doubts about nursing

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I am currently in school to be a nurse. It seems so many of my classmates (sometimes including myself) seem to go back and forth about "is this what I really want to do". Did anyone else find themselves in the same situation while going through nursing school? It is starting to scare me. I'd hate to find out after all this schooling that I really am not happy with what I am doing. My personal fears lie in pt to nurse ratios and will I be able to provide quality care. The last hospital I did a clinical rotation at the ortho floor we were on had a ratio of 1:7. The nurses on the floor said they had a high turnover especially with new grads. It seems the nurse is held liable for so many things and it is so easy to end up with no license. Also so many nurses while we are at clinical come up to us and tell us to get out while we can. When I told a nurse I had 5 academic scholarships she said "Well you can't be too smart or you wouldn't be going into nursing". I was crushed. Is it really that bad out there. I have always wanted to work in healthcare and being raised by a nurse, this became my first love. The only other area I could see myself in is Radiology ( I had the opportunity to do some volunteer work in this area for about 4 months). Please give me some insight ???????????

[Dr. Kate, BSN, RN]

The hard part about education for the professions is that they teach you how to be a nurse, doctor, lawyer, teacher, PT, whatever, but they give you no real idea what it is like to be a working member of the profession. Until you get out there are do the job, you won't really know if it is a good fit for you.

However, if you get into nursing school and flat out hate it or find that the education is not what you expected, that makes the decision a bit easier.

There are always hard times in school when none of what you're doing makes sense or seems to have any purpose. These times can be hard to ride out but there really isn't much else to do about them.

Good luck.