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Should I quit nursing

So my backstory
I've always wanted to be a pediatric surgeon since I started watching greys anatomy when I was 12 years old. Ever since I have said I wanted to be a surgeon even my family says I should be one. I was going to go into biomedical biology at university bcause I am interested in it a lot and especially biology, however, I got accepted into Nursing the 4 year degree it is just taking place at college. I am now on my 5th day of class and I am depressed and don't like my classes and they are soooo hard, I have so many presentations and projects already and I can do assignments and essays but when you have to do group work or present infront of the class I get bad anxiety. I know it has only been a few days but I've done college before so I know how to time manage and I know the school so i dont know if I should leave because shouldnt I be happy in the program, I mean others in it are stressed and anxious but happy and i'm not. I think it is because I am more into biology and science than psychology and such. The only thing I like about the nursing is the anatomy class. I don't know what to do, if I should try to do the semester, if I should take a year to find myself because I don't know who I am anymore or what I want. Being a surgeon has been in my head for so long I've lost who I am. I don't want to be a nurse btw I am doing it for medical school and as a back up job. So what do I do, complete the semester, quit and take a gap year (I did pre health so basic sciences in college 1 yr already btw) or apply for Biomedical Biology at university for January?????????
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TexChik · F
If you want any chance of getting into medschool you had better grab this semester’s work by the neck and kick ass! If you quit you will guarantee that medschools wont consider you. They want to see hard , exemplary work and they want to read glowing recommendations by your instructors. So you made a bad choice and went nursing instead of premed . So what ? It may just give you insight into what nurses do and be one of those rare physicians that appreciates them ! If you can’t handle nursing you won’t be able to handle premed . College isn’t about getting to take only what interests you ...you have to attack things you feel are a waste of time and do well in spite of how you feel about it . That displays your dedication and drive , and most importantly... self discipline. You’ll need all of that in medschool. So take this opportunity to display some self discipline, embrace your current course load , and in December, meet with your counselor and change your degree plan . When they look
at you transcript and see how good a student you are ... they will work it out for you . Knowledge is knowledge.., get on it! 😉