Frustrated!!!!!!! Am I alone on this?

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I have wanted to be a nurse my whole life. I love people and want to care for them. I feel like it's something I'm meant to be! I am a CNA and a Pre-Nursing student, and I work hard. I feel like it's going to be a long road before I can reach my goal of being a RN. I just get frustrated when I meet people who get into nursing only for the money!! I know someone who just randomly decided to do nursing for the money aspect, and got into a Nursing program right away! I hate thinking about how I want to be a nurse with all my heart, and people who just want the good salary can get into programs, and become a nurse when I can't. :( I don't know if this is ridiculous for me to be frustrated over, but I needed to vent!! Am I alone??

DOn't worry about someone else..it will burn you out. Concentrate on yourself. If you want it bad, you will finish too with hard work. Passion alone will not be enough for nursing school. You probably need to reassess why you feel it will take you a while to finish?

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Pay no mind to others,just do your thing work on your grades. Have you considered applying to RT programs if you can't get into nursing programs? We work with a lot of RTs,no it is NOT the same thing but you do get a LOT of experience. The reason I mention this is bc I know an RT who wanted to be an RN but got accepted in RT program first now he is in one of those nursing track programs because many of the credits are the same.

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Don't be so naive.

Most people choose their jobs for practical reasons. Where I live, nursing offers job security and decent pay. You don't deserve to be a nurse more than the guy who just got laid off from the factory just because you have more "passion". I if I were an employer, I wouldn't care less if an applicant had "wanted to be a nurse all their life". All that mattters is that a nurse is competent at what he does.

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JenniferS_CNA, I understand where you are coming from.

You just cannot compare yourself to others. I know how hard this can be, but you just can't beat yourself up.

It is a long road (I am on it now...) but one way or the other you WILL get there. And when you do get there, think how happy your patients will be to have a nurse who truly cares!

Don't give up! :hug:

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Specializes in cardiac-telemetry, hospice, ICU.

No reflection on you, but I have known nursing students that felt they were destined to be nurses who ended up hating the reality once they got into it. One's motivation contributes to their future success or failure, but no one can tell that until the time comes. Study hard, get in and do your best, that's all that matters.

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Specializes in Forensic Psych.

I do understand where you're coming from, and I'm sure it can be frustrating feeling like people who don't want it as badly are ahead of you in line.

But the idealistic world of dreams isn't reality. Nether schools, nor hospitals, nor patients care if a nurse has dreamt of the job her entire life. Schools care about performance. Employers care about performance. And patients care about performance. If you know someone in it just for the money, they will STILL have to perform well in pre-reqs, nursing courses, and clinical skills or they won't be any competition anyway. If they do well at all of the above and enjoy the work enough to stick around, they deserve it. If you work just as hard, you'll get there, hopefully love it, and deserve it as well.

Keep your chin up! Your passion is awesome, but it's yours. Don't compare yourself to others or you'll just frustrate yourself.

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I sincerely wish you luck. If your admission essay/statement of purpose sounds anything like your post, though, you need to rethink your pitch. Passion is important but being clear about why you will be more successful than other applicants --grades, experience in and out of work, personality, communication, critical thinking, drive, focus etc makes a more compelling essay. Just because you've always wanted something doesn't mean you deserve it more than others. I understand your frustration and wish you the best-- but consider pitching your story a little differently.

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Specializes in LTC and School Health.

I used to get frustrated too, but people that is in it for the money will not last long... trust me.

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I used to get frustrated too, but people that is in it for the money will not last long... trust me.
What does that even mean? Everyone who has a job is "in it for the money." Most nurses never would have went into the field if it paid 12.00 an hour. The OP is in for a rude awakening if she acts this superior and judgmental when she actually starts working with real nurses.
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Everyone who has a job is "in it for the money."

I do not agree with this statement. 99% of the social workers I know get paid dirt (by their own admission) but they love their jobs. Social workers at my workplace are required to have a Masters degree and still start out earning $10 less an hour than RN's. I'd say that is someone who really loves their job and isn't "in it for the money."

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I went to college when I was 18 and said that I wanted to be anything but a nurse, I said that I hated the health field. I only stayed in college for one week when I was 18, and I decided to go back to school 2 years down the road. There really are not too many career options and I was considering teaching, but b/c where I live they usually make less money than nurses, and b/c I enjoy the 12 hr shifts I decided to go into nursing. I go accepted after my first semester in school. I really enjoy nursing now and couldn't imagine teaching, so I am extremely glad that I decided to go to nursing school:)

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Specializes in Peds PACU & Peds Psych.

On the same note as others -- do not be so quick to judge someone's motives. I started college at 17. I went into something I "loved." After a few semesters, I realized I could not see myself making a career out of what I was doing. I changed my major, and the same thing happened again. At that point, I was feeling frustrated. I felt like I had wasted time and no longer had an idea of what I might want to do. I left school for a year. I decided to take the same route as my mom, who has been a nurse for 20+ years. I always swore I would never become a nurse after hearing horror stories from her about things she had experienced in the workplace. I didn't think I would even have the stomach for it. However, I felt desperate and lost, and I knew nurses make good money. So, I went into my pre-nursing classes and realized I love it! I was accepted to the nursing program and begin this fall. I started for what you would consider "the wrong reasons," but I think I made the perfect decision. Your fellow nursing students will become your family during school, so learn to live with them and appreciate them despite their motives!

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