2nd level nursing student...is nursing really what I want to do?:/

[Honeylove143]

I am currently in my 2nd level of my nursing program which is med/surg GIGU topic!! and I can't help but to feel a bit discouraged. I just had my first exam and am afraid of how I did. I don't know...I did pre reqs for 2 years, finished my first semester of nursing B+ average...I feel like I have gotten in too deep to stop now or to consider another career choice. I can't even believe I am writing this for how often i would tell anyone and everyone that someday I am going to be a nurse!!!! ughhhh i feel a little down. Has anyone felt this way and gotten through it and is happy they did?? I just need a little pick me uP!

[NurseGirl525, ASN, RN]

So why don't you want to be a nurse anymore? Was it because of a test score or you just don't want this career anymore? Sit down and really think about it before making any decisions. I don't know you or your personality so I can't advise you on that. Just remember you get one life to live. Live it for you and no one else.

[Honeylove143]

I do but I don’t….I don’t really know how to explain it but I’ll give it my best shot…I have had anxiety issues in the past but none like I do now. I am constantly touching my lymph nodes and feeling paranoid, I am like a health freak when in reality I was not like this. Just learning about so many of those diseases and some that I didn’t even think to be possible one just feels so ******* scared like being in a bubble. I work with a nurse case manager and she told me that while in school, she would freak out thinking she had the things she was learning lolol which sounds so silly to me but now its like oh my gosh!!! I get scared easily now!! At like..anything! when in reality before I would be pretty nonchalant>!!! I have worked too hard to get into nursing school so knowing me I won’t stop, not when I feel like I am half way there but…its so nerve wracking. I just need to vent

[missmollie, ADN, BSN, RN]

Honestly, the second semester is the hardest. All of a sudden you're asked to do skills, not just assess a patient, and you start to wonder if you're cut out for this.

Here is a thread that I wrote while feeling that way: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/rant-and-insecurities-918536.html

Does this sound familiar to you?

This too will pass. You ask if "anyone has felt this way and gotten through it?" I have, and I promise you the best thing was to work through the insecurities. The tunnel is long and dark, but the light on the other side is bright. You'll come through this and be far more confident about who you are as a person, or, you might come through this and know this isn't the field for you. Either way, it's a win.

It does get better though, I promise!