OOOOk. So I've been "browsing" through this site for quite a bit now and it's starting to annoy me that one day I'm dead serious about studying to become a nurse and another day I start doubting my choice. My class registration date is tomorrow and I'm planning on taking pre-req classes for the nursing program at my community college. I think I'm dreading the nursing school more than the career itself because I can see myself as a nurse even after doing numerous researches on nursing and knowing what it takes to work as a nurse. I know it's not a pretty job, but I still can see myself as a nurse. The problem is, I do not want to go through nursing school. UHHHHGGGG!!!!! :rotfl: It's not because it's nursing, but it's because it's SCHOOL! Writing papers and doing research projects! I don't mind reading and taking tests though. I would love to learn about the human body, diseases, etc and take notes and study them, but I hate writing with a passion. Now don't tell me "Well, other career is no different, you still have to study your butt of" because NO it will not be the same as nursing school. Nothing is LIKE nursing school and I do know that other careers need dedication and hard work in school. Also, nursing school will take so much of my time, sitting through lectures and doing labs and clinicals. I also need to work while going to school and it's tiring me out already just typing about it. Ok, I'm starting to worry as I'm making this thread. Will I like dealing with sick people all the time and sticking needles into them and seeing blood? But I would love to assess people and give them what they need. Uhhg. I've thought about other careers, but nothing beats the nursing salary and job security. I'm sorry, but I have to think about these things too. I need money to live, sadly. I am a compasionate person who cries when I see a person in horrible condition, but will this help me get through nursing school? I'm not going into nursing to make it my lasting career. I'm going in just for a couple of years and then I'm going to start looking into starting a business. I don't know. I don't know if I will even enjoy nursing. Maybe if I was going into a different career I won't consider dropping out of it in a couple of years to start something else. See what I do? How I go from nursing to something else? Well, my ultimate goal is to start a business I want to be my own boss. If I was your family member and just told you all this, what would you say to me? I've actually asked my parents to suggest a different career for me, but that did not work out. Do you guys have any suggestions for me? Seriously, if there was something else that pays as much as nursing right after school, I would go into it. If I like the career. Just throw out a couple of other careers and if I don't find them appealing, I'm going into nursing! :balloons:
Your attitude toward nursing does concern me at bit. You definately need to shadow a nurse for a day or two. Regardless, if you don't have a passion (or at least some overriding goal for your career) for nursing, you may not make it in school. It's not that the work is incredibly hard, but nursing school is stressful and it will push you in ways that you can't imagine. If I didn't have a goal about where I am going with my nursing career, I would have dropped out a long time ago. I'm not trying to discourage you; just be aware that there are easier ways to make a lot of money for a few years.
That being said, if you are passionate about starting your own business, have you considering combining nursing and business? There are a lot of options for nurse entrepreneurs! It sounds as though you are still quite young, and you have a lot of time to make up your mind. As someone else mentioned, pray about it!
I've prayed about it, but I haven't been getting any answers so I gave up, which is bad. I thought there were times when I had received signs and that I should go for those careers and when they ended up not being what I thought they would be, I felt like I'm coming back to where I've started, NOWHERE. Then my mom told me about nursing and that is when I switched my educational goal, but I'm constantly wondering if there is something else that I could do. After numerous, I mean NUUMMEERROUSS researches, I find that there is nothing that I could do except nursing. I know I know, there really is not a single thing that you can do instead???? NOTHING. I've thought about all sorts of things and yet I always came back to nursing. I think I would enjoy nursing, but I'm not sure. But there is nothing else for me to do. I don't want to go to a four year college and major in something. I have no interest. I'm not saying that I don't have any insterest at all, I am young and I have a passion to do something great in life, but I want to do what I would enjoy doing, which is owning a business. But before I can do that, I have to have a career and make money. That's where nursing comes in. I've chose nursing as my career like what I've stated in my above posts and I am going to study hard and work hard and make sure no patient suffers due to my actions but I feel like I'm wasting a part of my youth studying to become a nurse and working as a nurse to make money to own a business. I love the business part though. I also hate the fact that my friends are all at four year universities, studying to major in something which will help them succeed in their careers which they have chosen to do because obviously that's what they want to do for I'm guessing the rest of their lives and here I am, attending a community college to become something which I'm not that excited about (no offense to any ADN nurses :) ). And nursing school is going to be hard and stressful and take a lot of my time. It seems like the things that I want to do in life do not make sense becuase I would be a bum if I choose those careers. I wanted to become a pastry chef and actually looked into culinary schools, but they want me to cough up over 15k to attend. Not worth the salary that I will be making. I wanted to open up a bakery shop later and all, but yea, did not work out. The career that I want to have will allow me to be my own boss, use my creativity and be hands on with everything. And make a lot of money while doing it :rotfl: Whew ok thanks for listening.
