Doctor Anyone?

Andoo · Jul 14, 2014

I'm am unsure about if I would want to become an MD after nursing school. In the past few months I have met some incredible doctors from all disciplines which makes me think that it would be a fun and rewarding path to take. However, currently i'm still in nursing school and it has been a crazy and amazing journey so far!

OwlieO.O · Oct 26, 2014

I've been asked if I would go on to become a physician. People say I "look like a doctor." I don't know why. Maybe it's because I'm always really pensive when I chart, haha! In nursing school I find myself wanting to go into even more depth than we do in class. For example: I'd like to explore exactly how retinopathy of prematurity can occur d/t relative hyperoxygenation. All I got out of them was "maybe free radicals." And it sounds really rewarding doing a DDx and being right.

Slowaski · Oct 27, 2014

I am actually going that route. Currently taking some prereqs for med school while waiting on my start date for BSN. I intend to take chem and physics in the summer vacation so that I can take the mcat a year after graduating from nursing ( a year because, I want to work and do some shadowing within a year). Hopefully, I will apply in 2018/2019.

tcRN2015 · Nov 13, 2014

Hey fellas,
I'm new to this site and just wanted to post this out of curiosity because it almost seems like a stigma to even mention in nursing school, anybody out there ever plan to be a doctor or ever considered it in the FUTURE (current BSN student)?

If you plan on going to med school, I will say you chose the absolute worst undergrad degree. Nursing is probably the hardest undergrad major, and as if the content wasn't more difficult, most schools have a higher grading curve as well (i.e., 92% for an A). That's not saying some nurses don't become physicians.

Guests · Nov 14, 2014

For example: I'd like to explore exactly how retinopathy of prematurity can occur d/t relative hyperoxygenation. All I got out of them was "maybe free radicals." And it sounds really rewarding doing a DDx and being right.

Sounds like you are more interested in being a research physiologist than being a nurse or a physician.

Guests · Nov 14, 2014

If you plan on going to med school, I will say you chose the absolute worst undergrad degree. Nursing is probably the hardest undergrad major

As opposed to say particle physics, quantum chemistry, or applied mathematics?

Med schools aren't looking for people excelling in easy subjects...

Nurse-Prestige · Nov 14, 2014

Between an MD and DNP, it takes about the same amount time (if your not including residency after the MD),

i recommend you go for the MD if you like the indepth medical and clinical/residency approach. I recommend you go for the DNP if you like more of the nursing clinical approach or research approach. It really depends what you have in mind.

i have known RN that went to graduate school and got their MD degree.

I also have known RN that went to graduate school and got their DNP degree.

ChooSoul · Nov 16, 2014

I think pursuing MD is more for a person's ego. I've met mean MDs. It brought me to a conclusion that they teach egotism101 and arrogance202 in med school. hey, even the physician assistants. lol I have been in several uncomfortable situations with them. I dont know why, maybe because I'm awkward?... haha

Ive meet nice physicians and nice medical students though.

I wanted to be an MD at first, when i started college but since nursing school pretty much ruined my beautiful GPA, because, A=94%. and since nursing is ever so expanding, I think I would go to grad school to study in an advanced specialty nursing.

also, because im 22 right now, im going to be kinda too old for med school. the studying for extrance exams, the waiting to be accepted in med school...

not to mention the stress... Nursing school is hell, now you want to sign up for 4 more years of hell; the sleep deprivation, the endless homeworks and all that other stuff. its probably the same in nursing grad school, but Ive always been told, MDs and nurses are like oil and water. at least in nursing grad school you kind of know what to expect and anticipate, but in medical school, you are starting over...

even after all that though, Im still open to becoming an MD, or advancing n nursing. still indecisive. Just gotta finish this undergrad nursing degree first. lol

PVCCHoo · Nov 21, 2014

^^^22 is too old for med school? Um, that is pretty much the youngest anyone else that is applying will be. Even kids that knew they wanted to go to on to MD don't always apply right after their undergrad bc they may need extra classes time to prepare for MCAT, etc.

Pink Magnolia, BSN, RN · Nov 22, 2014

I thought about becoming a doctor prior to entering nursing school, but I realized that I wanted to focus on patient care rather than medicine.

mh0712, MSN, RN · Dec 2, 2014

For me CRNA and getting my DNP is what I want; however, to me there would be nothing cooler than being an Intensivist if I went to MD school. There are some that do it, but the best medical track is probably a science degree then med school. However, if that is what you want, make it happen!

ChooSoul · Dec 3, 2014

i've heard that many MD are bitter and hate their jobs but theyve invested too much to find another career. theyre bitter cause theyve spent 3-4yrs bachelor premed then 4yrs medicine then 1-2 yrs intern then 2-4 residency (correct me if im wrong). its expensive being in school for 7-8yrs and thats a big chunk of your life. then in the internship and residency years, they dont get paid as much as an attending doctors but i heard they make at least $50k a year. some nurse may get paid more than them.

they also feel bummed when they compare themselves to their friends who did a different bachelors degree and have been making so much money since bachelors while they are still in college and training not making any money. and many had already started a family and all that stuff.