I often think about quitting school

[grumpyprincess]

I'm a 19 year old and in my second semester of a 5 year nursing program. Lately I often think about quitting school, but I feel really conflicted about it, on one side, I really like the nursing field, I find it exciting and I often ''fall in love with it'' for different reasons, but the theorical classes of chemistry and such, make it incredibly hard for me to keep loving it, even when I am able to keep decent grades in all of them, I just don't wanna have to deal with them anymore. I really often think about becoming what here's called a ''nurse technician'' but is most known as CNA, just because I feel everything theoric would be easier and getting out of that would be easy as pie while still having a job after, that'd still be on the health field (that I've loved and felt attracted to most of my life), all while thinking, I can do better, that I don't wanna just repeat processes and I wanna UNDERSTAND what I'm doing and why, so basically, I'm just a mess.

And my love for singing and music, just makes me more confused, as I sometimes feel I'd feel happier in there, but who knows.

In advance, thanks to anyone who takes the time to reply C:

a very confused nurse baby

[pmabraham, BSN, RN]

Good day:

One of the things we were told in our nursing orientation is to write down on an index card, or otherwise create a means of memorizing, why nursing, why a RN. Then as we run into time periods -- which is very common -- where we want to quit, we review what we wrote down from the start.

When I run into situations like you describe, I try to pray about it and remember the reasons why I decided to become a registered nurse. BTW, singing and music are great, but the career path very difficult; look at what you might really enjoy doing for 5 or more years that will help support yourself and your family.