Scared of nursing school

[Sammiegurl87]

Hi! I Am new to this site and I figured I might get some help.

So when I started college, I wanted to be a social worker. I want to help people. However my state has been cutting back funding on human services. So my parents and friends told me nursing is a great field to get into. I had doubts. But I decided to go with it. I have done really well in most classes. Dosage was surprisingly hard at times and right now I am doing microbiology and we have one month left. I want to scream. It's such a hard class. I feel like I was thrown in, there was no explanation as to what we were doing or anything. But I'm surviving surprisingly. I am now having major doubts if this is the right field. I don't want to hurt anyone in my career and if I'm having a hard time with microbiology, does that mean nursing school is going to be just as hard for me? I thought I heard how you do in microbiology will indicate how well you do in nursing school. I'm scared at this point. I don't want to hurt anyone in my career is also a concern. I know I love treating people because I'm a crma currently and for some reason I enjoy giving meds and helping my clients with anything health related. Sighs....sorry for rambling but if I can get any tips or if this might be the wrong field.

Thank you!!

[MiladyMalarkey, ASN, BSN]

Nursing school is usually a bear for everyone. There are a few who find it easy...I still don't get them.

I did not so hot in Micro ©, my only C I ever got. I'm now almost done with my first semester of nursing school and have an A thus far. Micro is not really indicative of how you'll do in nursing school (I thought micro was boring as you know what, hence why I did so bad, heart wasn't in it). Normal to be apprehensive about starting nursing school to an extent.

What is concerning though is it doesn't really sound like your heart was going into nursing in the first place. Rather it's something you're settling for in lieu of something else you'd rather do. I'm here to tell you that if your heart is not in this you will struggle. Can it be done without being into it, absolutely, but, it'll be mentally rough. Like micro was mentally rough for me, not because I am not intelligent, but I wanted nothing to do with it so did the minimum and suffered through it. For me it was a means to an end that I wanted, but will it be for you? Do you really want that end?