Drop out rate of nurses

[esunada]

How many people make it to the 5 yr. mark as nurses? I always hear how so many people want to be nurses now. Do a lot of them get axed at the pre-requisite stage, the nursing school stage, or the 1 yr mark while a nurse because they decide it wasn't meant for them? I feel like nursing is a hard curriculum, I can't imagine that anyone can be a nurse. I know a lot of people are going into nursing because they think they can get it quickly through a 2 year program and make lots of money - how do those people do?

I just feel like nursing should be more than the hot trend right now due to economy, belief that it's quick, fast, and easy. I wish people would go into nursing for the right reasons. Oh well.

[silentRN]

I've been a nurse for a year and a half now and returned back to school for my RN to BSN. I feel like throughout all my 20's I've been in school. And I work in the ICU so I am constantly learning. I have only met one nurse who has dropped from working as a nurse and now does something with finances. But, she does do home care health I think as a part time job because of the economy

[netglow, ASN, RN]

All in all, IMHO I don't think that any of the prereqs or actual core nursing courses are difficult.

The problem is that its just too much too fast to retain. My aunt, a nurse (retired) told me her school experience of one class/lab day and the other 4 full shift clinical days. There wasn't a procedure or patient that was off limits back in the day.

I favor skills over fluff. Just give me a pamphlet on therapeutic communication, thanks!