In last semester and thinking of changing majors

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Hello, I am a 25 year old male who is in my last semester of nursing school to get my ADN. Nursing seemed like a great career to undertake when I got out of the military when I was 23 and had my sights set on doing something that helped others and my community. After doing clinical for the last year and a half and working as a Unit Tech on a surgical floor I have unfortunately come to the realization that nursing is something I don't have a passion for. I have done great and have received A's and B's in all my classes and have always had good remarks from my clinical instructors. At work I have patients tell me how thankful and caring I am but over the past several months of reading other posts on this site and the internet I am thinking of either dropping out or just grind out this last semester and going into engineering or computer science. I am a caring person but feel that nursing will burn me out quick. Anyone else in this same situation or has been? Should I just drop now and start an engineering degree or finish the ADN to use the degree for something else when i go back to school? I feel nursing is something is you have to want to do especially since peoples lives are at stake and its something I don't think I want anymore. Thanks for any input anyone has.

Thanks for the additional advice everyone. I have decided after considering all the avenues I could take after graduating that I would like to do mental health. The clinical for mental health was interesting and enjoyed sitting with the patients and talking with them about their life situation and mental conditions. I am just not really enjoying med-surg and I don't think I will work on that type of floor when I graduate. I was looking into working for several years in mental health while getting my BSN and either going the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner route or getting into Informatics (thanks Balto for exposing me to that field). I have read that the Informatics field is hard to get into even with a degree but I will continue to research it. Thanks for all the advice everyone, I really appreciate it.

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