Week One In The Search About Nursing

To start off my search to find out if becoming a nurse would be the right career for me I thought I should ask someone in the career field about nursing. So I asked my aunt who is a lpn, which is the kind of nursing I was interested in, to tell me a little bit about her job.

I asked her about her job while I was at my grandparents house. We were sitting in the living room,I was sitting on their old lumpy couch. She told me she works at a pediatricians office, she takes the weight, height, and blood pressure of the patients. She also gives shots to them. She also told me that she loves working with the children and enjoys her job very much. This didn't help me very much because just because she enjoys being a nurse doesn't me I will. She also told me that in the past she has worked at different nursing homes doing the similar type of things as she does at the pediatricians office. I think I would like working at a nursing home because helping out elderly is why I first became interested in becoming a nurse.

So talking to my aunt didn't really help that much except I think that if nursing is really right for me I would like to work with elderly people in a nursing home. I think to answer my big question I will have to find alot more information about nursing online.


Sandy Doll "personal interview" 4/19/08