Flojo0014

Thank you for the replies. I spoke to one of the nursing counselors at school and she said to try another semester and if I still feel undecided, then nursing may not be for me. I wished it was just clear cut. One student already quit. He definitely knew that patient care was not for him during his clinicals and is moving on to other things. I feel I have to make a decision NOW because soon my savings will be gone and I will need to work regardless if I'm going to school or not. Sorry and thank you for letting me vent here. Other people I spoke to just keep saying "everything will be okay." I learned that is not therapeutic communication.

If anyone can help me, I would sooo appreciate it. I'm almost done with my first semester of nursing school. So far, getting a B in the class. Have three more semesters to go to get an ADN. I sometimes dread going to clinicals and hate to admit sometimes the lecture material is not interesting or just difficult for me to grasp. My memory is not all that great too, so I feel whatever I learn is lost after the test. I feel I have to relearn things over and over and it just frustrates the heck out of me. My classmates all talk about how they love this and that about clinicals, and I feel like a fraud because I don't feel all excited like they do. Does this mean I shouldn't be a nurse. I hear stories about students just finishing up the program because they've invested so much time in it and Hate being a nurse afterwards. My fear is that I may feel the same. I have invested the last three years doing all the pre-reqs and getting into a nursing program to quit now. I feel like a failure and lost about what I should do. Does anyone feel like me?