Is nursing what you thought it would be?

[Lucidity]

Before you started school, what did you expect the nursing career to be like? Did your idea change once you were in nursing school? When you became an RN, were your expectations met? Were you surprised? Disappointed? Is it harder than you thought? More rewarding that you thought? Less rewarding? Or was it exactly how you imagined it would be?

I was just accepted into nursing school. I've job shadowed nurses before, talked to nurses, and i think its for me. but i am curious on how it worked out for others.

[Reese0608]

quote from not.done.yet

i have to admit i always shake my head and laugh a little when people are shocked that nurses are people just like everyone else, who get along and don't, who help one another and don't, who fuss at one another and don't, who backstab and don't. the nursing populaiton is the same as any population - full of humanity and politics, pitfalls and inspirations. any career made up of real people is going to have all the foibles you get when you get real people working together. i honestly have yet to see nursing any different than any other job i have had in terms of the politics and conflict. it is only the expectation of some kind of angelicness that makes it stand out so much worse.

well said.