mamba24

I agree completely, and thank you for your frankness. However, I have no friends nor family members who I can talk to about this profession - none of them work in healthcare let alone nursing. So it would be a very huge decision as I'm coming out of business school. So while you're 100% right that it's up to me, it's always good to survey the emotional psychology of people who are in certain positions before you dive in.. I was hoping for some more positive responses though! Haha.. but it's always better to have the truth than not. So I appreciate the genuineness of all the posters here at this forum. :)

Great post, Calivianya. Just a little bit of background on me -- I just graduated with a B.S. in Business MGT; I worked in sales for a year and I dealt with some rude people too. In fact the reason why I quit was because I felt like inside sales itself even at a B2B level was a very rude and annoying profession. Now I want to get into a fulfilling profession at a young age, while struggling with a little bit of cynicism regarding humanity as a whole myself.. It's reassuring to see someone who came from the business world, worked hard to make that switch, and doesn't have regrets about their decision. Thanks!

First off - thanks so much for the responses. It seems like the majority of you don't like what you do though, which isn't too encouraging, lol but I sort of expected that.. Looks like a few of you really love it though and that's great! In any case though, I really appreciated the feedback and I hope that your situations get better.

I am thinking about going to nursing school, and I want to know your opinion. I have sort of lurked these forums for a little while and it seems like a lot of nurses do vent here, however there has to be a reason why you don't quit and keep going back despite the crappy patients, patient ratios, arrogant doctors.. etc. Has your opinion of people changed at all, do you still have faith in humanity so to speak after dealing with so many types of people? Do you still maintain your compassion for others? Do you get depressed at all from the circumstances? Why do you keep going back? Thanks a bunch, nursing has been on my mind for a few years now and I feel like this feedback would help me make my decision moving forward. Thank you.