Durham Regional Hospital

Over the past 10 years, my life has taken some twists and turns I never anticipated.  One of those major twists and turns has been choosing a career in which I would use to support myself.  I am immensely grateful for the education I have received up to this point in my life but I still feel like I have not quite yet found a fit for my personality and desires when it comes to a career choice.  Since I am no longer helping my brother-in-law take care of my nieces and nephew, I have had the opportunity to investigate a possible new career for myself.  With this opportunity has come, some frustrations and questions but I am glad to take the time now to see if a new career path is right for me.  As an undergraduate, I always considered pursing nursing but was intimidated by the science classes needed to go in that direction and never really gave the option a lot of thought, but now I am taking the time to see if I might want to become a nurse.  As part of my investigation, I received my nursing assistant certificate and acquired a job at the Durham Regional Hospital as a nursing assistant in the Emergency Department and have really enjoyed my time so far and have learned a ton!  Along with working in the hospital, I am taking the two classes I lack in order to apply for nursing school if that is the direction I decide to go! It is all rather exciting and at the same time a little nerve racking. I always had the mind set that I would work if I needed to in order to sustain my family needs but my mind set has changed as I continue to mature and realize that I need a career that I enjoy and would be able to support myself for the rest of my life if need be!  Everything is always an adventure in my neck of the woods!!