing "floor nurse stuff" for quite a few years. Make no mistake about it, the heart and soul of any hospital is in the floor nurses. No other person has the impact on the patients as a floor nurse. I have been working on a Bone marrow transplant unit for several years. Our patients can get quite sick, in fact a high percentage of them eventually die. Because our patients often can spend weeks to months on our floor they can become quite close to the nurses. I can tell you that when you have the opportunity to talk about the Lord to people that are actively dying you most often have their utmost attention. I am humbled that the Lord has been able to use me to witness to many patients who were knocking on deaths door. A very high percentage of them got saved, some only minutes before they died. There may not be another job in the world where you could get such an opportunity. I hope you stay with it after prayerful consideration.........dabow
Don't know if I'm looking for advice or just prayers either. I guess I'll let you decide. I am praying about it, but it seems like I've never gotten much direction in stuff like this before. I'm probably just not listening close enough....oh, and did I mention I've got a hidden stubborn streak here and there
Brother..when I go through tough decisions like that I shut my mouth all day and fast.
God's Word says to "Present our bodies a living sacrifice .That we might know God's good and perfect will." Our godly examples in the Old and New Testament did this. It works .
I am at a crossroad myself. I have been asked to consider ordination in the PCA, a conservative denomination inthe Presbyterian Church. I have desired ministry for a while,and yet it has been in the field of business that I have been in for quite a while. I have a landscape business, and I do well. Iwould do much better, if my heart was in it. I really enjoy helping people, and digging in to the Truth found only in God's Word, and the Person of Christ. I am always seeking to know what and why I believe--a study in apologetics. It is necesarry to be able to not only understand, but to be able to communicate that understanding to others--to be able to give an answerh for the reason of the hope within us, as the Word says. In my years of doing just this, one thing I have learned. It takes a willingness, and at the same time a surrender or submission to His will on a daily basis. It is a day by day , step by step realtionship of dependence and faith. His grace is sufficient for today. He will give you direction for today, and if that direction effects tomorrow,than it will become clear as you need it. Don't be anxious,but pray, gving thanks as you trust His steady supply of gracious provision and guidance. Praying as if it all depends on Him, and working as if it all depends on you. The way will become clear step by step, and if you make a wrong turn, He knows how to gently guide you back,if you are submitted, and can be quite stern if you are resisting.My favorite verse is Prov 3:5,6. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths. Our acknowledging Him entails realizing just who He is and what that implicates for us concerning our daily decisions. He is God, and we are under His care, but His authority as well. If we acknowledge His right to decide for us, and His authority over our lives, He will guide us with His hand.
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], I have no desire to be an actual floor nurse, its the higher level stuff that appeals to me. All the floor nurse 'stuff' is what we're doing in clinicals. I knew I wouldn't like it but just planned to gut it out. But what's the logic in choosing a profession that you hate the schooling in?[&:] Had a good chat with the 'rents today about changing majors to something in Agriculture. Job availability isn't as nice (nothing compares to nursing in that regard)...and I'll never have the money-cushion. I also don't really want to 'give-up' on the nursing. I mean, I've pretty much had a 7-8year chunk of my life planned out for the last 4 years of my life and I like the feeling of accomplishment as much as the next guy. There's always been thoughts of seminary in the back of my mind as well. (Note: not pastoring or preaching...those things I feel very strongly are reserved for people who are 'called'. I feel no 'call' as of now, just a desire to better understand scripture...to really understand scripture and be around God's working and people who care about Him and each other day-in and day-out. Things that I know seminary aren't a prerequisite for.) I guess I'm just trying to decide all over again what I want to do with my life.
....oh, and did I mention I've got a hidden stubborn streak here and there
of my regular job (23 years with 8 different employers[:@]), well a back injury decided for me, ironically i injured my back at work[:@][&:]. for a young person, pick what you like doing, and go with it, the money will come, its better than hating getting up everyday to a job you would rather not be doing...
