Hating Nursing School - Don't know what to do

[nicolie1125]

For the past few years I have been trying and trying to get into a nursing program. Well finally I am in a ADN program and I hate it. I have hated every minute of it. I honestly believe that a big part of it is the school itself. They are trying to expand and doing a crappy job of it. None of the teachers really know what they are doing.. and it's miserable. I am doing quite well grade wise though. I have one of the highest grades in my class. But still it just hasn't clicked with me. I cry every night before clinicals, after.. I'm so terribly miserable after one semester. And it has nothing to do with the work load. I'm fine with that. THere is just this feeling that I have deep down that I hate it and I'm afraid that it's not going to change. So I've been debating if I should even continue onto the next semester or not?

I don't want to put more time money and effort into something that I hate. What if I hate it when I get out? I dunno what to do.. Any advice would be great.

[ramona13]

No offense, but I hope you are never my nurse.

No offense, but blow it out your wahzoo.

[twilli88]

hi i'm not going to say what you should do either way. what i do want to say is that i just finished my 1st semester of a very tough bsn program in ohio and so far 4 people out of 40 have switched majors leaving 36 in my class. the 1st six weeks of the semester i came home everyday and cried at the dinner table and i didn't even know what the problem was. i really considered switching majors many times. my fiance and son kept telling me stick it out... i did and i still feel unsure if nursing is right for me on many days but like you i had a strong passion for nursing before i got in the program and i believe that my uncertain feelings are due to all the different reasons you and others have listed. the thing that i keep telling myself is that when i'm done i don't necassarily have to do bedside nursing. there are many different directions we can go with our degrees. not real sure if this is of any help to you but i just want you to know you are not alone in your feelings. out of the 40 people who i started the nursing program with, i would say that more then half have expressed having these same exact feelings. i was feeling like i was crazy so i started asking others about it and i found out i was not alone.

[Jules A, MSN]

No offense, but blow it out your wahzoo.

Lol, Ramona13 I like your moxy! As I've said I hated nursing school and the truth is I only went into nursing because I wanted to try something different and knew there were lots of nursing opportunities and the pay was decent. Fortunately I found a niche that I absolutely love because life really is too short and painful to do something you don't enjoy. I'm very motivated by money but my salary isn't enough to keep me here if I hated it. I just don't think that nursing is something you can grin and bear it if you want to do a decent job. I hope you find something that you enjoy.

[nicolie1125]

Thank you to everyone. I feel a lot better knowing that I am not the only one out there who has felt this way. It sort of makes me take things into perspective.

I do want to help people in one way or another. Maybe nursing isn't for me. At least I was able to realize before it was too late.

[nicolie1125]

We are so in the same boat. I am not a crier either and clinicals I just hated. It used to drive me crazy to see some of my friends who just seemd to fit right in a nd have no problem at all and then I was struggling to get through the day. Even though most of the them I had a much higher grade then they did. I realized that I liked the technical aspects of everything. I enjoy hanging IV's and starting them, but anything else is not for me perhaps..

I am a people person as well so it just stumps me why I seem to suck at clinicals. But I take it as a sign that maybe it's not for me. I always thought working in the OR would be cool, but our optional rotation for that is at the end of the program and I don't know if it's worth going through till then.

I may take a semester off and try something else, or just shadow as much as I can in other fields to see what's for me. I know I can switch to other programs easy.

Good luck with everything!