Nursing not for me

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Hello,

So I took a CNA course to see if nursing is a career for me. I've always thought of nursing as a career and when taking this CNA course I realized it's not for me. The work load is not a problem but treating the patient is something that does not come natural from me and I find it difficult to treat patients properly as stated in the books. I've considered going another route which is majoring in math because I've always been naturally good in math and loved learning new concepts but I took into nursing because of the great outlook it has but I come to realize that I like medicine just not nursing and that's where I'm confused because do I just continue something in medicine but what or do I follow my natural skills which is math. I'm still in college(C.C) but I just want to major on something and focus on it and not be all over the place. Any advice.

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What interests you about medicine? It's going to be hard to give you suggestions without more information. Have you taken any pre-nursing courses?

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I haven't taken any of my sciences because I don't know if the career is for me and don't want to waste years doing Pre reqs for a major I don't intend to pursue and that's why I decided to take a CNA course. The thing that interests me in medicine is prescriptions like what medications to take for certain pains, diseases, etc. Which doesn't involve patient care. Now I've been told that would be a pharmacist but I heard if you can't do nursing school worst pharmacy school.

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I haven't taken any of my sciences because I don't know if the career is for me and don't want to waste years doing Pre reqs for a major I don't intend to pursue and that's why I decided to take a CNA course. The thing that interests me in medicine is prescriptions like what medications to take for certain pains, diseases, etc. Which doesn't involve patient care. Now I've been told that would be a pharmacist but I heard if you can't do nursing school worst pharmacy school.

I don't know anything about pharmacy school, but you could look into being a pharmacy tech first, see how you like it.

There's also radiography, medical laboratory, sonography, etc. Plenty of options.

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Specializes in retired LTC.

Pharmacy is hard but it is methodical and science based. And strong math skills needed.

If I had my druthers to have been a pharmacist way back, I wish I would have done so.

Pharmacy does require advanced education which was my blocking obstacle mid- my nsg career. Sad for me.

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Specializes in PACU.
Now I've been told that would be a pharmacist but I heard if you can't do nursing school worst pharmacy school.

If you can't do nursing school. There's nothing that says you couldn't... you're just not interested. Big Difference.

If your a good student with good grades there is no reason you couldn't become a pharmacist. I agree with trying to get a job as a pharmacy tech first, just like the CNA it allows you to discover if you're really interested before investing time and money into school.

I had a chemistry teacher that worked on developing new influenza drugs. So if you're interested in drugs, and how they effect the body.. "there more then one way to skin a cat" as the saying goes..... (why do we have that saying?, it's kinda gross actually.)

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Specializes in Critical Care, Education.

Have you thought about laboratory science? Nuclear medicine? Radiology? They are all healthcare fields that are more math-oriented than nursing. Here is a comprehensive list of healthcare professions so you can compare their characteristics.

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Specializes in retired LTC.

Once again, when I had my last mammo, I watched the staff at the center. Nobody seemed overwhelmed, running around crazy. Maybe I just picked a good office at that commercial Xray center.

I'm not aware of the pay range for mammo techs. It is probably static. And I don't think there's much career advancement opportunities (except for office managerial positions). And I think they do take a career training course.

Did they get 'mandated' to come in/stay during the recent snow blitz on Monday? I doubt it.

I just think those 'other' healthcare careers are really something worth considering. And I don't want to continue to 'beat the dead horse' debate about recommending nsg as potential career.

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