For me, college has been a mild form of torture. Now, I'm not going to sit here and complain about studying and not being able to party as much as I want and stupid things like that. You have to work hard to make it through and you have to learn to balance your social life and your academics, those are rules 1 and 2. The reason that I dislike school a bit more than most is because of my major. I'm going to let you in on a little secret...nursing school completely sucks. That is a fact agreed on by every nursing student that I know. It also doesn't help that I really don't want to be a nurse. That's not to say it's something I'm bad at, I've been holding my own throughout the years of schooling. But it's a lot easier to get through school when you enjoy what you're learning. Sometimes in my lecture halls I will look around the room and find those people (the majority of the class) who are attentively listening and hanging on the professor's every word. They're truly interested in learning about beta blockers or end-stage renal disease or whatever we're learning that day. All I can say is that I wish I was one of those people. I'd give anything to be passionate about nursing and to have a huge desire to help people and take care of people during the worst times of their lives. Unfortunately, I'm more the I-only-chose-this-career-because-I'm-likely-to-find-a-job-when-I-graduate type person. That type of person is not uncommon, especially since money makes the world go round and you only get money if you can find a decent job. But I never realized how difficult it actually is to be one of those people.
With that said, I have discovered that I thoroughly enjoy sticking people with needles and I find diseases and their effects very interesting. Passing out medications to the patients is interesting, especially when they're not just oral meds. Creams, patches, nebulizers, inhalers, injections, IV treatments, those are all more fun than just giving pills (most of the time). I haven't gotten to actually start an IV yet but I imagine that's pretty fun too, as long as you do it right. I am hoping to get to work with other populations besides the elderly in my clinical setting (they're all I've worked with so far). Also I've managed to make it through 35 hours of clinicals without having to wipe anyone's ass (thank god), but that's bound to come up.
Even with just one year left, I still have a lot to learn and a lot of clinical experience to gain. Who knows, maybe I'll end up falling in love with nursing and being super excited to graduate and get a job. Maybe...
With that said, I have discovered that I thoroughly enjoy sticking people with needles and I find diseases and their effects very interesting. Passing out medications to the patients is interesting, especially when they're not just oral meds. Creams, patches, nebulizers, inhalers, injections, IV treatments, those are all more fun than just giving pills (most of the time). I haven't gotten to actually start an IV yet but I imagine that's pretty fun too, as long as you do it right. I am hoping to get to work with other populations besides the elderly in my clinical setting (they're all I've worked with so far). Also I've managed to make it through 35 hours of clinicals without having to wipe anyone's ass (thank god), but that's bound to come up.
Even with just one year left, I still have a lot to learn and a lot of clinical experience to gain. Who knows, maybe I'll end up falling in love with nursing and being super excited to graduate and get a job. Maybe...
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