lalions11

Hello, all! I am currently a sophomore communications major but have been considering going into nursing over the past six months. I have always had a love for medical science. I took all health sciences courses I could in high school, alongside of Latin to supplement what I learned in health science classes. I like communications but I don't particularly love it. I'm not nearly as interested in the course material as I wish I were. Because of that, I feel like I am wasting my parents' tuition payments on a major I'm not passionate about. Like I said, health science has been something that always interested me. I have this gut feeling that I will regret NOT becoming a nurse. Over the past six months I've had this lingering feeling that I will miss out big time if I don't become a nurse. My mom (an RN with 35+ years of experience) and my dad (former medical assistant) highly recommend that I do not become a nurse. They have reiterated to me that it is unrewarding as well as physically and mentally exhausting. Obviously there is no denying how exhausting both nursing school and the job will be. I understand what my mom means when she says it is unrewarding; patients (and families) cuss out nurses, treat them like slaves, assault them, you name it. In a perfect world, patients would be cooperative and thankful towards nurses, however I know this is not the reality of the job. One important thing to note is that my mom was pushed into nursing school by her dad. She said she wanted to become a teacher, but nursing school was the only college her dad would pay for. I think the fact that she was pushed into it subconsciously influences her lack of desire for me to become a nurse. It would be ignorant of me to disregard my mom's input because of how much experience she has nursing. I've read other posts on AllNurses that detail whether or not people regret going into nursing and why or why not. The trend is that people don't regret it at all, or they regret it with every fiber of their being. My question is how do I use her input to make the right decision?