WHY I QUIT NURSING?! GRWM & CAREER UPDATE | Andy and Michelle
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2022
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AS PROMISED, VIDEOS EVERY FRIDAY! This video covers why I decided to quit nursing right after I finish nursing school in January 2022. It cover personal issues I've seen and experienced as a nursing student so for those of you nursing students out there questioning your career path, YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
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Girl I applaud you for having the guts to go on a new path! Don’t give up your RN license though because nursing is much more than bedside nursing. I am and RN who got into IT and I can tell you there are so much you can do. I’m now in bioinformatics and I love it! My RN background is equally important as my CS skills. RNs rock in bioinformatics, clinical research, pharmaceutical IT, medical IT, the insurance industry and much much more. You are not just any IT professional, you are an IT professional with a specialty. And that’s so powerful in the IT field! I used to think my 4 years of undergraduate nursing education went to waste but no, it’s the foundation of my bioinformatics career!
Can’t express how true this is all is. I Just changed my career path to real estate after 20+ years of nursing and my family thinks I’m having a midlife crises. It’s just not for me any more. I did nursing for money, the passion I once had is gone after dealing with what comes with nursing. The stress, the disrespect, the work overload, the hours. Just not worth it to me. Good for you❤❤❤
Being an Asian, I totally agree with what you mentioned. People including our parents always tell us to be a doctor, engineer, scientist and so on.
This is how I felt when I didn’t want to become a nurse. My mom is an ICU nurse since she was 18 and she’s very passionate about it. She was very disappointed to hear and watch me pursue a different path, but I’m glad I did. Always do what feels right and is best for you! ❤ Good luck. 😊
As a student nurse and a PCT. I will be forever thankful to the nurses and supportive staffs on my unit. It honestly feel good to go into work knowing that as an aid I am viewed as part of the team. But I do see what other units are like when I transfer my patients onto the floor and it is just so sad. Honestly, by the time I graduate i will be in nursing school for 5 years and i really hope this new generation of nurses graduating will make nursing a much more tolerable field in a prespective where no one will feel alone and have anxiety before coming to work
freshman nursing major here. it’s scary to know the horrors i might face in a clinical setting, and i hope that i still have a medical passion after my 4 years. but it’s good to know that there were others that went on a different path than me, even though we started off on the same beginning. Sometimes things do happen for a reason
This is so legit. I've been working as a registered nurse for almost 7 years now and her experience is really true. It's sad but that's the reality.
Thank you for posting this, I went through a nearly identical experience with becoming an educator and I am currently trying to find my new path. Your words were very validating and comforting. I’d love to hear more about why you chose tech, what that’s like and how you got to where you are now with career!
Michelle you are gorgeous😊 Also my mom tried to pressure me into law. She actually tried to site my “negative traits” as reasons why I should be a lawyer. She wasn’t the best mom tbh. But I fell into IT because I took a job at the Apple Store at 19. I’m now 34 and I am an IT analyst at one of the best universities in the world and I live quite comfortably. The funny thing is I am studying East Asian studies an working to get my PhD. No degree is required for this stuff. Just experience and/or certifications.
I pursued nursing and had got to junior year before i realized it wasn't something I wanted to do. I realized it when I started clinicals. The staff were awful. Some were borderline abusive. I did however remained a nurse's assistant (as I never graduated) at a hospital that was okay. I did that for awhile but realized that the pay was so bad. I could never save up as my entire paycheck basically went to groceries--that's it. I somehow ended up as a supervisor in a bakery.
wow Michelle, as a graduated nurse I felt the same hardships you did and also repositioned myself as an IT student. Thankfullly my family was so supportive and everyone told me it was not too late to go and try to make my life the way I dreamed. Now I got my first job in IT and am so looking forward to things again. Many times I told myself that I should have done this 5 years ago, exatcly like you said, but you know, part of it is forgiving your "mistakes", cause they made the person you are today.
Girl, same.
Thank you so much for this. I also come from an Asian household and share similar reasons why I wanted to become a nurse. Starting nursing school in a week, and I know in my gut I’m dreading it. There are so many doubts that I have and I feel like I am one of the weak ones. Not sure what to do because I literally have no passions for what else I want to do. Tried other things but I feel like I’m not good enough or would get bored of it later on.
Proud of you, Michelle!! Hope you find something you enjoy within IT! You're also right about nursing not being for the weak. My boyfriend is a nurse and he tells me all the stuff he goes through, and it's honestly really sad that they're not appreciated and compensated enough for what they do.
I'm currently in nursing having multiple jobs prior. Honestly, there is no perfect job out there. You'll always find co-workers and management that make life hell. Hopefully, IT and youtube work out for you.
I am also a Nurse. This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 7 months ago about self development. Now I have 702 subs and > 200 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Happy for you Michelle!!! Definitely felt the same way coming from an Asian household. But you gotta just do you <3
Thank you for making this video. I'm surrounded by people and family who are in healthcare & they love it and are successful in it, and I left like I was alone in my resentment and negative feelings towards nursing. I didn't want to disappoint my family; I felt like I had to make it work because of all the time and money I've spent in school. I've been a nurse for 4 years now, and every year I hope and pray that it will get better and it never did. I took a short break to try out a coding bootcamp and realized it wasn't for me either, so I have to return to nursing for financial reasons :( I would love to hear more about your journey into IT! Maybe it would be a good fit for me too. Feeling very lost, but this video made me feel less alone.
Yes, I totally agree with what you said about nursing because I'm going through those bad experiences myself, and it is very discouraging. I have bad charged nurses, lazy cnas, and administrators who don't care about anything but money. No matter how hard you work, they do not see your values or appreciate your hard work and that's what I see and feel everyday going into work and I hate it. I hate being there, I hate their fake attitudes and I hate how they treat their patients there too. So then i decided to quit and applied to work with children instead while still in school. Thanks Michelle for sharing your experience :) I'm glad I'm not the only one that felt this way about nursing.
I graduated in December. 3 months into nursing work life I totally understand. You need a stronger mindset and alotttttt of patience for coworkers or CNA or patients and family members.