nursingstudent820

I seriously want to thank you all so much for taking the time to reply! I was so confused after those two days of clinical - I almost passed out in an isolation room from being so hot, and made myself so sick from the stress - but in reality I was just scared of the unknown. It's all so new, I've/my family has never been sick so I've barely been in a hospital and I am surrounded by classmates who LOVE this type of bedside nursing so I felt like something had to be wrong because I didn't like it. I talked finally bout my feelings out loud and realized from the conversations & feedback that I can go anywhere.. into any category of nursing I just have to pass this clinical & class. Which I can do. I feel even more motivated and can't wait to finish these 13 weeks. Thank you all

I seriously thought everyone was crazy who left nursing due to the fact "It wasn't for me anymore." I always thought like really, you had one semester left, ONE. And now that's me. I hate it. It gives me goosebumps and scares me to see someone struggle to breathe (it makes me hurt to see them hurt if that makes sense), it makes me squirm to touch someone's genitals. Props to those nursing who can do that. I can do the textbook and exams with no problem, I can take all the nclex style questions and pass - but clinicals and actually applying it is something completely different. My schooling is paid for, I graduate in December and I know I can't just quit, and I clinicals are just a glimpse, and I can go into a doctors office/clinic wherever as long as I finish - but right now I am struggling in my Med/Surg clinical, especially being full shifts twice a week for 8 weeks. I feel like I am dying and I have no motivation to study for exams - which is what I am good at. I need some advice/reassurance to just get through these next 3 months then I can get a job and maybe switch majors. Anyone else have this feeling, and get out into the working field and actually love it or be more adamant on not being a nurse?