by suiyojin

I'm a BSN student in Fatima University.. nursing is not my ideal course but as time pass by, i'm starting to like it and kinda enjoy it.. but I always hear people saying that

"nursing is a dumb course"
"there are too many nurses already"
"when you graduate, you'll never find a job"

please help me... I need advice

I joined this forum thinking that it'll improve my skills getting advices from real experienced nurses..

will i get a job when i graduate? should i change my course?

help me please...

Re: Losing hope! Help me

Originally Posted by suiyojin

I'm a BSN student in Fatima University.. nursing is not my ideal course but as time pass by, i'm starting to like it and kinda enjoy it.. but I always hear people saying that

"nursing is a dumb course"
"there are too many nurses already"
"when you graduate, you'll never find a job"

please help me... I need advice

I joined this forum thinking that it'll improve my skills getting advices from real experienced nurses..

will i get a job when i graduate? should i change my course?

help me please...

Hmmmm..... Are those that are saying that "nursing
is a dumb course" people that have failed out of it, or people that have never taken it?
And someone who says that "there are too many nurses already" either never was a patient in the hospital, or never visited anyone there either!
Nursing is a difficult, back-breaking, though very rewarding field. We work very hard, and most of us take our jobs very seriously, and do it with the hope to make a difference for those we care for. And unless you are a genius (and even then, I am not sure), the course are NOT easy. Some things may be easier than other for some people, depending on your interest and aptitude levels, but this is the same for everyone. And some of nursing is instincts and guts, and you can't train that into people that don't have it already.

Re: Losing hope! Help me

Originally Posted by suiyojin

I'm a BSN student in Fatima University.. nursing is not my ideal course but as time pass by, i'm starting to like it and kinda enjoy it.. but I always hear people saying that

"nursing is a dumb course"
"there are too many nurses already"
"when you graduate, you'll never find a job"

please help me... I need advice

I joined this forum thinking that it'll improve my skills getting advices from real experienced nurses..

will i get a job when i graduate? should i change my course?

help me please...

Whoah. What a dilemma.
I was exactly like you when I was in school.
This would seem to be a cliche, but following your heart is the key to your answer.

Try to imagine the outcome If youll end up as a nurse in a few years. What do you see?
Try to imagine which course you will shift into If you decided to leave nursing. What do you see?
It's really all up to you. What are your priorities?
Dont ever listen to what others might say. Weigh things out and evaluate.

Re: Losing hope! Help me

Originally Posted by suiyojin

I'm a BSN student in Fatima University.. nursing is not my ideal course but as time pass by, i'm starting to like it and kinda enjoy it.. but I always hear people saying that

"nursing is a dumb course"
"there are too many nurses already"
"when you graduate, you'll never find a job"

please help me... I need advice

I joined this forum thinking that it'll improve my skills getting advices from real experienced nurses..

will i get a job when i graduate? should i change my course?

help me please...

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So sad what nursing and nurses in the Philippines are going through lately.

Just several years ago when the countries in Europe, the Middle East, the U.S., Canada, Australia and NZ imported so many Filipino nurses that the Philippines actually experienced a shortage of "trained and experienced" nurses, however briefly. There were talks of not just "brain drain" but a "brain hemorrhage" as thousands and thousands of Filipino nurses left for greener pastures outside the Philippines. This has made nursing a very popular career choice among the young and old Filipinos wishing for a better future... abroad.

Lately nursing has become too popular for its own good. There have been far too many Filipinos who enrolled and who are currently enrolled in nursing schools in the Philippines. Then several corrupt and idiotic Philippine government officials allowed the opening and the continued operation of sub-standard nursing schools. What the Philippines now have is a big mess. Too many Filipino nurses can't find jobs, and many will have zero chance to work as paid nurses in the Philippines.

Those who graduated from sub-standard nursing schools in the Philippines are at a greater disadvantage when it comes to getting a job overseas. For those who haven't worked as nurses for several years will lose their nursing knowledge and skills. What they have learned several years ago are now becoming obsolete.

