So many nursing majors in my class!

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Hey everyone! I'm taking my prereqs, and in my sociology class, every single person in the class is majoring in nursing. There are 32 of us. Is this seriously what its like? I read things on here constantly about the field being flooded... Is it really this bad?! I've been told many of these people will end up not making it or changing their minds, but its freaking me out a little bit.

Have you experienced anything like this?

I was thinking exactly the same thing! There are so many nursing majors in my A&P 1 class, and only a limited amount of seats for the nursing program next fall. I think it's great that so many people are interested in nursing, but I have a problem with some people in my class who complain about how hard the pre-requisites are, and how much work there is, and how they're so stressed out, yet don't participate in class or do any of the work that is required. I feel like they are the type of people who think nursing is so easy and anyone can do it without having to work hard (plus they're not the friendliest people). I've heard some people in my class talking about how difficult the math aptitude test to get into our nursing program is (there's a practice test on the website, mostly conversions and word problems), but that is the kind of math that we will have to do as nurses. What are they expecting once they get into the nursing program? The last thing we need is nurses who are rude, complain, and hate their jobs because they thought it would be easy.

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Agreed! ..and (not to be mean)... we don't need idiots becoming nurses. If the prereqs are too hard, you have no business being a nurse, right?

Personally, I love the challenge of the sciences, and secretly, I wish they required a few more for prereqs. However, I'm just a glutton for punishment. :)

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Specializes in Emergency/Cath Lab.

While I paid attention, I wish I tried harder in the pre-reqs. I'm probably one of the people you think should have dropped out. I'm not in it for the calling. It's a job and at the end of a day, it's a paycheck. The worst part of my job have nothing to do with body fluids or parts or what not. Everyone has different reasons for going into it, and in the end, all that matters is you do a good safe job.

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Job market is very tough and whilst nursing is not as "guaranteed" as it use to be it is still a very solid degree to graduate with . I.e... The unemployed nursing grad is still better off than the unemployed liberal arts grad.

The popularity of nursing, accoutning, finance etc... Is not random, people know that these majors offer some of the best shots at employment post graduation . Hence how the majority of students in anatomy and phys 1 are either pre nursing or nursing majors.

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Specializes in Psych/Mental Health.

If you get A's in the classes, you will be in the top percentile regardless of what others do. If you have a good application strategy, you will get in somewhere. Don't worry about what other people do. I'd much rather see my classmates/friends in the class do well especially the ones who try hard. We helped each other out and learned a lot that way.

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The other day before A&P2 lecture I told two different women good morning and they both ignorrd me. Is this what the nursing profession is like? Are these the type of people who will be caring for the ill, because of their competitiveness they are so consumed with getting As that they forgot how to smile and treat others? Nobody smiles or seems happy to be there. I guess I am different.

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I go to a small school, which only takes 85 students per semester, out of over 300 (on average) applications. In my first semester, we lost 30% of our starting group by the end of that short time. This was the actual program though. Anyone can take the pre-reqs, but not everyone can handle the nursing program!

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I wish I could like your post 250 million times! Thank you so much for giving these people a reality check!

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My decision to become a nurse was not a heart decision. It was a logical decision. If you asked me why I did it, I would have told you point blank that I wanted stable, gainful, employment. I wanted to rise out of poverty. I remember the self-righteous judgment I received from other prerequisite nursing students. I watched them sit around and massage each others egos because nursing was their "calling." Yet I beat every last one of them into nursing school. I graduated with a 3.8 GPA and was one of the first in my class to have a new grad job before graduation.

What those other people didn't realize is that while they were talking about wanting to be a nurse, I was actually putting in the work to become a nurse. It's not warm fuzzy feelings that get you into nursing school or help you finish. It is discipline, time management, strategy, and hard work.

So stop worrying about your classmates motivations and begin worrying about your own.

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And to all of you people who think I must be miserable because I did it for stable, gainful employment:

Nursing was one of the smartest choices I made in life! I am ecstatic!

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And to all of you people who think I must be miserable because I did it for stable, gainful employment:

Nursing was one of the smartest choices I made in life! I am ecstatic!

I appreciate your input on your experience. I agree that nursing doesn't necessarily have to be a "calling". I just one day realized its what I want to do & I want to make people feel good. Financial stability definitely plays a big role though.

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Personally, as a pre-nursing student, I'm more likely to take the advice and opinions of actual nurses over the complaining of people who have yet to be accepted into a program, let alone complete one. Do I think nursing is my calling? Not a clue. My "calling" has always been to help others whether it be humans or animals. I don't want to be a vet or a physician, nurses have more patient interaction and vet techs pay is lousy. I don't think nurses are paid nearly enough, but I can live off a nurses salary rather than just volunteering somewhere to fulfill my "calling".

Just another opinion.

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Specializes in Cardicac Neuro Telemetry.
You know what though? Even though some of those people may take our spots in the nursing program all because they wanted the nursing paycheck, they are the ones who will be unhappy in the end....wait till the first time they have to wipe an ass or get puked on...it will wear them down eventually. If you don't have the heart for it...you will not last. You may stick with it...but you won't be happy!

Taking "OUR" spots? All because they wanted the nursing paycheck? Please tell me you're joking. Those spots are not reserved with your name on it. They are awarded to people who have met or exceeded the requirements. You and the OP need to do yourselves a favor and lose the elitist attitude and get a grip on reality. Dranger is right in everything he has said to the OP and people like him/her. Who are you to judge why someone chooses nursing as a career path? No one owes you an explanation as to why they want to be a nurse. If you really want to be a nurse, quit worrying about your less faithful "competition" out to take "your" spot and start focusing on yourself and your studies. In the real world, you have to compete with people for pretty much everything including jobs, awards, sports, contests, etc. Why should nursing school be any different? Given the content of your post, it almost seems implied someone such as you with such an undeniable calling shouldn't have to compete with applicants who are applying for all the wrong reasons (according to you).

I don't mean to sound rude or hateful... Believe me, I've watered my post down considerably. I just have a serious problem with the stance both you and the OP have taken regarding a calling. It is juvenile at best and presumptuous at worst.

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