I withdrew from a nursing course

[nursingstudent546]

So, about a month ago i withdrew from a nursing course cause i had family problems and was sick(bad nausea that lasted for a 2 months but went away) at the time. My grades were also terrible at the time. I feel like such a failure. Nursing school is incredibly difficult because professors do not help at all. I do not like cleaning after patients bodily liquids such as feces,vomit, and sputum but other things i could tolerate. I was thinking of switching careers to business like finance/accounting since i have some interest in it but i do not know what to do since i am half way done with my nursing courses. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[nurseprnRN, BSN, RN]

Make an appointment to see your college guidance counselor/advisor, or if you don't have one, to see anyone in that department. That's the place to ask for advice on non-nursing careers. We could help you about nursing matters but this is mostly out of our department.

[PurpleLover]

Hi, I am glad to hear you have recovered.

You do not like bodily fluids, maybe take time to soul search and see if their is another field you would like.

Good luck

[caliotter3]

Did the school tell you that you are eligible to reenter? Perhaps you need a short time away to regroup. You could decide that you want to return in the near future. Be careful about making major decisions when influenced by personal problems or health problems. I have found that the worst life decisions I ever made happened when I was sick and didn't think clearly. Good luck.

[LoriRNCM, ADN, ASN, RN]

Mmmm........ if you are grossed out by bodily fluids, maybe it's time to move on. I just don't see how you would avoid those bodily functions in nursing. Your face needs to not reflect your disgust and if you are that disgusted, that would be terribly hard to hide! Bad enough a patient loses their dignity by having someone have to clean up after them, but if you are openly disgusted, I would think that would be so humiliating for the patient.

[SoldierNurse22, BSN, RN]

Nursing is a very self-guided educational experience for good reasons--once you're out of school, there will be no one to hold your hand. Nursing school prepares you for that eventuality and ensures that you will be able to figure out how to survive on your own.

That said, your aversion to bodily fluids is going to be a problem, especially in this market where it's tough to land a job at all, much less a specific job that may keep you away from having to deal with bodily fluids.