Parents want me to be a doctor, not a nurse....

[chasethepup]

I really really want to follow my dreams and become a nurse.. but my parents think that I'm making the wrong choice. They're always telling me it would be much better to be a doctor and that I'm too smart to just be a nurse, etc etc. Here are the main reasons they don't want me to be a nurse..

1.) They don't want me to struggle financially

2.) They want me to be "on top" of everyone else, and to be respected

3.) They think I'm wasting my potential..

I just don't know how I can convince them otherwise.. the only thing they want me to become is a doctor and nothing else. My mom even tells my brother "don't become like Ashley who wants to be a nurse". I need help because I want to make them happy but at the same time it's my life. What should I do?

[C12H22O11]

I am in nursing school now and had that same debate with myself. You need to make that desicions. It is funny because when I tell my grandmother how nursing school is going, she always says: What are you doing next?

Or I would come home in my white nursing uniform and my family would make comments like " oh, pretty soon we are going to have a doctor" haha!

but be happy! nursing school is not a waste of potential. I think people who are unfamiliar with the level of difficulty are those that considered an inferior education to med school. In pre requisites I was making all A's. I had a 3.9 GPA and right now, I am struggling to pass nursing school but I am loving it and looking forward to graduation. HAHA!

[C12H22O11]

I will also like to add, that as a nurse, you need to also have a vast knowledge enough to identify when the doctor is giving you a wrong order. It is almost like you need to know what the doctor knows because if you administer the wrong order/ medicine, it is the nurse's fault for implementing it. So it isn't like nurses are like dumb, well not all of us, as it is everywhere in every profession.

[guest973135]

I was in the same position as you. My dad told me I should be a doctor because they of the money, prestige, respect, blah blah blah.

At first, yes, I wanted my dad to be proud of me so I agreed with him.

Then, I thought to myself, you know what? I don't need his approval; I'm going to do what makes me happy.

Make decisions for yourself and your happiness, not someone else's. You have to live your life and live everyday with the decisions you make, your parents don't.

[Anaya96]

Major in something that makes you happy. I know you want to make your parents happy but this is your life not theirs. You are the one that is going to college not them. Majoring in something just because your parents want you too will not make you happy. You won't enjoy your job and you'll dread it. Work in a field that makes you happy and something that you can see yourself enjoying in the next few years. I am a pre-nursing student right now working towards my associates degree, I decided to major in it not because my parents wanted me to do but because I wanted too. Do what makes you happy

[Ilovedogs1]

Screw your parents decision. A college major is NEVER something your parents should make for you, especially being a doctor. You cant be too smart to be a nurse because nursing school is already so hard.