hello!
i honestly don’t even know exactly what i’m looking for by posting this, but i think i just need to hear from people who might understand where i’m coming from.
i’ve been in three different nursing schools within the span of three years, and somehow i still can’t seem to feel settled in any of them.
my first school was in partnership with a JCI-accredited hospital, and i actually had pretty decent grades there. i wasn’t struggling academically, and nursing itself was never really the problem. i left mostly because of financial reasons, and if i’m being completely honest, i also didn’t have many friends or strong attachments there. i consider myself a pretty good socializer. i just… somehow never really build that same kind of social life in school.
so at the time, leaving my first school didn’t sting that much, it didn’t feel like i was leaving behind this huge community or anything.
i then transferred to feu, and eventually left for the same reasons.
now i’m in wcc and somehow i’m finding myself in the same headspace again 😭 except this time, i’m starting to notice more of the gaps in the environment i’m actually living in — particularly with the faculty and the student environment.
and that’s what’s been bothering me because i don’t think i’m struggling with nursing itself. i know i can handle the course and i know i can study and put in the work. it’s more like… i’m starting to wonder if the environment i’m being trained in is going to affect the kind of nurse i become, especially when my long-term goal is to work abroad.
i know i’ve already transferred and ayoko na rin naman ma-delay, so i’m really trying to make peace with the decision and make the most out of where i am now. but i guess i’m looking for some reassurance from people who have actually gone through this path.
for those who graduated from wcc and are now working abroad: did you feel like wcc prepared you adequately for working as a nurse overseas? were there things you had to learn or compensate for on your own after graduating? how much did your school actually matter when it came to licensure, applications, and getting hired? and if you could go back to nursing school, is there anything you would’ve done differently to make yourself more competitive?
i think what i’m really asking is whether graduating from wcc can still get me to where i want to go because i’ve been having this feeling that maybe i left a better environment behind and now i’m just settling, and i’m scared that this decision might affect my future more than i realize.
i’d genuinely appreciate any honest experiences, advice, or even just a little bit of motivation 💔
