If nursing doesn't work out

[Jamjams]

It's crazy how I never honestly truly gave it a thought that I would need to come up with a plan B if nursing doesn't happen. I have never put that question in my head but from hearing from a close personal friend of mine had failed her med surg class or was it labor and delivery? Either way she failed by a couple of points but the program allowed her a second chance to have her do better. But still I never really gave myself another option as if I do not want to end up being dropped from the program. Now I'm here just thinking like should I start with a plan B? Has anyone ever done this?

[2k15NurseExtern4u, BSN, RN]

The escort business is a very lucrative one. Lol JUST KIDDING YALL

[RainMom]

Ha, rumor has it former coworker left pole dancing for nursing

It's crazy how I never honestly truly gave it a thought that I would need to come up with a plan B if nursing doesn't happen. I have never put that question in my head but from hearing from a close personal friend of mine had failed her med surg class or was it labor and delivery? Either way she failed by a couple of points but the program allowed her a second chance to have her do better. But still I never really gave myself another option as if I do not want to end up being dropped from the program. Now I'm here just thinking like should I start with a plan B? Has anyone ever done this?

Any energy that you'd put into developing 'Plan B' is better invested in keeping 'Plan A' on track.

[nervousnursehopeful]

I've always tried to keep a safety net in all of my plans, while never giving up on my dreams. I didn't get into the RN program I wanted to this fall (I was taking the classes I needed so it didn't count), so when I got my rejection letter it was a lot easier to take because I had decided to just take some classes toward my bachelors and have a good attitude while I waited! Luckily I got accepted into the LPN program for the spring, so my good attitude paid off. Anyways, when it comes to nursing, it has always been my dream. BUT if I get in and for some reason feel that it isn't my calling, I do have a plan B! I want to be an amazing nurse, and I hope I will be, but if things don't work out I have no problem finding some place else I can be amazing at!

[That Guy, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

I dont think having a plan B is a bad thing at all. In most instances of life, it is a good thing to have. Nursing was my plan B. So I guess plan C was to go back to my original plan and get my medic.

[BeenThereDoneThat74, MSN, RN]

A plan B does not mean you are giving up. It is a mature, responsible. realistic thing to do. Just because someone WANTS to do something, it doesn't mean it is possible, or that things won't stand in your way of accomplishing it.

Not surprisingly, I encounter students who cannot make it through a nursing program, and have no idea what to do with themselves, because it was their "destiny" to become a nurse. The attitude that "it will happen, so I don't even have to think about any other career", gets a lot of young hopefuls in trouble.

I've been a nurse for almost 20 years, and intake nothing for granted. I think about my plan B all the time, just in case ?

[Pink Magnolia, BSN, RN]

I'd become a starving artist.

[smoup]

Physical therapist or athletic trainer maybe. I'd love it if exercise psychology had its own degree and if it ever does, I'd be all over it.