graduated college and going back!?!

[kuntrygurl_26]

Okay here is the deal, I just graduated from Nursing school as an LPN and I start my new job at a hosptial on January 8th. I am going to go back to school to get my RN but I just cant get myself motivated to get everything in order to go. I feel like I have been in school for forever! I went streight to college after highschool and I feel like this is my first chance to take a break. Anyone else been here??

 

[fuzzyh]

I have taken too many breaks. When you find a job where you make decent money and you don't hate it is the time that it is most difficult to change. There was a period of time I had quit school temporarily, 6 months. I was making pretty decent money for the area, but then I had a manager change and lost a promotion and felt like the long hours I worked were in vain. So I decided to go back to school full time and quit that job. Sometimes a short break 6 months or less is necessary to get our lives straighten out.

 

[kuntrygurl_26]

Yea, sometimes breaks are good for us. I am just scared that I am going to get comfortable in my job as an LPN and not want to go back when I really do. I know that sounds silly but I talk to people all the time that say they ment to go back but never did. I guess when it all boils down to it I am just afraid of failure and not being the best and the highest I can be.

 

[arunma]

Yea, sometimes breaks are good for us. I am just scared that I am going to get comfortable in my job as an LPN and not want to go back when I really do. I know that sounds silly but I talk to people all the time that say they ment to go back but never did. I guess when it all boils down to it I am just afraid of failure and not being the best and the highest I can be.

Actually this is a surprisingly realistic concern. Most people who leave college and get jobs don't go back. So it might be a better idea to go straight back to college. Trust me, having a four year degree is worth it.

 

[kuntrygurl_26]

Well I want to get my associates. I really want to go back and get my Nurse Practiioner but they have just passsed a new law that states that you can no longer just have a masters degree and be a NP you have to have a doctorate degree and In my opinon If I am going to get a doctorate degree I am not gong to be a Nurse I am going to be a MD!!!!

 

[JayCdn]

Yeah baby! Finishing my fifth year (double degree coming down soon), and ready to head back for two more in the fall. I heart school.

 

[kuntrygurl_26]

what is your major

 

[krispar]

I would definately get an MD if I was getting a doctorate!