Shifting Career Archi to Nursing

NurseCubanitaRN2b, BSN, RN · Oct 21, 2008

I'm sorry but i have to laugh at your statement, "we will always have the TATAK PINOY that the entire world knows, without us half the world would not function..what with all the skilled workers and professionals we send out into the world to make there lives easier. " PLEASE! That statement is so false. First of all, I want to comment that I've worked with many great Filipino nurses, and they're very task oriented, and have a good heart in nursing, BUT THEY CAN'T CHART IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO SAVE THEIR LIVES. To be fair, I've seen both great & poor incompitent foreign & American trained nurses. It's great that you have an opinion about Filipinos, but please don't make false statements that half the world wouldn't be able to function with out them because countries have survived with out them for hundreds of years.

Nurse_PUKYAW · Dec 3, 2008

don't shift into nursing bro continue architecture is way way cooler than nursing :bow: ,, you also can earn big compensation being a architect as long as you pass your licensure exam:yeah:

charmieern · Dec 4, 2008

I want to shift my career from Archi to Nursing im a undergrad student, i got problems with my previous school (i dont have discplinary record ok ) where can I find school that accept me as transfer student this Second Sem, do you know any school? here in manila
any advices , can you share some experiences especially those who shift careers not related to medical but decided to be a Nurse.
:loveya:
tnx for any response!

I've read all the responses to your thread and I'd say they all do have good points. But the final decision is always with you, so think hard first and don't be impulsive about this. Maybe the reason why you failed before is that you dislike your field of study? I hope you won't let it happen again, so think hard of what is it you really like doing, so much you think it's something you're gonna do for the rest of your life, so much you feel like you're not working at all. That's much to think about, right? Hopefully you're not jumping in the nursing bandwagon just because everyone is doing it, or mostly everyone in your family is a nurse.

What about you? What do you want in life, and what do really want to do? If you really want to be a nurse, be prepared because it's no sunny walks in the field. I'm sure you somehow have an idea coz your mom might have told you some stories. I have some questions for you to help you picture the profession you are about to enter:

Are you a people-person? Do you care about other people? If not, I'm not sure if you're gonna enjoy nursing because not only do you need to care about people enough to draft and provide the best care plan for them, you also need to have constant contact with them. You need to establish good rapport with them to gain their trust so they can allow you to care for them better. In my experience, at least (I'm just a student nurse). For me, these are the foremost qualities you need to be a good nurse.
Do you enjoy the sciences? If your biology teacher made you sleep on your armchair the minute she walks in class, I don't know how you'll enjoy nursing because 90% of all the things you'll be studying is science-related (10% being English, Social Sciences, and etc.). You've got to have a working knowledge, if not a mastery of Human Anatomy and Physiology as a student nurse because it's always brought up in other classes, like pharmacology and nursing majors (NCM 100 and above). It's hard to keep up with understanding the lessons if you're not familiar with a certain body region or bod part. Well, since you say you're from UP, I'm sure you won't have any prob reviewing, most probably you'll even top your class, but no matter how high your science aptitude is, you must always maintain, if not rev up your interest, because the load of science-related reading matter you're about to pour over for the next 4 years of nursing school is no joke. I'm sure you don't mind that, coz being from UP you must be very used to pouring over 6 chapters of stuff just for a couple of class meetings, right? :) On the brighter side, since you won't be enrolling at the UP College of Nursing (coz they don't accept transferees even from other UP units), nursing school isn't that brutal, hehehe . Depends really on your prof if your class would be brutal or not...
Lastly, but not most importantly... is it ok for you to get messy? Lol, I don't actually mean to include this but I did. But kidding aside, nursing is a messy job. Your patients are messy. Your clothes can get messy. Heck, blood can even be spurted on your face. No kidding! It's not for the faint of heart. So if you care too much about having your hands clean, your hair combed straight and etc all the time, I don't know if you'll enjoy nursing..

If you said "yes" to all three questions, then maybe you'll like it! :yeah:So brace yourself, it's not going to be a joy ride. :no: There are plenty of good nursing schools out there who'll welcome you with open arms. But once in, prepare to be driven out of your wits every exams week or maybe during your clinicals. The difficulty of lessons is at par with the stuff you're used to in UP (I know coz I've also attended UP Diliman before, please don't ask me for details LOL), but the learning per se is much harder since you need to travel to provincial hospitals for your clinical duties. I wish you goodluck, and I really hope you'll think things through before enrolling in nursing school.

And oh, by the way, they weren't kidding when they say it's all freeze-hiring this and freeze-hiring that in hospitals around the Metro. So be prepared to take the blow when you do finish all the hardships of nursing school, nursing board exams, then find out you can't find a job to give you the experience that will qualify you to work as a registered nurse in the United States (if that's where you're bound in the future). I'm not telling you to give up hope, I'm just kinda giving a "summary" of things which is Philippine nursing. So again, good luck. Happy soul-searching to you...

GSG9ers · Dec 5, 2008

Well whatever path you choose will solely depend on you. May it be an architect nor a nurse. all that matters is you should love and enjoy what you do. Always keep in mind that in nursing its not just about the paycheck but the lives at stake. God Bless all filipino nurses.