Changing major to Nursing

[daetor2012]

Does anyone else here have previous college credits for another major? I've switched my major three times already, first I was Pre-Dentistry, then I switched to Computer Networking, and lastly Biomedical Technology. I've been in college for 2 years already, and I'm going to take two semesters to get my pre-reqs done for Nursing School, so it's going to be another 3 years before I graduate with my ADN. Does anyone else wish they would have started earlier in Nursing? I hope I'm not alone.

[daetor2012]

daetor2012 asked about burnout and it hit me while I was reading my reply...

I would get burned out by being a greeter at Wal*Mart or standing at the grill at McDonalds... I'd be thinking, "this sucks and I'm getting paid jack."

Doing what I'm doing? Nah.

At some point my body won't tolerate the hustle but (a) "use it or lose it" and (b) I'll hope to transition into a less taxing role as I'm less physically tolerant of the rigors... and there are a bunch of roles in my department and associated with it.

What other areas do you consider less physically taxing? I've heard LTC facilities and clinics aren't as demanding as hospitals.

What other areas do you consider less physically taxing?

Hmm, I've never thought much about it... and I'm only an ED dude so...

That said, probably the least physically taxing bedside positions are PACU and pre-op. Then there are things like the electrophysiology folks and the cath lab folks.

I've heard LTC facilities and clinics aren't as demanding as hospitals.

Clinics, yes. SNFs... only if you've got a bunch of CNAs who can do all the grunt work... Even then, trying to pass meds, assess, and chart on that many patients sounds pretty physically taxing to me... dunno, though, because I've never done it.

Maybe BrandonLPN will chime in.

[txsky SRNA]

You are not alone. I went to biology, then genetics, and now want to go nursing. I am 30s now.

[Davruck]

Hello everyone. I'm new here. I was an engineer for 6 years. Thought about doing nursing in undergrad, but decided to stick with engineering. Passed my professional engineering licensing exam, which was 8 hours long in 2012. So far nursing classes have been super easy compared to engineering. The analytically and problem solving skills that I acquired have really helped. I'm having tons of fun so far and shockingly I look forward to going to class each day. Biggest adjustment for me is going from an all male environment to a majority female environment.