I don't want to be a nurse

SaltySarcasticSally, LPN, RN · Dec 21, 2016

My bridge program has painted higher education in a not so good way for me, I graduate in April. I have been an LPN for awhile now so I do have the benefit of being in the field already. Just move past your schooling experience, you are most likely just burnt out and need recovery time. Study for NCLEX and see if you feel the same after you pass. School sucks, drains your life energy, but I think you owe it to your hard work to give nursing a try and to go into it hoping for the best. GL!

Ruby Vee, BSN · Dec 21, 2016

You went back as a non-traditional student in nursing for a reason.
If nursing was a way to better yourself- get a well-paying, stable job, then why appreciate what this can do. What kind of work did you do before nursing? Why did you leave it?

I agree. There must have been a reason you went back to nursing school, a reason you wanted to be a nurse. There must have been positives you were looking forward to, or else why put yourself through it?

With your present attitude, I am almost certain you will hate your first nursing job. Why not instead find a way to look at the positives -- stable job with solid pay and benefits, good working conditions and flexible scheduling plus interesting, challenging work -- instead of at the negatives? Most people are exactly as happy as they make up their minds to be and it seems that you're making up your mind to be unhappy.

Extra Pickles · Dec 21, 2016

I hate to rant about my nursing education experience, but I have not enjoyed it one bit. I felt that my professors taught me the material but they did not stimulate my desire to be a nurse, in fact, they left me wanting to find a different job (and I graduate tomorrow). I know that it isn't their responsibility to stimulate my desire to be a life-long learner or even enjoy nursing, but I have no desire to be a nurse at all.

Your professors aren't responsible to stimulate your desire to be a nurse, you're supposed to have that all on your own, they give you the education required to get your foot in the door, and you know this, so not sure what the rant is really about. If you don't want to be a nurse after all that you went through at least you can take some comfort in knowing that there are plenty of new grads out there who will be very happy to take any job you don't want.

You talk a lot about how other teachers have stimulated your desire but honestly that's all on you, not them. I expect high school teachers to stimulate and motivate because if they don't their students may not graduate and may become their own worst enemies by not finding a path in life. By the time you get to college, grad school even, you're supposed to know why you are there and that should be your motivation. I just don't understand the thinking that somehow your teachers were deficient because they didn't do backflips for you to cheer you on into the profession.

Hopefully for your sake and your bank account's sake you will get over the feeling of being cheated out of Stimulation of your Desire and get a license, get a job, and go from there. You might just like it after all, although I suspect you might be back here talking about how your preceptor doesn't Stimulate your Desire and your Nurse Manager doesn't either, etc etc. Just my guess anyway.