Oh, and I also envy the fact that my friends (except those who are studying to become doctors) won't have to deal with bodily fluids, smells, etc and not work around ill patients. That's not very pretty :uhoh21: Nursing will allow me to make over 50k a year right out of school where I live so I'm grabbing onto that and heading in to nursing. Hopefully I won't give up while in school and hopefully I will really really like nursing afterall. I don't hate nursing completely right now so I guess that is a plus. I love the medical side of things, but again nursing is not a pretty career and I'm sure you guys would agree with me on this one.
Oh, and I also envy the fact that my friends (except those who are studying to become doctors) won't have to deal with bodily fluids, smells, etc and not work around ill patients. That's not very pretty :uhoh21: Nursing will allow me to make over 50k a year right out of school where I live so I'm grabbing onto that and heading in to nursing. Hopefully I won't give up while in school and hopefully I will really really like nursing afterall. I don't hate nursing completely right now so I guess that is a plus. I love the medical side of things, but again nursing is not a pretty career and I'm sure you guys would agree with me on this one.
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Hello Browsing:
You need to really think about your career. If you love business then do business.
Nursing is taking care of a human life. Nursing as career the money looks nice, but if you hurt someone lawsuit, loss of licensure, and jail would be the career . Nursing is not for everyone mostly not for the money.
God does not anwer when we want but right on time .
You think I would kill someone just because I'm not as determined as some others to become a nurse??
and I did do some readings on nurses who incorporated business into their careers and I am not interested in donig that at all. If I do start a business, it would have nothing to do with nursing, but who knows.
I know I should pray, but I just can't get myself to do that. I want to, but I don't. I don't think I will completely hate nursing when I do start school, which will hopefully be in about a year so I have some hope in that it won't be that bad for me. Did any of you guys feel this way before starting school? Like, it feels like I will be giving away two years of my life to the devil :rotfl: I have mixed feelings about this one. I think I'll like nursing, but I don't think I will. And I do not want to shadow a nurse because of reasons that I do not want to explain. I wish my parents were filthy rich so I can study whatever that pleases me, but that's not the case and I have to make a living for myself and I am looking forward to being financially independent. I also wish that I had a talent or some kind of a skill, like in piano, dancing or singing or all of them and fall on that for a career. I was musically talented and learned instruments really quickly and did play the piano and the flute and I wish that I would've kept playing them and tone my skills, but things did not go that way. Forget the flute though, I loved playing the piano and I'm hopping that I can start getting lessons again just for the fun of it. I know a girl who's going to school for flute and another girl for violin. Lucky them. What do people who don't have talent in anything like me do for a living? I do have talent in some things but they don't count because they're too generalized and I can't make them specific enough to use it to have an awesome career. Oh my how depressing. Thanks for listening again. I think I'm going to like cry now.
You think I would kill someone just because I'm not as determined as some others to become a nurse??
and I did do some readings on nurses who incorporated business into their careers and I am not interested in donig that at all. If I do start a business, it would have nothing to do with nursing, but who knows.
