If you are going into nursing without experiencing any personal loss, it is not bad at all. It is easy to get over it. Certain things get to you such as pediatric trauma or young people dying from any cause. When my mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and she had to go through hypoglycemia at home, GI bleeding and intestinal obstruction, I became a different nurse.. more emotionally labile esp after code patients who never make it and delivering the bad news to the family.