RN to MD programs?

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hi everybody,

I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of an RN to MD program. My friend says there is such a thing, but she does not know which school offers it.

Thanks for your help

There are none.

Just as there are no dental hygiene to DDS.. no rad tech to radiologist..

Nursing is nursing, medicine is medicine. Sure our paths are quite similar, we have the patient in mind, both need A&P, micro.. but it's not the same when you boil it down.

Now, there are some universities in the states that are adopting programs that combine the undergraduate with medical degree..

7-Year BS/MD Degree with UMDNJ/NJMS

But that's keeping the same college major - medicine.

I know 2 RN's who went to medical school, and felt they had the upper hand in some aspects, and in others "dog tailed it between their legs" because they thought they knew better and turns out they didn't.

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Specializes in ER.

The program in Antigua is for RN's and it IS an RN to MD program, it only takes 3 years if you have a BS in Nursing. I have a co-worker who is enrolled in that program. I don't know how it will be when she applies for residency, but I went to their web-site and they have a bunch of alumni who are currently practicing medicine in USA. You don't have to be there for the full 3 years. You go there for a month, come back home and go back only to take the tests, until you're done with the basic sciences (basically PRe-med courses) then you have to back for the clinicals and stay there until you're done. Then pass the 3 tests of the USMLA and you're done. CHeck it out. I considered it, but I have a one year old and a three year old, so won't be for now.

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hi everybody,

I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of an RN to MD program. My friend says there is such a thing, but she does not know which school offers it.

Thanks for your help

Yes. It's called Med school.

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No need to be snarky. She just wanted information not your first born.

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

I recently learned that there are some MD to RN programs. Recently worked with a nurse who had gone through one of those programs.

Azure College, FL - MD to RN - ASN Degree - Foreign Grad MD Program

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I recently learned that there are some MD to RN programs. Recently worked with a nurse who had gone through one of those programs.

Azure College, FL - MD to RN - ASN Degree - Foreign Grad MD Program

The grammar in the description of the program is atrocious.

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Specializes in burn ICU, SICU, ER, Trauma Rapid Response.

Ya, you are right. I just posted that link in case anyone didn't believe me that such a program existed. The RN I worked with who did MD to RN attended a MD to RN program at a public Florida university but I don't remember the name of the school.

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Hi Everyone,

Upon reading the posts, I found that Florida International University (FIU) has a program for foreign trained physicians to become nurses, but haven't seen anything for the reverse.

"Rarely do you hear about physicians returning to school to become nurses, but 32 foreign-educated doctors recently graduated with a bachelor of science in nursing from a unique education program at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami."

The full article about the program can be found at this url: M.D.-to-RN Program Offers Second Chance at Caring - NurseZone

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