Why are you REALLY going into nursing? Honest answers please.

sunshine9 · May 17, 2005

Yep. Like I said, I'm going into nursing in order to help women breastfeed. I've already been doing it on a volunteer basis already for the last five years.

It's funny that your talking about this because one the nurses at work was just talking about the pain and suffering that some woman go through because their baby is not breastfeeding correctly and they have no idea or never go to see someone about the problem. The pain they go through.

dettwiller5 · May 17, 2005

I am going into nursing because:

A) I have a great interest in medicine

B) I am a people person and need to be around people in a job.

C) Flexibility and the opportunity to explore many different fields of nursing

D) Nursing pays well (I used to be a teacher and became vedry frustrated with the pay scale)

rosred9 · Oct 14, 2005

I' a 25 yr. old mother of 3 with legal custody of two of my teenage nephews and a parshly blind mother in law. I've basicly been taking care of family and friends since the age of 8yrs old. This is all I know. It makes me feel good that I can make someone else feel good. Oh and don't forget the husband. I feel as though making a way into the nursing field is a way I can feel more appreciated even if they are strangers or people I just met. It makes me happy to see others happy. It also becomes a challenge for myself. And I want to see myself on a carreer goal where I could grow and have that professional setting as my background. You gotta like what you do bug the money.

**RosesrReder, BSN, MSN, RN** · Oct 14, 2005

I need a better job.

I am sick of working for a job I dislike.

I have a desire to become a nurse since I was little.

mediatix8 · Oct 14, 2005

I went into nursing because I like to see people naked.

Just kidding :)

loulou42 · Oct 14, 2005

Concerning your question, honestly i do believe that it is a cetain type of person that takes on a nursing programme, you have to be above all interested in trying to maintain human life and put yourself second in the equation. People that consider money as the first issue should in my oppinion go and see a careers adviser to put there skills to better use. Nursing salary is adequate but not enough to live the high life on. Job satisfaction is the reason why i became a nurse, caring for other people and not just your immediate family. I believe that life is very preciouse and that everyone has the right to a healthy life through education and someone who has the caring ethic. Ovecourse i understand that people need to work to sustain a living for themselves and there families, but nursing is not a career that is selfless and should never be as we would then go down the road of no return.

Fun2, BSN, RN · Oct 14, 2005

I'm applying to yours w/o reading all of the rest b/c I liked your added comment. lol

The only reason I have worked any at all in the last 12 years was for insurance, and my dh has insurance through his job now, so I haven't worked in several years.

However things are getting more expensive, and the employers are getting more greedy, so hi ho, hi ho, it's back to school I go. LOL

Actually, I have always wanted to be in the medical field. My first interest, and only interest up until my senior year of high school was to become a plastic & reconstructive surgeon. During my senior year reality hit, and I knew I could not go to school for another 10 years, and I really didn't know if I had a steady enough hand to do that.

I thought about my options, thought about my family members being nurses, and realized that is where I belong. Heck, who knows, I may end up being an OR nurse. :)

I will never be happy until I have accomplished my dream. The money is a greatly appreciated added bonus! :) I know my family will have a better life financially, with mom and dad working.

Good luck to you all in nursing school. I hope to be joining you soon!!!! :)

I need a job, and a steady income. Seriously. **Anyone who says different isn't telling the whole truth. Of course i want to be a nurse, I have wanted to do this since I was 14. But when it comes down t it, one of the main reasons I am going to school now, is for some steady income. I have a kid and I need the benefits. People complain how $30,000 or $40,000 a year isn't making enough, but to me, that's a hell of alot of money, compared to the $15,000 I was making a year at a physicians answering service. That's my honest answer. And yep, I am aware that I will earn every penny of that $30,000 I will make, and sometimes will feel like it's not enough for what I do...but it will still be more than what I had before...:) I know what I am getting myself into.
** people who need a good job because they have a family to support, and are not furtunate enough to have a spouse that makes good money.(updated for the posters getting all huffy about my statement) Chill out.

SandraJean · Oct 14, 2005

I decided I wanted to be a nurse when I was 6 years old. Sounds kind of sappy, I know, but nursing was meant for me. I love taking care of people. I don't need to work, my husband is an excellent provider, so money is not my primary motivation. However, if one does need the money, it's not a bad profession. :)

NurseRock · Oct 15, 2005

I have always wanted to be a nurse. I can remember dreaming of it since the age of 5. I did get accepted to the nursing program at Russell Sage College in 1978. I got confused with a five letter word....PARTY :balloons: ....instead of STUDY. I did not do well and dropped out. At 43 I knew something was missing in my life..I have wonderful children and a great husband. I was working in banking at the time and I knew it was time for a career change. My husband and I talked about me going back to school part time. Thankfully after 1 1/2 yrs I got accepted into the Nursing program at SCCC. Here I am living my dream and hoping to make it a reality. I am in my first semester of the nursing program and doing okay so far. Good luck to all!

wonderbee, BSN, RN · Oct 15, 2005

Why nursing? I've always seen myself as a nurse. I like the science behind it. It's as close to medicine as I'm gonna get. I like the different facets and opportunities that nursing offers. I like that nursing can take me anywhere in the country I want to go. Of course I like helping people but then again, so did Mother Theresa who didn't go to nursing school. I'm no Mother Theresa. I need an income. Nursing is no deep pocket but it will do.

nurse_ange1 · Oct 15, 2005

I was at a point in my life in which I was ready to get a career instead of just a job. I always loved the science and math courses in school. I had wanted to be a teacher since I was in second grade, and then in high school I realized that maybe it wasn't worth the trouble for the amount of pay. Life being what it is, I took a detour in my life plans and wansn't ready to go back to school until I was 20. Since then I had had two private jobs caring for 2 different elderly individuals who required assistance with ADL's. When it came time to pick a career, I choose nursing for the following reasons

1) I would always have a job no matter where in the world I worked.

2) As a nurse, I would constantly be teaching my patients and family members. (and other students/nurses)

3) I wanted a job which would provide me a means to be independent if I choose to be.

4) Opportunities to experience the joys and hardships of the human experience in many different settings.... if I was ever bored with an area I know I can find something new and challenging.

Did I think I would love it so much that I could no longer define myself without thinking in nurse terms? No. I love what I do, and its the small things that occur between nurse and patient that are the rewards.

ICRN2008, BSN, RN · Oct 15, 2005

I earned my first bachelor's degree in Clinical Laboratory Science, and I am currently working as a medical technologist. Six months out of school, I knew that I wouldn't be happy with this job for the rest of my career. I didn't have any patient contact, and the only way I could move up the ladder was to go into management. I considered a number of possibilities and ruled them out because:

1) Grad school for biology: I would be in the same situation I am now, stuck in the lab all day every day.

2) Medical school: Too many years of school, and I would like to have kids before I'm thirty and actually be able to spend time with them.

3) Physician's assistant: You always have to work under a physician, and there's really no place to go with your degree if you want to move up.

4) Public health: It's difficult to find a job, and you spend a large part of your day in an office. The pay isn't great either.

Ultimately I decided on nursing, and I'm currently in an accelerated BSN program. I plan on going to grad school to get my master's (adult nurse practitioner), and some day I might even go back for my Ph.D. I see nursing as a field where I can really make an difference in people's lives, and I'm looking forward to my new career.