Is nursing for me?

[lbufi]

Iv always loved helping people, it makes me so happy when i get to help someone. My family and i came to america in 2000 not knowing a word of English. Since i was young i loved the hospital environment and i knew it was a place that i wanted to work in. I started working at Brigham and Women's when i finished high school and have been here ever since. I was 18 years old and worked 5:30 am till 12 then went to school 5 days a week. Being a bio major and working so early ruined my brain cells, literally. I became such a different person and had no patience. I changed my major to psych and just finished that. I want to apply to an accelerated nursing program but i'm so scared i wont be able to do it.

I know i can do it, just worried ill drop it like i did biology

[soranaruto]

Aww man that's going to be me soon. I love the dedication!! Best of luck.

If you study hard enough, chances are that you will not struggle at all!!! I hope you pass!

[Mr. Murse]

Ultimately it is something you'll have to figure out on your own, but my advice would be first of all to really look into what the nursing job actually is. See if a hospital in your are has a shadow program or something where you could go follow nurses around and see what the job is actually like. I say this because practically everyone goes into nursing in part because they like "helping people", but a good percentage of the time you don't feel like you're always helping people when you're on the job. You often feel like an unappreciated workhorse who just throws meds at people and spends more time charting inane crap than helping anyone.

Don't get me wrong, I love my job and I do feel like I help people often, and I get appreciated often, but many nurses feel completely burnt out quickly and disappointed with the job because it didn't match their preconceptions.

Anyway, as far as you completing the program......that's up to your work ethic. Yes, it's a tedious program, I almost quit my first semester of nursing school, but I'm infinitely glad that I didn't. So if you do decide to do it, then first of all go out and try to get a realistic perception of what the job is, then make up your mind and plow through it without looking back.

Good luck.

[Alnitak7]

Are nurses usually ok with that?

If you're a good communicator and know how to put people at ease then maybe they won't mind. I think you would either have to be orienting on a job or be a student though.