ptrang1987

I was in Respiratory School before I got accepted into Nursing (the nursing decision takes forever to get a response so I applied for both). I had fun in there, but I left for nursing because everyone said its better pay, better opportunities and a broad field. Nobody ever mention about how stressful the career will be.

UT arlington

Yes, everything is crammed up into 15 months instead of 2 years. We get 2 weeks break in between semesters. We did our pre reqs before we applied. This thing is rigorous and stressful.

thanks, I did have a passion for nursing, but I think i'm letting all the workload get to me. Our program is ONLINE and is packed into 15 months.

I did consider taking gen chem 2 again. I'd just feel that I'm too old to finish my Pharmacy Pre-req. Also I failed to mention that I am in a Accelerated BSN program, where the courses are jam packed into 15 months. I also feel so overwhelmed. I've been having anxiety and anxiety attacks. I was prescribed antidepressant today. Here is the best part. The courses are online. The only time we show up physically is at Lab on saturday and Clinical on sundays. Oh and an exam every wednesday at the main campus.

It's the emotional stress that scares me. I should mention that I have anxiety problems and been through depression before. I'm afraid of being emotionally attached to my patients that one day I might go back to those dark times (depression). Also I hate care plans haha. I think it's also that right now my clinical site is at a long term care. It's so depressing there and these nurses are doing the best they can for these patients, but they have so little resources. I honestly do not know how they get through their day. I give props to those nurses and all you nurses out there.

I've taken a career guidance test six years ago, but I don't remember much of it so I think I should take it again.

We have student organization, but I wouldn't say they're mentors. I use to be a pharmacy tech for a children's hospital, but my supervisor would not work with my school schedule so I actually quit my job to pursue this. I am just worried that I will owe $30K in student loan and I might not like the career and be miserable later on.

But I do not have a plan C yet.

Hi all, I'm new to this page so please go easy on me. I'm starting to think nursing is not for me. I am in my first semester of Nursing school and I am starting to change my mind. After going to the clinical site, I realized how stressful and sh*tty a RN career could be. I hate doing the care plans, some patients are super sweet and nice, while some can be jerks. Just listening to the RN complaints, I notice there are so much politics. I thought I would be more involved with caring for the patient than just care plans. I can not see myself doing this. I admit Nursing was my back up plan after pharmacy school, but I failed Gen Chem 2, so I panicked and decided to go to Nursing school. I fear that I am not cut out to be a RN and I might hurt a patient because of my now lack of interest. I am 27 now. Is it to late for me to change now?