I am currently going through an Rn program. I am one of a few men in my class. I love the clinical setting
and in a strange way i love to study. Took me along time to get where i am currently at. I've graduated
college and went back. I had to take some of the pre-req's before i applied to the nursing program cause
my current diploma didn't have all of the classes needed. After jumping the pre-req, pre-test, and
numerous hurdles i find myself here now with only year and half left before i become an RN. I feel along
the road i have been doubted along my journey by those closest to me. I have already proved many
wrong with my success. A staple to my endurance to not quit has been weightlifting. Being that i have
weight lifted for 8 years straight, it has show me what it takes to push through and get stuff done. Even
on my most sluggest days where i feel i cant even lift a nickel i was in the gym pouring sweat. I didn't
want to be there on those days. I wanted to be somewhere else. Maybe escaping reality on the internet
, playing a video game, watching tv, who knows where i wanted to be cause sometimes i wouldnt even
know. But there i was, and there is an old saying, friends may come and go but 300lbs is always
300lbs. Back to my main point though, so far it has been alot of hard work in nursing school. I have
passed my nursing classes to this point with flying colors. It wasn't without hard work. I have found
myself reading in my car at wal-mart parking lots under the street lamps at night time, in mall
parking garages, in libraries all around my region, in my room until i fall asleep with my face in the
book, and a few other stranger places i'd rather not mention. I am almost 25 now and just cant wait
to be done and help people during my 9-5. Anyone here going through school to be an RN or finish?
Share your stories please.