Book of Nurses: Ally.

  I’m Ally; I’m 23 and work as a Critical Care Nurse in Newy. My parents pushed me into nursing. That sounds weird. But it’s really, very strangely, true. I nailed my HSC, had always been an academic achiever, and if I had gone with my gut or my guidance councilor’s advice, I probably would have become an economist. But my parents told me for as long as I can really recall, that I should do nursing, despite my personal interest in writing, economics, politics and the humanities. As a profound sufferer of ‘middle child syndrome’ I felt my parents didn’t believe that I could achieve anything more…you know…’prestigious’. Admittedly, I was a pretty reckless teenager; I felt emotions strongly, and often felt disconnected to my purpose and my place in the world, especially in the insipid country town I lived in. I took the nightly news to heart, I was emotionally invested in the world and I didn’t understand the intricacies of humanity. I escaped into arts and writing because of this disconnection, and frankly was quite narcissistic. Both my brother and sister went into Law with loads of encouragement from my parents: But they said to me; “Al…you should be a nurse”, and half because I’m a bit of a pushover, and half because I didn’t believe I could do anything else…that’s what I did. I hated uni. I didn’t find the classes challenging; the teachers weren’t inspired; the pracs were bed-making 101; and I felt nothing but despair for what...
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