Why is nursing school "hard?"

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Hello all,

I start nursing school next Tuesday, January 21st, and I am super excited. I just quit my job as an accountant and will be going to school full time for the next two years to get a BSN.

I have read many posts on this website about how difficult nursing school is and how many have cried their way through or didn't have a life. I don't doubt that nursing school is difficult and my hat goes off to all who have succeeded in nursing. But I can't help but wonder what makes it so difficult.

So for all of us who have yet to embark on this journey, my question is why is nursing school so difficult? Is it the material itself? Is it the amount of material? What is it that makes people cry?

It's all a matter of how you organize yourself and how you study. I talked to two Nurses (BSN's) and they laughed at me when I said people say Nursing school is hard. My wife also laughed (whom is a PhD in Biochemistry) and said go get a PhD or M.D. and then lets talk about what's hard. If you want this job and you love medical stuff it should be a piece of cake for you to retain medical terms and all that. You're not going to be a Doctor. Most of what they want you to read you don't even need. I've read an article about how hard Nursing school is and the author gave an example of why it is hard. She said that you have to research a lot instead of the teacher giving you the information you need to memorize. I can understand why this is hard fo rmany people because critical thinking seems to be a problem in the United States of Dumbmerica.

Well Im guessing during the past few months you have figured out what makes nursing school so hard. And that bad news it. It only gets harder. During nursing school I worked full-time as a nursing assistant and tied for valedictorian of my class. It was brutal to say the least. I was over-worked, underpaid, sleepless and miserable. Nursing school is something I would never ever do again! And honestly you'll make more money as an accountant than you will as a nurse. Good luck to you!

Ah ha. So accountants make 70 - 90k a year? Working full time while going to Nursing school? This is not possible. You cannot work full time and attend classes. It is NOT possible. At my college, it's at least 30-40 units a week which means you are a full-time student. You CANNOT work a full-time job. Any type of school or program is hard if you're constantly sleep deprived...You could have taken out a loan and focused on Nursing. Don't keep telling people it's hard just because you failed to manage your life during that time. Nursing school is not hard for people who want to study. The material they teach you is not inherently intricate. You're not a math major for god's sake. Stop scaring people. We need capable Nurses.

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