My mother is a nurse, my grandma was a nurse, and numerous aunts are nurses. it runs in my blood. it was the first thing i can remember wanting to be when i grew up. other kids wanted to be doctors, i wanted to be a nurse. i remember vividly going to work with my mother (at a skilled nursing facility) and how exciting it was. in high school, i was a candy striper, and i loved it. I strayed away from my dreams for years, and floundered in school with out any real purpose.