I'm planning on becoming a doctor, but I have 3.25 years of high school left to decide
And on a side note, YAY spring break started today :D :D :D :D
Are you guys doing anything/Did you do anything? (if you have/had spring break)?
I wanted to pursue medicine, but for all the wrong reasons (other people wanted me to do it, money). Good luck, I hope you chose it for all the right reasons!
I'm not in school anymore, but I currently work in an accountant's office, so we have a vacation after the tax season ends (2-3 weeks off). I'm planning on sleeping a lot x) And getting back into FFXI and applying for nursing jobs!! :D
I'm going to school for nursing too
Good luck! It was really unlike any other learning experience I ever had. It was like war! During the orientation, they had us look to the person to our left, then to the person to our right. "One of them isn't going to make it through the program." Scary! But you get to experience interacting with people who want your input, who want your time. It isn't like any other job where they see you as a roadblock to something they want. It's really special I think.
Physiology is pretty interesting (that is similar to psychology right?), but what is there interesting at all about anatomy I get really uncomfortable when you start thinking about tubes and needles piercing the body
Considering everyone is revealing their career choices and opinions, why don't we continue.
What is everyone's future plans?
Physiology pertains to how something works. Anatomy is just what it is and how it is put together. Anatomy is cool because you learn about yourself, things you would never know! Like, how the placenta is composed of chunks, and you have to make sure all chunks are present after it is delivered because otherwise, they could stay in the uterus, prevent the uterus from contracting on its blood vessels, and the woman can bleed out and die in <5min. Count your chunks!
I want to be a hospice nurse because I feel something special (I think this is my passion!) for death/dying. Like, when people know they're going to die, and just want to live their last months/weeks/days/hours/minutes/moments without pain or discomfort, at home with their family. I want to be able to help people through this time. I mean, people are eager to help a woman deliver a baby, or save a life... but there's a fear of dying, a stigma that alienates the dying from the healthy that pushes people away. I just want to be there so that, if nothing else, that person doesn't pass with feelings of loneliness and abandonment. I think it is important, so I wanted to become a nurse so I could participate in this kind of care.
I also like home health nursing because, like hospice, I like the idea of visiting people's homes to help them, instead of having them stuck in the hospital where they aren't comfortable. I want to try home health care because there were nurses who visited my grandfather to help him with his daily life and to check up on him regularly, before he died. I think people really appreciate the extra help, guidance, and reassurance that the home health nurse provides.
I like nursing, in general, because I like client care. I like being able to help people, and I want to develop skills to take with me in my life so that if something tragic were to happen, I would be prepared to help those in need, especially people I care about. As nice as it would be to be able to work the **** out of a computer and build a really nice system, being able to care for my family when something happens means so much more to me. I don't want to feel powerless when something happens, I want to be able to make a change.
I like to cook/bake a lot, and people have told me that I could work in that kind of business, but I never wanted my "fun" to be taken away from me and turned into a "job." Taking a "want to" and turning it into a "have to" takes the fun out of everything. Besides, I can be a nurse, and go home and still cook/bake everyday.
Part of it is lecture, where you learn theory/concepts~ Part of it is lab, where you learn and demonstrate competency in skills~ Part of it is clinical, where you basically work for free while getting practice 
