do you have a previous degree?

Tenebrae, BSN, RN · Feb 20, 2015

If so what is it in?
And what made you decide to get into nursing?
Was your previous degree of any help?

Social policy. To work in it I would have had to do another three years for masters level to work in it.

I debated with either doing masters in applied social work or nursing.

Didnt like social work enough, so chose nursing and did my bachelors of nursing

littlehoneybee · Feb 20, 2015

I had a degree in biology, but didn't want to work in a lab. I had volunteered in a hospital and nursing seemed like natural fit. My biology degree was a great asset to me; it made nursing school as breeze.

dannibeeRN · Feb 21, 2015

I received a Bachelor's in Health Science prior to getting my nursing degree. I've wanted to be a nurse since I was 5 years old but I chose Health Science because the university I went to had an impacted nursing program and I didn't know when I would be accepted. The Health Science degree was the best decision at the time and it prepared me immensely for being an RN. On top of that, I took a CNA course during one of my summer breaks from school so that was a major help in letting me know what the nursing field was all about.

Graduatenurse14 · Feb 22, 2015

Yes, BS in Education. I taught for about 15 years (kids for 10 years and adults for 5 years) and got interested in nursing after a parent became ill with cancer. It helped in some ways in other ways it didn't.

I had to take all of the hard sciences for nursing but all of the other basic classes transferred so that was a plus. Teaching is a big part of nursing so I love that I still get to teach everyday! I've had a few patients tell me that I explained something in a way that they could understand after others didn't. I think that's due to teaching kids for so long! I didn't tell them that, though!

On the downside, I expected my school, nursing program and instructors to be above board and fair as I had experienced for my first degree but it wasn't like that- and if you read the stories on here, you will see that many have less than positive nursing school experiences as well. If I hadn't already had higher education experience to compare it to, it would've made the insanity easier to deal with in that I might've just assumed that all 2-year and 4-year colleges/universities are like that.

sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN · Feb 22, 2015

i was a biology major, 3.5 yrs, before nursing scholl

besides all pre req. being satisfied i did take a medical lab technololigy course, that enabled me to work after hoyra as a med tech, doing cbcs manually, calculating indices with a slide rulem and Urine anal....i know i am dating myself, but previous college major, and working experience, made nursing school a breeeeeeeze

JMCP · Feb 22, 2015

neuroscience

friggasdistaff · Feb 22, 2015

I have a B.A. in Education. I loved my university experience and am glad to have it. I find having it frustrating in that I am really aware of how poor the quality of instruction is in my program. The learning process, psych of education, learning styles, classroom management are non existent. I also find that one of my instructors likes to pick at me to make herself feel better about herself.

B52, ADN, BSN, MSN, RN · Feb 22, 2015

I have a Bachelor's in journalism and a paralegal certificate. I was a newspaper reporter/editor for nearly 2 decades. Then the newspaper industry started dying. My last job was covering the medical/fitness beat, so I figured I had a good background for nursing. One of my paralegal instructors was the Assistant DA for the county and he covered med mal cases, so that helped also.

KelRN215, BSN, RN · Feb 22, 2015

No, I do not. I was 18 years old, 3 months post high school graduation, when I entered nursing school (college).

AnchoredRN · Feb 22, 2015

I have my English degree with a minor in history and was a teacher in Special Education at the elementary and High School level

Infofreak411 · Feb 22, 2015

Yes, BS in Education. I taught for about 15 years (kids for 10 years and adults for 5 years) and got interested in nursing after a parent became ill with cancer. It helped in some ways in other ways it didn't.
I had to take all of the hard sciences for nursing but all of the other basic classes transferred so that was a plus. Teaching is a big part of nursing so I love that I still get to teach everyday! I've had a few patients tell me that I explained something in a way that they could understand after others didn't. I think that's due to teaching kids for so long! I didn't tell them that, though!
On the downside, I expected my school, nursing program and instructors to be above board and fair as I had experienced for my first degree but it wasn't like that- and if you read the stories on here, you will see that many have less than positive nursing school experiences as well. If I hadn't already had higher education experience to compare it to, it would've made the insanity easier to deal with in that I might've just assumed that all 2-year and 4-year colleges/universities are like that.

I also am an education major! What made you decide to get into nursing from teaching? Also what profession would you say is more stressful?

And in your last paragraph I am confused what you are saying? Were you saying the nursing program was much tougher than the education program? Because from what I experienced in the education program at my school, it was very rigorous. Anything below a B was failing and half the cohort either failed or quit.

Infofreak411 · Feb 22, 2015

I have a B.A. in Education. I loved my university experience and am glad to have it. I find having it frustrating in that I am really aware of how poor the quality of instruction is in my program. The learning process, psych of education, learning styles, classroom management are non existent. I also find that one of my instructors likes to pick at me to make herself feel better about herself.

So are you in nursing now or you're going to be getting into nursing? And you did not like the instruction in your end program?