how many would not continue on to nursing school if..

Vito Andolini · Jul 12, 2009

I was a volunteer as a young person but still had no real idea what nursing was about. I don't know how to answer you.

But I do wish you all the best with this tough decision.

serenity1 · Jul 12, 2009

The jury is still out on that one. I'm half way through my ADN program. I keep hoping to find an area that excites me. So far, it isn't med/surg!! Good luck to you!!!

blondy2061h, MSN, RN · Jul 12, 2009

I shadowed before becoming a nurse and being a nurse is even BETTER than I expected. I LOVE my job.

Not_A_Hat_Person, RN · Jul 12, 2009

I was an ER volunteer during nursing school. I didn't get to "shadow" (that part of the volunteer program was aimed at med students, not nursing students), but I saw quite a bit. Part of the reason I kept plugging along was because I wanted to deal with the action and insanity of the ER. If anything, my clinical experiences were disappointing. I made a lot of beds and washed a lot of butts, but I rarely placed foleys and never ran an IV pump.

I'm looking into getting my BSN so I can get out of LTC and into critical care, either an ER or an ICU. I miss the ER terribly.

suanna · Jul 12, 2009

When I started- I would have continued in nursing. The profession has grown since then but the health care crisis has left nursing in a much more difficult position than it was way back when I went to school. As things stand today, I can't imagine starting a nursing career under the massive mountain of regulation and scrutiny that nurses have to endure coupled with the crippling financial restraints that hospitals are under making nurses into a barely tollerated burden rather than a treasured asset.

Tait, MSN, RN · Jul 12, 2009

My original path was education, specifically elementary school age. They forced us in school to work in the classroom for a semester. I ran and never looked back.

Nursing I didn't investigate, I just did it, and have always been content.

Tait