I had enough. I want to shift.

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Yes. I want to shift. I want to shift careers.

What do you guys think? I'm sure many of us have really felt very depressed and down on the situation were currently at and it's *** **** serious. WE HAVE NO JOBS.

I can't stop but not remember the things I exchanged for this nursing career. Hell. I'm supposed to have finished a degree in UP and made some growth to myself since it was already two years since I graduated from college. Of the five of us who successfully passed UPCAT, I was the only one who turned it down in exchange for this. ... I think I want to cry. The rest of them are all successful in their careers. One even topped the Teacher's Board Exam.

So I enrolled in a mediocre school with the only intention of passing the NCLEX when I graduate. Fortunately, I passed it in my first take. I thought things will be bright for me after. Yeah.. well turns out I was wrong.

Yeah. I know many of you guys would argue that it's not really the school but it's the person's hardwork that would put him/her to the top and blah blah blah. But, our case, by a mile, is very complicated than that. I just hate it immensely how things turned out. I'm sorry. My pessimism is just way beyond human comprehension. It's like my mind is in anarchy.

So, I was thinking. If I study again then it would take me, I don't know, two years(?). Am I being realistic here? I'm planning to take Accountacy in La Salle since I could go anywhere with that degree. Unlike Nursing. Oh. it's just too sick. I wanna puke right now. Any nurse want to wipe off my vomitus? Oh I forgot, I am a nurse. Whoa.

How about you guys? Do you think it's time for us to study again and find a job that we LIKE. Don't get me wrong. I don't hate nursing but I don't like it either. I'm neutral.

I don't know what to say/write anymore. I felt that I just want to let this emotion and disgustness off my chest like AA where they would confide to each other but the things they feel. A support group.

Anyway, would appreciate on what you guys think. Thanks.

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Do not loose hope. It's really wise to find a diversion to keep your thoughts away from the present situation. An example is a friend of mine establish a small business right after nursing graduation. After couple of years ,she was very successful on her other chosen field as she bought car and properties just from the small business she started awhile back. Sometime we have to be practical and think of ways to earn money and pay the bills. Because at the end of the day still earning money is prime over prestige or achievements.

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Well. That's very impressive of her. But what sense did we go to school for?

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Specializes in Pre-hospital Care, Remote medicine.

Have you ever considered taking up Medicine? I'm having the idea that you have the brains and the money based from your post.

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Have you ever considered taking up Medicine? I'm having the idea that you have the brains and the money based from your post.

Brains. Maybe. Money. Not really. I don't want to burden my parents anymore. There are lots of money involved.

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Ever since I was little, I have always wanted to be nurse, and having accomplished that is one goal achieved. When I started college, i took up accountancy in Ateneo for five days! lol it was what my father wanted for me, then he wanted me to take up law. However, I realized its not for me. Nursing still is my calling in life. When I started nursing school I got to know people who didn't like nursing but decided to take it up because its what they were told to do so.

Now the first question you should ask yourself is "AM I HAPPY BEING A NURSE?"

Is that what you have always wanted? 'Coz no matter how smart you are, it still wont matter. Your success in your chosen career will depend on your attitude and passion towards it. It honestly makes me sick how many Filipinos use such a noble profession as means of gaining entry in foreign countries. I hate to say this, but nursing isn't as noble as it was once.

I passed the UPCAT too Diliman campus but turned it down too lol. So i understand where you're coming from. Ultimately, its not how much you earn, what you do, neither does it matter how much money and effort you have put in a certain endeavor. All those shouldn't affect your decision to be happy with what you do. Where do you see yourself in 5 or 10 years from now?

Ponder on those things, and pray for guidance. God bless!

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Well. That's very impressive of her. But what sense did we go to school for?

Thats the irony of it. She failed NLE 4 times already but she is astoundingly successful on her business.

Hope you are getting my point...Find other options.

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Thats the irony of it. She failed NLE 4 times already but she is astoundingly successful on her business.

Hope you are getting my point...Find other options.

I agree with what Rogue said, find other options. From your post I can say that nursing wasn't really your first choice, and you seem to have regrets taking it up in the first place. Its hard to do something you don't love, because if you really do love this profession you wont even think of quitting in the first place and you would do everything just to be able to practice what you went to school for. I have worked overseas, salary was bigger but I wasnt happy. While I was there I realize its not really about the money. I find more fulfillment when my patients show their gratitude for the care i have rendered them and respect for me as a person and as a nurse.

Pray for enlightenment. Only HE can guide you and show your the right path for you. God bless!

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hi, I can relate to you balegarcia. Nursing is my second course, my first course was from UPLB, BS Agriculture. Upon graduating from UP, I landed a job right away as a researcher in a state university. But then, when nursing became a fad, I took up nursing hoping of landing a good paying job abroad. I passed my NCLEX, but I'm still here. Tried applying in NZ, but I was denied because I was a second courser. I wanted to quit!! But I don't want to disappoint all those people who supported me with this so-called nursing career.

Oh well, I hope someday soon, I will be successful in this career...

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Its hard to do something you don't love, because if you really do love this profession you wont even think of quitting in the first place and you would do everything just to be able to practice what you went to school for.

The fact that I am still hopeful that a miracle would come to me one day and be able to work as a NURSE (not a volunteer) is proof. I remember one time when I had to turn down a job offer from CONVERGYS. It hit me. I can still eat three times a day. I don't need this.

The beautiful HR, Lord she was hot, told me in Tagalog, "You really want to be a nurse, don't you?"

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The fact that I am still hopeful that a miracle would come to me one day and be able to work as a NURSE (not a volunteer) is proof. I remember one time when I had to turn down a job offer from CONVERGYS. It hit me. I can still eat three times a day. I don't need this.

The beautiful HR, Lord she was hot, told me in Tagalog, "You really want to be a nurse, don't you?"

That's the point. So what drove you to take up nursing in the first place?

I have few friends working for CONVERGYS, all nurses but never practiced nursing at all, coz nursing wasnt their first choice, its just what their parents wanted for them thinking they will work somewhere in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and other hot spots for filipino nurses.

If its really hard to get a paid job in hospitals but you really love nursing then try working as a company nurse, school nurse, OPD nurse in doctors clinic, CI's etc. You have lots of option. But if you think its not really for you, then pursue the career you want where you think you will grow and advance professionally. Youre still young anyway. God bless!

~m_g98:nurse:

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Specializes in Pre-hospital Care, Remote medicine.
Brains. Maybe. Money. Not really. I don't want to burden my parents anymore. There are lots of money involved.

oh, I just thought so coz you mentioned that you're planning to take up accountancy at la salle?

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