This is my first post here - though I've lurked on these boards for years. I'm in my first year of an Associate's degree nursing program. It's my second degree. My first is an Associate's of Science centered on Medical Assisting. I worked three years as a Medical Assistant before returning to school for Nursing. I adored my job as a Medical Assistant..which was both clinical and clerical. and I dislike nursing school. -_- It's not that it's "hard" - my grades have been all A's, and one B. I've had raving reviews from my professors about my confidence and competency in skills, but We just started Clinical in a hospital two weeks ago (The first two quarters were nursing home clinical which I didn't mind at all) and I just don't enjoy it. I don't want to place a catheter, or an NG tube. It's not that I can't, I just don't want to. I love patient education and I don't mind passing medications and I find assessments to be interesting and critical..but I could do without the rest. I just feel really down because I'm over 6,000 dollars into this, and 8 months of my life - and I'm having second thoughts. I made decent money as an MA - 15 an hour. I've always wanted to work OBGYN - so I'm considering just going back to being an MA and maybe eventually working my way up to more money with more experience. Anyone else have second thoughts and just work through 'em and are happy they did?