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I just graduated high school and am currently in a 2 year nursing program and just started this fall. I know it's a bit early to consider switching majors, but I am not enjoying my classes, teacher or environment. I do admit that the nursing course load is hard. I am putting in the effort and am doing okay (passing- but not as well as I used to do), but I just feel as if I don't have the passion or interest for the material I'm learning, which makes studying a bit of a struggle for me. I honestly enjoyed my prereqs (anatomy, bioethics, microbio, chem, etc) a lot more than I'm enjoying the actual program. It's just that I worked hard to get into this program and now I'm questioning whether I really want to be a nurse. For some reason I'm more interested in going to medical school and becoming a physician- but if I find the nursing class hard now, I'm scared I'll fail if I try to go for a different degree. Not to mention the staggering debt. I'm just kind of stuck on what to do. I'm just scared of being this unhappy and working so hard towards something I'm not meant to do... Advice??

It's more so how to take the test and not sure what exactly to study for. Again, the instructor is not that helpful. There isn't really a "teaching style." We'll be assigned readings and powerpoints and worksheets and it's kind of a hit or miss type of exam. She will lecture off powerpoints, but only few questions on the test were from powerpoints. Etc, etc. Not sure if I should confront them or figure it out for myself?

I just started nursing school at a 2 year college and it is much more difficult that I anticipated. I haven't been failing, but definitely not the best either or not as good as I'd want to do. The last test I took just about killed me. Our teacher seems to be sort of scatter brained as well and isn't very helpful, either. I studied everything I could, tried as hard as I could, and still didn't know all the information and pretty sure I failed. Sometimes that feeling just makes me want to quit in the beginning while I'm not too deep into the course. I've tried making study groups but it just seems like most of my classmates are not into the idea of it. Or they're just too busy. I don't really feel a community in my group. It feels like it's all a huge competition, along with all the little cliques that makes it a bit lonely as well, going through it. I really had my mind set on nursing for a long time and I really wanted to become a CRNA eventually (yes, very far off future, I know). But now I'm just not sure what to make of it all, let alone if I'll even get the grades I need. I know it's too soon to maybe even draw a conclusion... I just don't know if I have what it takes. Has anyone ever felt the same? How did you get through it?