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Hello! I'm currently 18 years old and I will be attending a 4 year university this fall. My major is microbiology, I picked that because the nursing major is SUPER impacted and I didn't want it to hamper my chances of being admitted. I know microbiology is a course you need to take for nursing so I hope, with the help of my counselor, I can transfer!

I've never been great at science or math (I enjoy writing and english much more), but I always like to push myself. Also the abundance of jobs and necessity for this profession is a plus! Im a people person and I enjoy taking care of others and impacting their lives. With that being said, I heard nursing can be extremely challenging and nurses like to "eat their young" when on the job. All of this makes me extremely reluctant but i still really wanna do it. I don't do too well with confrontation and it makes me anxious to hear nurses can be bullies. Any advice? Can anyone truly do it if they set their mind to it? And most importantly if I do pursue this I will be receiving a BSN, is the extra work for the BSN worth it?

Any comments would be helpful, thanks for your time :)

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Specializes in Psych., Rehabilitation, Developmental Di.

My message got lost. Why would you like to be nurse? Give me real nswer. Not becuse you like elpinmg people. Nurses do not help people.

I think you should wit a few years before entering nursing. not sying you can't do it. Its not difficult. not as difficult as you tink. Send me a answer and I'll make you think. Call ne Mr. Joe

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

Do some more research. There is no "abundance of jobs." There is no nursing shortage. Instead there is a glut of unemployed new grads in most cities.

Go into nursing if that's your strong desire, but go into it with eyes wide open. Read this:

https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/new-grad-rn-1044784.html

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OP, welcome and good luck. There is no nursing shortage, so if your true love and passion lies elsewhere, you should pursue it.

You have lots of time to decide, and your major may change several times.

Keep us posted.

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My message got lost. Why would you like to be nurse? Give me real nswer. Not becuse you like elpinmg people. Nurses do not help people.

I think you should wit a few years before entering nursing. not sying you can't do it. Its not difficult. not as difficult as you tink. Send me a answer and I'll make you think. Call ne Mr. Joe

Are you insinuating the OP is being disingenuous in her post? Why do you think she is not being real?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
My message got lost. Why would you like to be nurse? Give me real nswer. Not becuse you like elpinmg people. Nurses do not help people.

I think you should wit a few years before entering nursing. not sying you can't do it. Its not difficult. not as difficult as you tink. Send me a answer and I'll make you think. Call ne Mr. Joe

What a strange little post!

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

I think that the OP is sincere but naive. As others have pointed out there is no abundance of jobs. If don't do well with confrontation you may struggle with nursing. You need a backbone and thick skin to be a nurse. Wanting to "help people" isn't a good reason to be a nurse. More often than not you are banging your head on the wall because people will just do/ believe what they want anyways. It's a wonderful job but it's not what people think it is.

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Are you sure there is an abundance of jobs?I suggest going to different hospitals website and searching for jobs. How many are there? Do they all say BSN or experience required? Do the positions specifically say new grads or graduate nurses welcome? Are there jobs for new grads in specialties like ER or L&D.

Where I live. There truly is an abundance of jobs. They literally start recruiting students who graduate in May, and start hiring them ad early as January or February! But this is not common, so make sure this actually exists and it's not people at school or something you hear.

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Well I guess "abundance of jobs" is the wrong phrase, i've just been told hospitals ALWAYS need nurses and nursing is a job of demand. However thats not the point of this, nobody really answered any of my questions, instead I feel a bit discouraged.

And truthfully, I do want to pursue this job because I like helping people but I'm also hoping for a profession where I can find a job soon after school and the program so I can pay off my student loans, I have an extremely supportive family but we are by no means well off and I know I need to take care of myself immediately after school. I also want to make a positive impact on people's lives and I know nurses have the opportunity to do that, the way you help a sick patient can really make long lasting effects on them. I know nursing can be very challenging and often nurses do A LOT more than people think. Doctors make the diagnosis but nurses really are those who do most if not all the treatment. I'm aware of the difficulties I just wanna get an idea of how the classes for this course are and whether the extra work for a BSN is worth it.

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Well the way you just explained it makes it sound awful, what about the job is wonderful?

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Well I guess "abundance of jobs" is the wrong phrase, i've just been told hospitals ALWAYS need nurses and nursing is a job of demand. However thats not the point of this, nobody really answered any of my questions, instead I feel a bit discouraged

Well, while I eschew the phrase "nurses eat their young" (not the case!) a lot of what you read on that forum is correct. Nursing school can be very difficult for some people - it relies strongly on critical thinking and the ability to prioritize based on a huge amount of information you need to understand.

Think about the vast number of nursing programs that exist - now imagine them each graduating a new class two or even more times a year. That is an awful lot of nurses and hospitals and clinics and facilities are not able to absorb such a deluge so often.

Lots of places will post openings with no plan to actually fill the position - the staff already there just get more responsibility piled onto them. And the pay is kinda crummy in some areas of the country.

Shifts are long and breaks can be difficult to take. Documentation takes up so much time and patients, their visitors, and the providers often take out frustration on you. Everything ends up as the responsibility of the nurse. From meds taking a while to come up from pharmacy to food not being well received to a patient being angry they didn't get the medications they wanted.

Yes, it can sound discouraging, but that's because we don't want anyone going into this field with wild misconceptions.

Nursing can be very rewarding but it is rarely the feel good helping people job a lot of laypeople think it is.

Best of luck to you.

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Specializes in Telemetry.
Well the way you just explained it makes it sound awful, what about the job is wonderful?

Please use the quote function so we know to whom you are replying, thanks.

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