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A few years ago I wanted to be a nurse and I came here and got kinda discouraged about dealing with rude people and always being on my feet. I switched to accounting and so far I got my associates business degree Today something about my part time jobs made me really want to switch back to nursing. I noticed I REALLY love being on my feet at work and doing physical stuff at my current part time job(and yes Im on my feet for long hours) and noticed thats what nurses are always doing being on their feet and assisting people. I know nursing isnt exactly the same as the job I am at now. But I realized if I were to become an accountant, I would be sitting in a cubical all day and doing very little movements which remind me of the cashier jobs I would do at work which I didn't exactly hate, but i can see myself hating it due to it being boring. Also, I only need 3 more classes until I get into the nursing program since I used to be a nursing major. The amount of time it would take for me to become a nurse would be the same amount of time to be an accountant. Though I am kind of nervous to tell my parents since I went from Nursing to business to back to nursing My main question is, would I like being a nurse if I enjoy being on my feet at all times? I know its much more complex than that but truely enjoy physically demanding jobs.

I don't even know if im even aloud to ask this on this forum or this website at all but I was wondering do nurses still have time to have a social life? What is the nurses work schedule? I'm asking this because of the burnout nurses have and I love going to the gym and keeping my body healthy and worried once I am a nurse I could be too burnt out to even goto the gym.

I would like to say, thank you for your reply it has helped a lot. You provided very good points to get me thinking. I think I will go into nursing as well as shadowing a nurse.

to add I live in las vegas and a lot of jobs just say "Highschool diploma. Graduate from RN program." But it does'nt really say what degree you would need. Some said adn

Can a person with an ADN still get a job in this day and age? At the moment I can only afford to get an ADN and not due to the fact that I have little very money for school and I'm almost done with the pre reqs. And Also where can an ADN work at?

How would I exactly go and do that? Would I go into some random hospital and ask? Or see if theres some program I could go into?

I went into college wanting to be a nurse. I pass my first "tough" biology class which really wasnt that hard as everyone in my school said it was It was just I had to adjust my study habits. Over the summer and I found this site and found out maybe nursing is not for me because of some of the stuff people had said about nursing like... "You have to be born to be a nurse" "Cleaning up **** is the least of your problems" "You literally get paid to be a slave" "Too much stress for anyone to handle" So after seeing that I toke a semester off from college to find out what really suits me. I ended up taking career choice tests several times and one of the top careers that suits my interests,personality, and necessity was nursing. I'm at this wall where I always go back to looking into nursing. Another reason why is also the fact that I'm going to college using ONLY student loans(thats what financial aid offered me because I live with a slightly above middle class family). I looked into Dental hygienist but they only accept 20 people which is risky to me, Respiratory therapist but they are so limited when finding a job. Is there a way I can see if Registered nursing is for me besides being a CNA? I don't want a huge loan debt after college and I'm at a point where I'm starting to think college is just a cash cow and is useless BTW I'm talking about a 2 year associates degree nurse not 4 years which is why i said "I dont want a huge loan debt" As in I don't plan on going to a university.