"So, as I was reading up on hospital life in one of the books I have, I came across the chapter, "Nurses." It took me about 2.5 seconds of reading to realize that THAT is exactly what I had in mind. I want to be a Labor and Delivery nurse. DUH! HELLO?! I totally knew that! Along with always wishing I would have become a doctor, I also always wished I would have become a midwife--actually even more so.
So, at this point I am going to take the nursing path. I may end up a doctor by the end of my 30's (lol), but, I feel like this is really it. The nurses are the ones who really get that patient-connection, and really spend the whole labor and delivery process with the patient--not the doctor who is popping in and out of everyone on the floor's room.
Some exciting news: I can enter UNM's nursing program as a "2nd-degree entry option" student, which means that since I have my degree, I can omit all prereq's with the exception of 3 classes. This means I am 3 classes away from applying to Nursing School!!!
Some news that has me very disheartened:

That being said, I feel...uhmm...screwed. My GPA when I graduated UNM was a 3.1...not too good. All of the med classes I have been taking (and acing, mind you) are at a different college, where the credits will transfer, but the grades won't.

Hmm...I feel so helpless. I don't like it. I am the kind of person who needs to DO things to reach my goals, and in this situation, there's nothing I can really do."
I have been asked to keep a blogger journey of the process one embarks on when becoming a nurse, and I plan on doing just that, so stay tuned, folks. (That is, if I ever find a way to get in.)
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