Nursing or not? Anyone have any advice, wisdom or can relate?

[Hannah10]

I wanted to be a Nurse ever since I could remember.

I currently work in a local hospital as a Nursing assistant and love my job. I work along side the Nurses and after seeing what they do really makes me reconsider my whole career plans, wants, desires and I feel my passion for a future to attend Nursing school is no longer something I desire.

I am not fresh out of high school, but at the time, I was taking classes to go towards Nursing school. I was placed into a "Pre-Nursing" study plan. They ended up switching around the program at the school I was attending. The waiting list was absurd. Major trouble with A&P and dropping it a few times. I was going to try to find a good EMT program, or LPN or Respitory or even Radiology, Nothing has stuck or seemed as wonderful as Nursing has.

I LOVE the medical field and CANNOT imagine myself going into any other work field...college degree or not.

I go back and forth daily on if I should do it or not. A handful of Nurses really inspire me to the max and I just love them dearly. But the paperwork and some of the things that they are obligated to do is just something else.

I want it and then I don't. Just so confused and can't understand why I wanted it SO bad before. FOR YEARS. Interned and everything. I was placed on a waiting list and didn't get into one school cause they wanted my A&P done.

I understand the hospital setting isn't the only place I could work as well...even thought I LOVE it there.

Just been on the fence the last 10 months. Pretty much when I started as an Aide.

It's sad. Feel like I wasted so much time and money on school and have nothing to show for it..as a degree. I know it isn't a big deal, at least to me it isn't. Money isn't everything. Have to enjoy your job.

Anyone gone through a similar situation? Does anyone have any advice for me?

It would be so nice to read. I came to this site to seek some wisdom or advice from others who currently are in the medical field or looking to do so.

Thank you so much, and God bless you guys!

-Hannah

[loriangel14, RN]

You indicate concern about the paper work and some of the obligations they have as nurses.What things are you concerned about exactly? No one can make this decison for you.You need to be sure that you are willing and able to make the commitment that is required for nursing school. You found A&P challenging, you will have to master the course work first.

[Stephalump]

I'm a semester away from graduation from nursing school and I feel the same way! I love my job and my unit, but I don't want to work at a hospital. I'm disgusted by hospital administration and the "customer service" obsession almost daily and it just isn't my end all be all.

[Missingyou, CNA]

When I was thinking about nursing school, I talked to several nurses about their experience and what they liked/didn't like about being a nurse. I went to a home care agency and asked if there was a nurse willing to speak with me about it and I had a friends mom who was a school nurse and I worked in a hospital (in an "unskilled profession") and knew some nurses that I talked too.

In the end, after talking with them, I decided nursing was not for me. I decided I enjoyed CNA much more!

There are SO MANY options for you in health care. Check around, ask questions...volunteer at a hospital where you will get to see the many different professions...