knraymo

Thanks everyone. I did not repeat the same course more than once. I have only repeated 1 nursing courses. The other three were health science courses, physiology, health assessment and pharmacology. This current class that I am on the verge of dropping is a nursing theory course also. I am in a bachelors program so including pre-reqs it is a 4 yr. degree and nursing school is 3 out of the 4 years. My intention of saying psych nursing was not "regular" was not saying it was not real nursing. Remember that so far has been the only area of nursing that I have really enjoyed and succeeded in thus far. I am on the verge of making an A in the theory course. I say it is does not involve as much "nursing" because it is more of a calm environment heard less toward the medical portion and more to word infra and inter personal relationships and coping skills and working more on some aspects of daily living that the patient may lack. Once again thanks for your interest in my problems. I'm doing some serious soul searching to find out what is really meant for me.

OMG I need some opinions or advice I am seriously considering leaving my nursing program and pursuing a career in social work. Here is a little background about my nursing ambitions and experiences. When I was 16 and a junior in high school I decided that I was going to be a nurse. That was my dream profession because I really thought that my personality, compassion for people, and loving to help people was the entire premise of nursing. I then graduated from high school and went to college, my major was pre-nursing and I was determined to go to nursing school. After 2 years of pre-reqs I obtained a 3.3 GPA and a decent enough score on the HESI (can't really remember) I applied and got accepted. I have been a nursing student for the past 2.5 years and I am still a junior on the verge of dropping a course and extending this educational course even longer. During these last 2.5 years I have taken 8 core nursing theory courses and I have failed 4 of them and I am on the verge of dropping another one. Which means I have already spent 1 entire year repeating courses and I am about to spend another semester repeating courses. This semester I took mental health nursing and during it was not so sure that I liked it but after going back to med-surg I realized just how much I loved it because of how little "Nursing" is actually happening. I have started considering going back to a "regular" university and majoring in psychology and then pursuing a masters in social work. I have always been the person that friends and family members come to when they need to talk and need someone to help them with their dilemmas so I am feeling like this might be a better fit for me. I am just so afraid of regret and leaving this program that I worked so hard and so diligently to get into....Does anyone have any advice?? I apologize for the length of this message I just really need some advice. Thanks in advance

Well LSU-HSC is a really good school but it is also really hard to get into. You need to go to the website and look up the application criteria. The dealdline is this friday to apply for admission for next fall. Holy Cross is also good and not as competitive but it is really really really expensive!