| Getting ready for college is much more than choosing | | | | grandmother was diagnosed with cancer and she |
| the school, roommate and what hotspot is your | | | | watched as she withered away, she had a notable |
| favorite. There are many things to consider and one | | | | thought. Watching how the medical profession, |
| that is commonly overlooked, sometimes for years. | | | | primarily the nurses made her grandmother |
| Many students spend their younger and teenage | | | | comfortable and held her hand through the many long |
| years boasting what they want to be when they | | | | procedures changed her life forever. After very little |
| grow up, but when they get to college they can not | | | | thought or consideration the college application |
| make up their minds. For some, this is a panic | | | | changed and today she is a successful nurse working |
| because there are only so many basic classes that a | | | | in the Pediatrics field. Holding the hands of countless |
| student can take before it begins costing them. Even | | | | children while they too undergo some uncomfortable, |
| sometimes a few of the basics are specific or may | | | | but necessary medical treatments, is the happiest |
| not be required for a particular degree plan. There is | | | | she has ever been. |
| nothing wrong with being undecided in the beginning, | | | | Positive Attributes - Regardless of training some |
| however as your college career advances, you need | | | | people are just better at some things than others. It |
| to make decisions about how you will spend the rest | | | | is wise if you choose what you want to be when |
| of your college life. Here are some of the basics | | | | you grow up around something that you excel at. If |
| about an undecided major and tips on choosing which | | | | you are a math whiz then you may want to consider |
| degree plan to pursue. | | | | business, accounting or some form of engineering. If |
| Asking yourself a series of questions can assist in | | | | it is people skills that you possess, how about a |
| deciding on the exact path in college. There are many | | | | counselor, social worker or some other community |
| and even specialties in certain fields so really | | | | helper. Generally, these individuals have exceptional |
| examining your knowledge as well as desires will | | | | listening skills, empathetic and have always been |
| assist in this important decision. You probably have | | | | drawn to lend a helping hand. What about those that |
| narrowed the question down to maybe a specific | | | | are excellent at getting the point across and are |
| field or may be struggling with more than one field. | | | | great at teaching. A teaching degree or some other |
| Could it be possible to combine the two, sometimes | | | | form of educational career such as a diagnostician or |
| this makes for an excellent and highly demanded | | | | administrator would be great. If running to the side of |
| employee. Consider the following: | | | | an injured or sick individual is your passion then |
| What is your passion - sometimes your passion may | | | | pursuing a nursing degree is an exceptional idea. |
| not be clear until you accidentally stumble upon | | | | Nursing is not only about patching a boo-boo or |
| something. This is present in stories such as the | | | | holding a hand, it is about saving lives, educating |
| young lady that had always dreamed of being a | | | | patients and most of all making them feel better. |
| teacher. As a child, she would line up her dolls and | | | | Nurses are in high demand because of the nursing |
| teach them the lessons she had learned that day at | | | | shortage in the United States, and God bless the |
| school. This was her plan and nothing could stand in | | | | nurses of this world! |
| her way, until a tragedy in the family. After her | | | | |