A Really Big Decision

[Charmedone619]

I am a freshman in college and almost a month into classes I realized that I am unhappy with the major I am in. Something kept telling me that I should switch to nursing and I have talked with someone about doing this. It will be very difficult since I spent the first semester taking classes for another major. I am trying to figure out if switching is worth it. I believe that I would be a good nurse and be able to connect with patients. I am good at science and definitely think that I could handle the academics of nursing. My major "sticking point" (no pun intended) is the needles aspect of nursing, specifically IVs. I think that I could get over this fear easily with practice. I dont want to jump into this decision and discover that it was the wrong choice. I am sorry that my post is long, but this has been a difficult choice for me and I was hoping that I could get advice from other students who may be in or have gone through the same situation that I am in.

[CMSNYC]

I wish I had realized one month into my first semester in college :)

Best of luck to you!

I couldn't stop laughing at this because I feel very much the same way!

One month of undergrad is NOTHING!!! And it's better to find out NOW then after you've spent 4 years studying your major and then 10 years in a field you don't like!

The best advice I got was from one of the lawyers I work with (I'm a legal secretary) when I told him I was hating law school..."It's better to find out 3 months in then after you graduate and you're stuck with student loans and you have to practice law just to pay off the loans." Sure enough, I only lost $3,000 as opposed to being saddled with over $100,000 in law school loans and I now I truly believe that nursing is my calling...if I can just pass the pre-reqs and get into a program!