I know I should pray, but I just can't get myself to do that. I want to, but I don't. I don't think I will completely hate nursing when I do start school, which will hopefully be in about a year so I have some hope in that it won't be that bad for me. Did any of you guys feel this way before starting school? Like, it feels like I will be giving away two years of my life to the devil :rotfl: I have mixed feelings about this one. I think I'll like nursing, but I don't think I will. And I do not want to shadow a nurse because of reasons that I do not want to explain. I wish my parents were filthy rich so I can study whatever that pleases me, but that's not the case and I have to make a living for myself and I am looking forward to being financially independent. I also wish that I had a talent or some kind of a skill, like in piano, dancing or singing or all of them and fall on that for a career. I was musically talented and learned instruments really quickly and did play the piano and the flute and I wish that I would've kept playing them and tone my skills, but things did not go that way. Forget the flute though, I loved playing the piano and I'm hopping that I can start getting lessons again just for the fun of it. I know a girl who's going to school for flute and another girl for violin. Lucky them. What do people who don't have talent in anything like me do for a living? I do have talent in some things but they don't count because they're too generalized and I can't make them specific enough to use it to have an awesome career. Oh my how depressing. Thanks for listening again. I think I'm going to like cry now.
I've read all of your posts and those of the other members. From what I've read, I gather that you're freaked out about the work of nursing school and VERY concerned about the money. Two or three years of studying is nothing for the money that nursing pays (though, we should be paid more). I don't think you should do nursing for the money, though. You should really love nursing if you are going to get a job in it. From the sound of your posts, I can assume that you're very young and you seem to be looking for a really good paying job with out all of the studying, hard work and is fairly easy money...I've got one for you: Exotic Dancer.
Bottom line: You don't seem ready for nursing school.
I don't think I will completely hate nursing when I do start school, which will hopefully be in about a year so I have some hope in that it won't be that bad for me. Did any of you guys feel this way before starting school? Like, it feels like I will be giving away two years of my life to the devil I have mixed feelings about this one. I think I'll like nursing, but I don't think I will. And I do not want to shadow a nurse because of reasons that I do not want to explain.
You seem very confused. When I find myself having to make a decision, I stop, write a list of pros and cons and then make a decision. Some of the suggestions given here by others are very sensible and you ought to think about them. Working in a nursing facility is a good idea, because it gives you a taste of the work, but the ability to walk away if it isn't right for you.
Studying for nursing is a necessity - you can't avoid nursing school to become a nurse - fact. The skills you will gain in nursing school will be used throughout your career - critical thinking, analysis, research - they are not just an academic exercise. Your opinion of nursing seems to be a quick way to make a buck - sorry, if this is the impression you have, you are very wrong. Go and work in a nursing facility and you will see why you need to go to nursing school.
You could do with some sound careers advice - do they have careers advisers in the US? Go and see one quickly - it is never too late to change career if you are in the wrong one - but you will make yourself miserable if you are in nursing for the wrong reasons...
It sounds like you are still in high school (correct me if I'm wrong) and still living at home. If you're seriously considering nursing, go volunteer at a hospital. Then you can watch nursing in action and make a more informed decision about whether or not you want to study nursing.
When I was 18 I had no clue what I wanted to do. I wanted to take a year off before going on to college, but my parents were against that, so I went to school. I chose teaching because it was an 'easy' major, and I liked kids. I wasn't passionate about it. I spent 12 years working in a career that really was not right for me before I smartened up and realized that I really wanted to go to nursing school. To this day I wish I'd told my parents that I was taking the year off and moving out on my own. I think if I'd had more time to explore my interests I would not have chosen teaching and might have found nursing a lot sooner.
