bighead17

Depending on the school it could take 4 years or longer for a BSN. A problem I'm seeing with some programs is that they start during the sophomore year of college instead of junior year (I'm a sophomore now still doing prereqs at a CC). If you take 2 years for an AS and prereqs and then enter a program like that you'd have to take 5 years total for the BSN (AS + nursing school). Doing an accelerated program after getting a 4 year bachelor's degree would take another year but they run by quick. You should start looking at where you'd want to go now if you decide to enter a 2/3 year nursing program to finish a bachelor's. See what prereqs the school requires and program lengths, if there's certain general ed classes you need too.

We are too tough on ourselves! I hate feeling scared and not confident with myself. It's scary to think I can't actually be in a career I feel passionate about but it might just be anxiety talking, which can be treated. Are you in nursing school right now or doing prereqs? How have you been handling the more practical stuff like labs or clinicals? I tried to PM you but can't, I need more posts on the site :***:

The way I write essays (I'm a sort of wordy person too lol) and what he said about it I thought was weird, but just the comments about not working fast in general still stick out to me. My issues in lab and making mistakes, getting confused really need to be addressed so I will be going to a doctor soon. Thank you for your kind words because I needed to let this out

I definitely agree with you and I'm trying to take steps to work on myself. It's intimidating though because I'm possibly starting nursing school this fall. I don't want to get there and realize then that this isn't right for me. I made a doctor's appointment and will be getting help for my anxiety very soon, maybe medication will work out for me. Thanks so much for replying.

haha yeah. He wasn't so great :***: But working too slowly as a nurse concerns me a lot

I've been anxious since forever and it freaks me out to think this might just be who I am. I've been told that I don't have the personality for nursing or the skills. My ENGLISH professor seriously said to me that I take too long to write essays and that I don't work fast enough for nursing?? Lol it was kind of ridiculous. But thinking about other people's comments and my own behaviors, sometimes nursing doesn't seem right. I don't know how to classify this as just crap self esteem relating to anxiety or me being realistic.

I've had anxiety problems for years and am now looking to get help for it, but once I do I'm still worried I'll have all these issues that make me doubt how I will be as a nurse. I want to help people and I love learning about science and health. Getting to learn about different parts of the body, diseases etc sparks an interest that's so different from how I usually feel about anything. I get excited thinking about the health field after college but then there's things that pull me out of this and make me nervous. Like I'm always the last person out of my science labs usually. I'm too slow and end up rushing as the class is ending, messing up with data values. Last week in one of my labs was like this and completely terrible. After I left class I looked over all the lab stuff and I could put things together and see where I messed up; but that doesn't help when class is over . When I read the procedure before class it helps a little but I still make some mistakes. I'm better with lecture than lab but how is that gonna help as a nurse? I'm pretty confident that this relates to having social anxiety and becoming scatterbrained around people, but what if I get treated for it and nothing changes anyway? I'd be dealing with people's lives as a nurse and there's no room for error. Should I still major in nursing? I've sent all my apps and spent so much money on this application process so that's why I'm having a hard time, but going through 2-3 more years of school for a job not fit for me is of course a much bigger issue. I was thinking to just change majors once I'm at another college to bio or something and finish prereqs for OT or PT school, but I don't have the same interest for it like with nursing. I want to be a nurse but don't know if I can actually do it