I am currently a Pre-Nursing student and I feel like I am going in circles as towards what I want to do with my life. I used to love medicine, the science behind it, etc. I thought I wanted to go to medical school and become a doctor. I always pictured myself working in a hospital, and was very excited to know I'd be starting a career in healthcare. However, I just am not sure if Nursing school is for me. This semester has taken a lot out of me. I am taking Psych, Chemistry, Anatomy, and English. In each class I have sustained a 100 average in that I worked my tail off to get (I studied A LOT, it did not always come easy for me believe me). This may sound stupid because I often hear that "pre-reqs are a breeze compared to Nursing school" but taking these pre-reqs for me have been nothing short of very difficult and I just know it's only going to get harder from here. Lots of times my frequent anatomy exams would cover nothing short of 100 pages from the textbook and I will literally be tested on it 2-3 classes later. Then at the same time as that anatomy exam I will have a psych exam, and then at the same time of those two exams I will have another weekly chem quiz and another weekly quiz for chem lab but because chem lab doesn't articulate with what we cover in lecture, it's like studying for another class...Then I have to count in Anatomy lab and complete the 80 weekly homework questions for chem. Then I have to read and stay on top of things for English and throughout most of this it's just been extremely hard! I have done that almost every week throughout this semester and I can't imagine it getting any worse. The dean of nursing at my college who advises my friend (the nursing school my college has is the toughest one around here) said she doesn't advise taking two sciences at once because both are actually heavily rigorous at our school...But we all know none of this compares to the rigors of Nursing school.
Did anyone else feel this stressed out while taking their pre-reqs and make them doubt about whether or not to actually pursue Nursing? Finals are coming up and I'm losing motivation. I am wondering if it's for me but although I am doing fine right now I am not sure if it's something I want to continue pursuing due to the significant amount of stress that comes along with it. I am looking for great advice from many of the knowledgeable people on this site.
