I'm a 19 year old male and I didn't know what to major in in college. So I chose nursing (BSN) Grew up with my single mom helping her take care of my aunt (deaf and serious motor issues) and also when I was younger my grandmother who had severe alzheimers. So, caring was always in my nature and growing up around women made me somewhat feminine I guess, along with the fact that I couldn't play sports with the other kids cause my mom worked until 6-7pm most nights and I had to watch my aunt at the house afterschool. So it sort of made sense to me when my mom recommended nursing as a career and I made a mature decision because I respected her opinion highly. However, I don't really think my heart is in nursing persay. I don't "LOVE" taking care of people, it's just something that made sense to me. The school has been fairly easy so far, although I am not looking forward to nursing theory courses. My mom is a real estate agent and doesn't know much about health care, and now I am just starting to research the state of health care and nursing and this website aboutmyjob.com really kind of portrays nursing in a crappy light. Almost all of the reports are of how crappy nursing is...and I started to think about how why there's a shortage in nursing. Are these reports realistic? Complete List of Stories | About My Job Im a nursing student (BScN) and I hate it! | About My Job Nurse of 24 Years.. I used to be a vivacious, happy, loving life perso | About My Job