Case in point, in our medical center here in San Francisco, Calif. some of the RNs who have been working in clinics are "scared" to work again in our Med-Surg. wards because their skills are no longer current. Our computer charting is being updated a few times a year, there are changes all the time. We are on the verge of also computerizing our MAR (Medical Administration Records). More modern equipments are being introduced every now and then. Therefore, if you are an RN in a modern hospital it is your personal and professional responsibility to keep up with all the changes that are happening in your profession.

Did you say haven't worked as a nurse in five years?

What???

Next applicant please.

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Re: Losing hope! Help me

Originally Posted by suiyojin

"nursing is a dumb course"
"there are too many nurses already"
"when you graduate, you'll never find a job"

1. nursing IS NOT REPEAT NOT a dumb course. there are no dumb courses, only dumb instructors and administrators(and some dumb students who just plays along to fill the pockets of the smart ones, not really pushing to get their money's worth).

2. true. and it keeps on going, and going, and going...

3. false. NEVER is a generalization, and is usually wrong in the local board exams!

that being said, imagine yourself as an animal(any species) in the savannah. there is a drought and various packs, prides, herds, etc. are struggling for water. how do you survive?

by having the EDGE.

be faster, taller, smarter, stronger, whatever it takes, then you will have the highest chance of getting water.

now try applying that in the real world.

Re: Losing hope! Help me

that being said, imagine yourself as an animal(any species) in the savannah. there is a drought and various packs, prides, herds, etc. are struggling for water. how do you survive?

by having the EDGE.

be faster, taller, smarter, stronger, whatever it takes, then you will have the highest chance of getting water.

now try applying that in the real world.

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Well said.

It's called the "rat race".

Whew! It's a "jungle" out there!

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Re: Losing hope! Help me

Yes, you should change your course. Please i'm begging you. You may take IT instead. Hehe! Please don't always go with the flow. But if your already happy with nursing... Go on! God bless you!

Re: Losing hope! Help me

thanks.. i've made my decision

i'm going to continue nursing, read a lot of great ideas today and i'm gonna say WOW! I'm pretty much inspired right now! hehehe your all right its still really early to back down now and its never too late to plan what i'm gonna do when I graduate... yeah sure I dont got any talents in nursing, but what are practices and trainings for?

-Thank You All For Being Such Great Role Models

"Yes, you should change your course. Please i'm begging you. You may take IT instead. Hehe! Please don't always go with the flow. But if your already happy with nursing... Go on! God bless you!"

sorry to say this but I AM NOT TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH ANY FLOW THAT YOUR SAYING i enrolled in nursing because i enjoy taking care of people. Whats wrong with getting a job that you enjoy?

Re: Losing hope! Help me

Thanks.. I've made up my mind

I'm going to continue nursing, I read many great advices today and WOW! I'm really inspired.. Your right its too early for me to give up and its never too late to plan what I'm gonna do when i graduate, yeah sure I dont got any nursing talents, but what are practices and trainings there for? the reasong i'm doing this is i enjoy taking care of people, and whats wrong with getting a job thay you enjoy?

-Thank you all for being such great role models


and... I'm not trying to follow any flow that you are talking about sorry to have say that but the way you say it made nursing some kind of hobby that posers are into, sorry for me nursing is a profession, A PROFESSION THAT I ENJOY AND LOVE

sorry to say this but, I have no reason in joining this forum
if I have no interest in nursing or whatsoever

sorry Jon06, but thanks for the advice by the way

Re: Losing hope! Help me

Ask yourself:

What is my REAL passion?

It's a known hard fact here in our country most of the nursing graduates have put aside their true desire for the reason of the promising golden opportunites of being an R.N. I have a friend who have worked for 10 years in the field of nursing. She's was successful and committed to her job. Although she's happy with her chosen career, something is still missing. She tried to pursue her REAL dream as a pre-school teacher...so she decided to pursue her dream before any regrets. She loved being a nurse but she has this certain "calling" to become a teacher that's been bugging her. Friends and relatives are against it and told her not to pursue the teaching field and just concentrate on her being a nurse but she still continued and now she's a full pledged teacher. Now she tells me that "both of those careers are great but nothing compares of acheiving that sense of fullfilment when you get to fill in your REAL joy and passion" She graduated with honors and now teaches in one of the best schools in the country.

So...what's your REAL passion?