Ok, my point is that if you are having doubts, listen to your instincts. Our little nagging doubts tell us volumes about whether a situation is right for us or not. Don't be afraid to take a year off, but be prepared to get yourself a full time job of some sort to support yourself. You could work and pick up a class here and there. Try a wide varitey of subjects (art, music, theatre, math, English, history....whatever else you can think of). You may find a perfect match for yourself if you explore your options. Don't get trapped by the "I have to go to college immediately after high school" idea. You do need post-high school education eventually so you don't have to work at McDonald's for the rest of your life (unless you love that...), but it doesn't have to happen right away. If you're not passionate now about nursing, listen to that feeling. It might mean that maybe something else is a better match for you.
I don't think you should be a nurse at all. Your heart is not in it at all, and you don't sound like you possess the basic desire to care for others who are ill which is fundamental in this field. Maybe I missed it, but I never read that you like helping others, and that you are a compassionate person. Basically you are in it for the money, and I wouldn't want a nurse with that attitude caring for me. And you don't think you can deal with bodily flluids and all that? Yeah, that's a big part of the job so I think your answer is obvious. Plus, nursing has nothing to do with your ulltimate goal of owning a business. What kind of business do you want to own? People don't just want to 'own a business' they usually have a product/specialty that drives them to want to go that route. If you still ultimately want to own a bakery, then pursue something that will help you to eventually accomplish that. Most people who own businesses first started working for nearly nothing, taking the scrap jobs and putting in hard work and building on that to one day become successful. Nobody just starts out on the top like you want to do, sorry to break it to you. You sound really young and not sure of how a lot of things work in the business world. I think if that is your goal, then go to business school. If you want to own one, this will best prepare you for that. Besides, my friends who went to school for accounting, marketing, etc. make more money than nurses make. Yeah, they didn't start out on the top, they worked hard, got promoted and now make around $55K - 70K and they are only in their late 20s. Hope this helps, good luck.
Oh yea. I would LOVE to take a year off of school and just explore and live on my own. But my parents would be disappointed in me, esp. my mom. My mom is the one who wants me to go into nursing and my dad thinks I should do whatever that pleases me. But they are both concerned that I still don't know what I want I wish I can get them off my back for a year until I figure things out but oh wells. Thanks for all the advice.
You REALLY should figure out what you want before you start in pre nursing classes. I have never heard anyone have such a crappy attitude about nursing. If you truely wanted to be a nurse you would be very excited about going to school. Do you have ANY idea how hard nursing is. Are you going to be able to maintain a 4.0, you almost have to have one or very close to it to even get accepted into a nursing program. Just because you take pre nursing classes DOES NOT mean you will be accepted into a nursing program. Why waste all that time going to school and studying a good 30 hours a week, and you will have to study for hours and hours on top of hours, when you don't REALLY want to even be a nurse.
I don't know what your problem with shadowing a nurse or working in a HC setting is but If you cant even commit to do that you may as well give it up.
Yes, you will have to do gross things, smell, touch and look at gross things on a daily basis if you become a nurse. If you do end up starting school than I hope you will have a change of attitude and become a great nurse. But in my honest opinion from reading all of your post you do not have what it takes and I do not think that you should become a nurse. Sorry if the truth hurts but you better get used to it, especially if you go into nursing school. With an attitude like yours the instrustors and other students will eat you alive.
If you love business then do business. 
. Nursing is not for everyone mostly not for the money. 
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I wish I can get them off my back for a year until I figure things out but oh wells. Thanks for all the advice.
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Your attitude toward nursing does concern me at bit. You definately need to shadow a nurse for a day or two. Regardless, if you don't have a passion (or at least some overriding goal for your career) for nursing, you may not make it in school. It's not that the work is incredibly hard, but nursing school is stressful and it will push you in ways that you can't imagine. If I didn't have a goal about where I am going with my nursing career, I would have dropped out a long time ago. I'm not trying to discourage you; just be aware that there are easier ways to make a lot of money for a few years.
That being said, if you are passionate about starting your own business, have you considering combining nursing and business? There are a lot of options for nurse entrepreneurs! It sounds as though you are still quite young, and you have a lot of time to make up your mind. As someone else mentioned, pray about it!