Sheila Scott never dreamed of being a nurse, but then it was never a childhood goal to be a flight attendant either. In fact, she was actually scared by the prospect of nursing when she first considered it, thinking she could never be confident and knowledgeable enough for the role. But a job at a care home soon changed her mind. "I really loved caring for people and I found I could make a difference in someone's life, even if it was something small, like helping people put socks on," she says. Ms Scott still did not care much for the clinical side of things, but after her father encouraged her to find a career in which she could progress, she decided to apply for nursing school. It was during the interview that everything became clear. "It's like a whole world opened up in my head and I realised nursing is vast, and I could be whoever and whatever kind of nurse I wanted to be," she recalls.
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