As a nurse, would you go on for an MD?

[PopeJane3rd]

If you're a nurse and work closely with MD's would you want to go on to further your education and get an MD license? There is more pay and you already pretty much know human anatomy, diseases, medications and clinical skills that you could do well in Medical School. Plus the hospital you work at may have a tuition reimbursement. When you're a doctor you call all the shots and like I've said you make more money as well.

[anurseuk]

I have no desire to be a Dr... that's why I'm a nurse. I hate when people assume that nurses want to be dr's... I'm happy to persue a career as a nurse:)

[nursesail]

No, I don't think so unless I decided to do it to teach MD's. Then I would make them the floor like we do before they graduate.

[lamazeteacher]

Too old, but if I could, I would want to be a radiologist. That would be my calling.

In 1957, when I went into Nursing we were given exhaustive aptitude tests before being accepted into a hospital 3 year program. I wonder if that would have uncovered your true calling?

Of course radiology has changed so much in the past few decades, that what is now being done has no relationship to 1957 radiology. It is a very exciting field. I was impressed recently when I had an upper barium study done, that the physician administered it.