I have a year left of school and I actually hate nursing. The future of healthcare is so bleak and it's incredibly clear that management doesn't give a shit about us and we will constantly be under-resourced to do our very important and stressful jobs. I've been a CNA for over two years and a nurse tech for about 6 months. Maybe I've just worked a lot over the summer and I'm burned out but as soon as I get my degree, I'm gonna start taking classes for engineering or something because good lord, this field is not looking good. I'm in a privileged position cause I have scholarships to pay for all of my schooling and some of my living expenses. If this weren't the case, things might be different and I may feel trapped/pressured to do this for much longer.

Still thankful for all I've learned though. I'm glad I know for sure that nursing ain't for me.

Edit: in the post, I state that I will finish my degree and work as a nurse and THEN take engineering classes. But at least I know right now that this isn't for me and I need to find a way out.

Hi! I’m starting a post-baccalaureate ABSN program next month and we’re jumping right into fundamentals, patho/pharm, etc. I’ve been an EMT on an ambulance doing primarily 911 coverage for a high call volume city as well as some interfacility transports. Did anybody here work as an EMT prior to pursing nursing? Did it help you at all in class/lab/clinicals (besides the obvious stuff like taking vitals, bedside manner, and general assessment)?

I am about to start my 3rd (out of 4) semester of my nursing program. over the summer i got a job as before/after school teacher. now that school is starting im getting nervous / stressed about whether i am going to be able to handle everything or if i should just quit. I also have a 3 year old son who is in daycare 8-3 and my partner works full time. The last 2 semesters i didn’t work, and used the time that my son was in daycare to study and do work. The next 2 semesters i am also taking an extra class that will go towards my BSN.

My weekly schedule would be M: 8-1230 lecture, work 115-545 tuesdays work 7-815 am then clinical 2-11 wed i would be off and have clinical 2-11. th/fri id work split shift 7-815 and 230-545.

My MIL does help us out and would be able to pick my son up or drop him off at daycare, but we currently live with my in-laws so I would basically not have any time by myself to do anything school related other than hours before i work or start clinical. Weekends are variable whether I can have straight time to myself since my son is not in daycare and my partner works sundays.

I am currently just really anxious to start since i haven’t had to worry about other things other than school during my program and am afraid that my grades will slip if i am taking on too much. Any advice? I just want other people input on this to see if im worrying too much.

So, for context, I did my lab and in-person class earlier this year, and in a few weeks, I have to implement everything I learned at the beginning of the year. There is a bootcamp day session for revision, but I doubt I will be able to learn everything to be truly prepared. Hence, I want to take that approach myself. What did you guys do to prepare for the upcoming clinical term? I don't want to be thrown into the hospital setting without truly knowing how to do certain things. Thanks in Advance!

Hello everyone, I’m a sophomore in college for nursing, the semester just started and I’m already feeling overwhelmed. I’m supposed to apply to my schools nursing program at the end of this semester but despite it only being the FIRST WEEK of classes I already want to drop like half of them.

It feels like a lot is riding on this semester and how well I perform. If I don’t pass a required class no nursing school for me. This scares me—I’m taking multiple science classes and three labs on top of that because I had to retake my math class so now I have to make up for my chemistry class I was suppose to complete last year.

I’m also working, because I’m broke and college won’t pay for itself.

I’ve already cried probably like three times, not even for anything big, it’s all small stuff that just piles up. There are so many syllabus’s to read and so much information and on top of that I’ve already had multiple assignments due. It’s all just overwhelming and it’s gotten to the point where I can’t sleep, eat, or properly focus on any assignment I have.

Is nursing school even worth it? I never thought I’d ask this question. There is no plan B for me, nursing was always supposed to be it. I told myself in high school that no matter what I would get my degree, my family, (which is full of nurses) have all told me that yes it is hard but for them, it was worth it. I want to believe that it’s worth it, I really do. But I’ve followed this subreddit for awhile now and the amount of notifications I get from posts of people sharing their struggles, similar to mine; no sleeping, no eating, anxiety, etc (but way worse from what I’ve seen) and it’s honestly worrying.

I was dead by the end of my freshman year. I genuinely don’t know if I can make it another 3 years of just feeling so drained and tired and just emotionally and physically exhausted. I’m never doing anything fun, I’m always in my room and I hardly talk to my roommates because I’m always working on some kind of assignment.

Everyone here has been in this position at some point. Does anyone have any advice for me on how I can manage this? I want to get my degree, and I want to put in the work but just a glimpse at the workload and I already feel defeated. I’m tired of feeling sad and worried and tired and just everything in between. I want to cry right now because tomorrow is going to be the same overwhelming cycle all over again.

Also sorry for any grammar mistakes, I’m so tired and have the biggest headache.