Anyone ever tell you, you would never be able to become a nurse? Proved them wrong?!

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Hello Everyone!! :nurse: I'm just wondering, trying to get some life stories and motivation! :redpinkhe I am 23 years old and have been working full time since high school at a car dealership. I make great money for my age. However nursing is something I have always been fascinated with! I've always had a keen interest in nursing and I have finally taken the steps to pursue it! I have given up my full time, well paying job to do a part time medical assistant/medical reception job, and go to school to do my nursing prereqs. People always say, "Oh you'll never be able to get through school." or "Are you sure you're doing the right thing?" "It's a lot of hard work most people can't handle it." Kind of some discouraging things coming my way. I just want to hear other peoples stories to really motivate me more than I already am! I have supported myself since I was 18 years old, and I am very responsible and mature. When I want something I will work to get it no matter what! Just sometimes when people say things like that, I guess I doubt myself, or second guess my decision. I would like to hear some peoples stories about how they overcame the negativity and pursued their nursing career. Was it the right choice? Are you satisfied and happy with the outcome? I look forward to hearing your stories! :specs:

I once had a clinical instructor tell me "maybe nursing isn't meant for people like you" in front of my entire clinical group (this was after a bad clinical day). I was so upset because I have always wanted to be a nurse. I could not wait to be done with her clinical rotation, and it made me have a fear of "not being good enough" throughout the rest of my program.

I ended up getting one of the spots for preceptorship in a critical care area of the hospital, and 3 months after getting my RN license I ended up getting hired at the same hospital/same unit as the clinical instructor who had once made me feel horrible about my skills as a nurse. :nurse:

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Specializes in None, going for L&D.

I have a recent TBI and when I did a search for TBI posts on this site, I found this. I'm truly amazed by all of the nurses here and inspired by the nurse who worked hard through nursing classes with a TBI. I'm excited now, thank you for posting this and thank you to the nurse with the TBI.

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I had a teacher in nursing school who's mission was to bring down as many nurses as she possibly could. (she picked on who she thought was weaker). I had her for the hardest clinical (med-surg). I don't know how many times I cried during that semester...how many sleepless nights I had, I was contemplating getting antidepressants from a doc. It was a miserable time. She loved to humiliate students in front of everyone, pt's, nurses, other students. She flat out asked me if "are you sure you want to do this...not everyone can"

Well 2 years later...I now have my BSN, I work on a step-down, high acuity telly floor and when I took the HESI test I placed in the 95% percentile :)

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Specializes in Peds Medical Floor.

I was told by a friend's mother that it was "too hard to become a nurse" and why didn't I pick something easier? I didn't really think I could handle all that schooling did I?

I was told by a nursing school program (RN) that my LPN GPA (graduated with honors) didn't count because I originally went to college when I was 18 and did nothing but hang out and skip class and had a horrible GPA from that. Apparently a few years of growing up + graduating with honors doesn't count for anything. So they told me even though I was an LPN I shouldn't bother going to school for RN because I obviously couldn't handle it and wouldn't be going to their school.

I was told by the RN school I got accepted to that I would never make it working FT. Well I had no choice.

My motto through out school was FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!!!!! So I did whatever it took to pass school because it was so important to me. I lost a few people who I thought were friends who tried to distract me from school and took it personally when I tried to explain my 70 hour weeks. I started off RN school engaged...and had another serious BF towards the middle of school....I am now single, never married. But I know who my *true* friends and supporters are!

I won't lie, it was the toughest thing I've ever done. Years of only sleeping 5 hours a night most days of the week....crying, crying, crying...my last semester I cried every...single....day before school to a friend who gave me pep talks....every....single....day lol. I had a bully of a teacher my 3rd semester who liked to humiliate certain students...like me. I actually got up and walked out of a post clinical meeting because she kept badgering me. She actually told me at the end of the semester that I was excellent at clinical and I'd make a great nurse one day. Why she felt the need to harass me I'll never know. But failure was not an option! So I just went with it.

If you work your @$$ off and let nothing stop you, you can do it!! When people say something like that, just smile and imagine what it will be like when you get to go to your pinning ceremony. Just imagine how awesome it will be to prove those naysayers wrong!

I can tell you...it felt AWESOME. I couldn't stop smiling at my pinning. :nurse:

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Specializes in PACU, pre/postoperative, ortho.

Yep, I toyed with the idea of going to NS for several years. When the office I worked for started struggling & had to cut my hours to part-time, I decided to sign up for classes. My husband hadn't liked the idea on earlier occasions when I brought the subject up, so I signed up for a couple prereqs & a CNA class & just broke it to him when it was all set up. He was pretty negative at first. Mostly he thought we couldn't afford for me to go to school & when that didn't deter me, he liked to say how I wouldn't be able to handle working as a nurse, "the blood, the guts, the horror, ooooh". Yeah whatever. He has been a first responder & liked to use examples of bad car accidents & traumas to make me question myself. He finally realized that blood & guts generally don't bother me when I came home super excited to tell him about the massive dehisced abdominal wound that I got to pack during a clinical. He's been my biggest cheerleader ever since & never fails to tell everyone how proud he is.

Keep focused & you can accomplish your goals! Good Luck!!

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My friend got kicked out of the nursing program her very last semester. The dean told her she is just not meant to be a nurse. This was a very horrible nursing program, if you didn't already figure that out. The passing NCLEX rate was in the 80s %. My friend then went on to become an RN at another school and finished #1 in her class.

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I had several of the instructors tell me I would never be a good nurse. One was trying to get me to sign up for arts and crafts. I am so glad I didn't listen to these fools because I am a nurse and a darn good one. My patients and co-workers tell me I am caring, and a great nurse. Just think if I would have gone into arts and crafts, how many patients could I help with a paint brush in my hand? I got the last laugh.

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I had a guidance counselor in high school tell me I could not be a nurse if I wasn't good at chemistry, which was devastating for me to hear as high school student. I had to re-do it, but so what? Goes to show she knew nothing about nursing other than what colleges required to get in, and it's not like I'm making the medications! I'm an RN now :) chase your dreams!

onthejourney

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Does nursing school suck the life out of you -with tests,papers,clinicals, research, quizzes, presentations, challenges---yes it does! Nursing school requires hard work!

Can you survive nursing school and become a nurse? Absolutely!

Sadly, some of my fellow classmates have cheated their way through nursing school , have passed nclex, do by have great grades and have jobs!!!!! They wore told multiple times they will not be nurses!

Just because someone finished nursing school it does not mean they are great nurses!

You need to be determined , passionate, and give it your best! No cutting corners!

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I had a traumatic brain injury. I was told by doctors that I would never be sharp enough again to be a nurse. They told me to find something else, work at Burger King, or go to tech school. I took some classes. I struggled at first. I studied. I read. I cried.

But..I proved them wrong! I graduated from nursing school at the top of my class. There is no sign of the injury except a scar on the back of my head.

Don't listen to the negatives. If you have a dream, pursue it. Even if you decide nursing isn't for you, at least you'll know. You won't be 50 years old and wonder "what could have been."

Wow! So inspirational! You are proof that anything is possible!

" it's not about the disability it's about the ability"

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My mother. Guess I showed her right? :) din witted white trash woman, cut her from my life and never looked back.

Posting from my phone, ease forgive my fat thumbs! :)

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Specializes in 4.

Let's see a high school guidance counselor told me that I would amount to nothing in life & a nursing school instructor who told me that I would never make it as a nurse. I am an an LVN currently working for Los Angeles County in a hospital. So, goes to show that if you allow negative thoughts to affect you then you are giving them power. Anyone can change & anyone can be anything that they put their positive energy into.

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