Nursing School

On November 3 of this year, last month, I received this letter in the mail. My acceptance letter from Provo College Registered Nurse Program.

Getting into nursing school has been quite a process for me.  When I was 8 years old, I knew that when I grew up I wanted to be a Paramedic/Firefighter, inspired by dad, who was a firefighter/EMT at the time, and also head Fire Chief.  As I got older and began to understand what the job really entailed, and the challenges it held for me, being a female, I kinda leaned more towards just becoming a paramedic, not a firefighter.  Once in high school, as I began talking to counselors for college and careers, it was really discouraging.  I was told multiple times by different people that I should not pursue a Paramedic career, and go the nursing route instead.  I was also dating a guy pretty seriously at the time, and we were kind of planning our life out together, looking at possibilities if we were to get married.  He encouraged me to do nursing as well.  So I graduated high school and set off to Snow College, taking all of the pre-recs that I needed for nursing.  Well after two years of doing pre-recs, me and this guy broke up, and I was once again torn with my career decisions.  Late one night, I pulled my old paramedic dream out of an old box stuffed in the back, dusted it off, and moved to Orem within the same week.  I needed a change and something new, so I was outta there.  I applied and was accepted into the Paramedic Program within months of moving out, and finished it in a year.  Once I was done, I was hire on with Pleasant Grove Fire Dept. and finally started the career of my dreams. 6 months later, I was also a firefighter.  I had achieved my lifelong dream I'd had since I was 8 years old.  So, here I am.  Life happened.  I got married, and became a mother, and everything changed.  For good of course, but I've learned that my dream career, is to be a mom.  So in order to do so, I feel that I need something a little more accommodating to that, so I decided to try to become an RN.  For the last few years I have been taking all the classes I needed, and even applying to programs, only to be rejected every time.  So after praying about it, Buck and I decided to look into Provo College.  It had been our last option due to the cost, but my pre-recs I took back at Snow College are now too old and expired for most schools.  So it was time vs. money.  But time=money as well, so, here we are.  Every thing has just worked out with this school, and I'm finally on my way.  I start the program on May 14, 2014.  I'm not even nervous, just ready to be done! :)