Spending time in these communities most days and there are multiple threads running through, isn't the same as it was 10 yrs ago. Nursing students talking about quitting before finishing the prog/new grads burning out in the first yr or say CNAs who came in wanting to ladder up to RN, deciding the path isn't what they thought it would be. Yes the profession is harder in real ways than it was when graduating around 2013, but the vol of it is different now it's hitting people earlier than it used to. Back then the stress was about getting through boards and landing a first job. Now the question is mostly around whether this is even the right path. For those who are in it right now what is actually driving it?   submitted by   /u/stephydreamer [link]   [comments]