Hello everyone! I have only posted here once before, but I am happy to say that I have successfully completed the first few goals in my original post. At the age of 16, I passed my GED with flying colors (I was home-schooled prior to that) and I have been in college for 2 months.
I will be 17 in January, and I plan on (somewhat) pursuing the aforementioned plan located in my other post. In case you would rather not shuffle through my profile in an attempt to find it, I will summarize what I wrote. :) After getting my GED and attending college, I wanted to obtain my ADN > BSN > MD. My plan has been altered slightly. I still would like to go the route of ADN > BSN > MD, but while in school for my BSN, I would like to minor (perhaps double-major) in Biochem.
I do have a few concerns though. As I watch my mother finish her BSN, I have realized that I love what nursing entails. I would thoroughly enjoy direct patient care, hands-on work, and general nursing duties. However, I also love what medicine has to offer. I like the idea of diagnosing, and generally controlling the route of patient care. It is a bit hard to imagine being a nurse, and being out-of-control of something I see unfit. Is there something between these two fields? Something with a bit more control than an RN, but still involving bedside care?
I am not sure if this is worth mentioning, but I have two "go-to" fields: Emergency Medicine and Global Health. The former is my practical choice, but the latter is something that I am passionate about.
