Can't stand the classes... so will I like the career?

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I recently decided to go into nursing, and I'm just a few weeks into the first semester of it. Right now, my plate is: Nutrition, Health Care Ethics, and A&P1. Really basic.

Problem is, I'm hitting a brick wall here. I HATE the stuff. I'm starting to second guess -everything-. I don't like the memorization, and the material doesn't interest me. And yet at the same time, I love the idea of being a nurse. The idea of all the good parts of the job, but the bad parts too... drawing blood, checking on patients, even changing bedpans... gosh, even down to the pain of losing a patient... I think that's a career that I would find rewarding despite the difficulties. Challenging, but rewarding. I have a true heart for people.

Am I allowed to hate the school and love the career? Is the fact that I'm dreading my classes every day normal, or a warning sign?

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your not alone. I absolutely hated A&P 1 and 2 , micro ranked right up there with them :yawn:. I didn't really start enjoying my classes till this year when we started doing clinicals and hands on labs. Now I can't wait to go and actually want to hear the information in lecture, not just learn it...hang in there, I think things will change for you once you start to have "nursy" type classes

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I recently decided to go into nursing, and I'm just a few weeks into the first semester of it. Right now, my plate is: Nutrition, Health Care Ethics, and A&P1. Really basic.

Problem is, I'm hitting a brick wall here. I HATE the stuff. I'm starting to second guess -everything-. I don't like the memorization, and the material doesn't interest me. And yet at the same time, I love the idea of being a nurse. The idea of all the good parts of the job, but the bad parts too... drawing blood, checking on patients, even changing bedpans... gosh, even down to the pain of losing a patient... I think that's a career that I would find rewarding despite the difficulties. Challenging, but rewarding. I have a true heart for people.

Am I allowed to hate the school and love the career? Is the fact that I'm dreading my classes every day normal, or a warning sign?

Those were all our pre req classes to the nursing program, I am in the nursing program now and for the most part I am loving it and I am doing so much better in nursing school then I did with the Pre Reqs, a lot of people don't like the testing questions in nursing school but I like them, I can relate to them so much better and I think FINALLY my kind of testing.

So I would hang in their until you get into the actual nursing stuff and see how you like it, in nursing school you will also have clinicals and lab where it's hands on.

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

I hate nursing school. Like, really hate it. Then I got the chance to do a summer internship in a Cardiac unit. Thank god it was nothing like school/clinicals. That one internship alone makes me glad im sticking through with it and going on to finish.

I did however love A and P so much so that I took the advanced anatomy course where we had 4 cadavers for the class. Amazing opportunity!

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I hate nursing school. Like, really hate it. Then I got the chance to do a summer internship in a Cardiac unit. Thank god it was nothing like school/clinicals. That one internship alone makes me glad im sticking through with it and going on to finish.

I did however love A and P so much so that I took the advanced anatomy course where we had 4 cadavers for the class. Amazing opportunity!

That sounds awesome! We only got big fat cats to work on :(

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I could work on cadavers a lot sooner than I could ever work on cats. I love cats. I tolerate people.:cool:

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.
I could work on cadavers a lot sooner than I could ever work on cats. I love cats. I tolerate people.:cool:

We didn't have a choice :( I would have rather worked on a cadaver, after all I am not going to Vet Tech school.

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Specializes in L&D/Maternity nursing.

oh I hate school too. I wish we could be in clinicals every day. Thats where I feel I learn the most.

school is physically and emotionally draining. Sure its worth it, but man, I am feeling burnt out.

You are not alone peronne17!

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

Clinicals even suck compared to what we really can do! Well at leas tit does for me this semester because my instructor is terrible.

The cats in A&P didnt bother me because I hate cats! The cadavers were really neat though, I learned so much about the body it was amazing. We would always get these high schoolers coming in saying how nothing grossed them out, then we would show them the bisected head and down they would go.

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Hi

I'm sure that are some classes that everyone hates. There is one core subject I'm doing right now, that I can't stand. Hang in there,

:-)Zoe

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Specializes in LTC.

I cant stand school either. I like Med admin and labs but that is about it. I think we all go through it. they want to weed out the ones that cant take it :) Hang in there. The routine will get easier!

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