text: career help? i am a pre-nursing major at gvsu. when i first had interest in the nursing field, i did my research, job-shadowed, and loved it. but now that the time is dragging on, my interest has fizzled, and i'm scared that it's not for me. i'm having major doubts. all of my peers seem so sure in their career choice, and they love what they're doing. my biggest fear is ending up doing something i hate for the rest of my life. that's what happened to several of my family members. so now i feel like i'm really in a pickle, and i don't know what i should do. if there are any nurses out there that find this question, why do you love what you do? any regrets? actually, comments from anyone are appreciated. if you are far into the program, i would stick it out and finish it up.  nursing careers can take a lot of directions.  a lot of nurses who decide they aren't interested anymore in hands-on nursing go into management, training, or even research fields.  there are also a whole huge number of nurses doing jobs other than nursing because they've become disenchanted with the pay and working conditions in our current healthcare morass.  which is to say that a nursing degree tells employers that while you may be trained as a nurse, you are educated, you are trainable, you have certain transferable skills, etc.  if you are still early in your program - maybe different.  in that case you may want to do a quick gut check and maybe change direction before you get too far invested.  a career or guidance counselor may be able to help you.  if nothing else you may want to switch to a liberal arts type of program that gets you a general degree and doesn't lock you into a field.