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I am a 21 year old female and I've been taking prerequisites for Nursing. At first, I was really passionate about it until I realized that I don't really believe in pushing pills and injecting needles in people. I am adamant about proper nutrition and exercise, eating organic fruits and veggies, and eastern medicine practices such as acupuncture and aromatherapy. I feel that we can heal our bodies much better naturally, and I am sadden by the way the medical system pushes drugs on people to make money. Also, I wrote a paper on the medical system in one of my classes and was really disgusted by a lot of the things I was finding in my research. My professor was really impressed with my paper and it prompted him to talk to me about it. He said that he used to work in a hospital a few years ago, and he knew of coworkers (I'm not sure if they were nurses or doctors or what) who "erased" evidence of medical errors when patients died! And never informed their families that it was a medical error! I knew I could never participate in that, directly or indirectly.
So I searched and searched for any types of holistic, natural Nursing programs. There is only ONE in the entire country, in New York City, and its expensive. The program sounds amazing and it awards Nurses with the Bachelor of Science in Nursing but they have background in all types of Eastern and alternative healing methods.
I decided maybe it would be better for me to just "go for the gold" and become a Naturopathic Physician. However, to do this I must have a bachelors degree first. I am torn between continuing to major in Nursing, and TRY and deal with having to give people drugs and injections, or major in Nutrition where I would feel more comfortable. The drawback to the Nutrition degree, is that it has little room for advancement and Nursing has many different paths you can take.
I also heard that there are classes that Nurses can take to learn more about alternative medicine and healing, but I don't know much about that. What should I do?? I've wasted enough time over this already.
Thanks! :redbeathe