Why nursing?

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Hi, I am a student waiting to get into a nursing program. I thought nursing was a good job to have because of the high demand, pay, and hours. What I have been reading on other posts is making me believe otherwise. Now, I am questioning if nursing is the right career choice for me. My question to nurses is why they like or dislike their job?

Thanks everyone!!!

1. I love helping people

2. I like to solve puzzle's and figuring out why certain things effect others

3. I feel like I was always taking care of family or friends who are sick

4. Job stability

5. And of course if I didn't say the money I'd be lying! :)

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1. I love the adrenaline rush. (desk jobs and same-old-routine jobs just don't cut it for me)

2. I love helping others and feeling needed.

3. I love the challenge and mystery and the fact that you can learn something new from just about every patient.

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1. I've always wanted to be a nurse - I'm fascinated with how the human body works

2. I love the satisfaction I feel when I help someone

3. I love the fact that I don't have to do the same thing every day for the rest of my life, I can branch out and do all sorts of things.

Wow....that actually got me pumped, I can't wait to finish school!!

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This is my first post and I was just wondering why other people chose nursing. I'm going to be a junior nursing student and I'm worried that I may have chosen the wrong profession. I'm just curious as to why other people are confident in their choice to become a nurse and if anyone else has had doubts along the way.

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I have been working as a tech for some time and fell in love with the career, I can't wait to be an RN! Have you thought about trying that for a while? It gives you a lot of insight.

Really better to realize it now than! I have also heard from some that are nurses say they hated nursing school but love being a nurse....

Good luck!

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Nursing because---did not have enough money to go to Medical school and I did not want to take lots of loans, and it takes way too long to complete medical school. There are so many people I know that their goal was to be a doctor, but the reasons mentioned above changed their mind. Anyway, both nurses and doctors take care of their patients... so why not nursing. :) You can always aim higher later on.

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I also wanted to go to med school but instead decided to do nursing for now. I am planning on working my way up to NP or maybe going to med school in the future. I love helping people and have been volunteering in nursing homes since I was in elementary school.

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Pmusicinhamony said:
I also wanted to go to med school but instead decided to do nursing for now. I am planning on working my way up to NP or maybe going to med school in the future. I love helping people and have been volunteering in nursing homes since I was in elementary school.

Hey...that is my exact plan.

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I would rather help people navigate through this crazy healthcare system, and that can't really be done as a doctor. A doctor is stuck in his or her specialty after putting so much time and money, but in nursing, you have more flexibility to go into whatever niche you want to get into. More and more, I am getting interested in case management. That's one way of arranging for resources.

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healthstar said:
Hey...that is my exact plan.

Where are you going to school?

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kml527 said:
This is my first post and I was just wondering why other people chose nursing. I'm going to be a junior nursing student and I'm worried that I may have chosen the wrong profession. I'm just curious as to why other people are confident in their choice to become a nurse and if anyone else has had doubts along the way.

Do I have doubts? Plenty! Originally I wanted to be an MD, but after my freshman year of college, I figured I really should like biology and chemistry at least a little bit more; I hated those subjects. And I got C's in them so I figured I'd screwed over all chances of med school anyway. I discovered public health and looooved it, so I made that my major.

Public health was great, but I didn't feel challenged. I learned a lot, but it was more skill-based than knowledge-based. I wanted to feel challenged. I had a few friends who were nursing majors and I just kept thinking, "I can do that." I started looking into it and the more I looked, the more I liked. I realized that as a nurse, I could still work in public health, but I would know more of what I was talking about. How could I be a public health educator on AIDS or TB if I'd never seen anyone with it? So I went into nursing with the idea of working in clinics abroad to help eradicate infectious diseases while being a health educator.

My doubts come into play because I've hated clinicals so far. They make me really nervous and I don't enjoy cleaning up poop or vomit or turning people or walking people. I loooove the patients, but the physical labor part just makes me uneasy. :( I still think I'll be okay in a clinic, where my patients aren't there long-term and bed-bound, but gosh, I don't know for sure!

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Specializes in Private Practice- wellness center.

Why nursing? I like the idea of BEING there for people. After taking care of my mother-in-law and father-in-law during their last days, I realized I really was cut out for this. (Although I do not necessarily believe I will go into geriatrics after those experiences.) I start my actual RN program at the end of the month and I am TERRIFIED of clinicals. However, I look at it as the chance to see what areas I will and will not want to work.

Along with helping people, I like the idea that there are SO MANY different things you can do with a nursing degree. If I really loathe working in a facility, I can become a case manager with insurance companies, or go into administration or education. There are so many possibilities...

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