Should I become a nurse if I don't like stress?

[Jo]

Have you thought about the meaning of the word "nurse"? Most cases it means caring for someone. Nursing someone. These "someones" are injured, hurt, or dying patients. If you don't want stress - can't deal with such things - then these "someones" and their families don't need you are around.

And I doubt you can get into the more cushy jobs of nursing without paying your dues - meaning doing all that nurses do and getting experience in every aspect of nursing - including emergency rooms, ICU, etc. You will not get the cushy jobs over someone who has done all this and has seniority on you.

Your comments are all over the board. You want to "help" people but want to pick and choose who those people are - such as you don't want to help people who haven't taken care of themselves. People who take care of themselves don't need much help, do they? And you don't want shift work. Nursing is all about shift work. You are "shy and socially awkward". Nursing school will require you to give shots, enemas and do all kinds of really personal things to people. Seeing people at a very bad point in their lives. If you cannot go full on with that - with compassion - then you will not ever be a nurse. You won't get past the classes and clinicals - much less ever get or keep a job. So don't bother with the time and expense of nursing school.

You will need to find something where you do not have to deal with hurt, injured, dying people - who are in pain, scared, bleeding, vomiting. Doesn't sound like you have the compassion and caring for all that. And in nursing school - you will HAVE to do all that just to get the degree.

So you want regular hours, a job to be proud of, pays enough to support the life style you want, want to help people but not those who need much help - nursing is definitely not for you.

So take boyfriends lead - be a pharmacist or pharmacy tech. That way you are "helping" by handing out meds - but don't have to get involved with people personally.