Ditching NP school for MD?

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I am currently 25 years old beginning NP school. Debating whether financially speaking I should start medical school at 26 years vs staying NP. Any thoughts?

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That is the catch. NP schooling is built upon someone elses training and experience. There is no effort to fill in the blanks. They fall even behind PA programs in that respect.

Felix, can you expand on this comment?

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Felix, can you expand on this comment?

Med School & PA school hire people off the street assuming they know basic sciences and general education. They TEACH them everything, especially clinical knowledge.

NP schools assume you have enough knowledge and experience as a nurse. Those programs, therefore, concentrate more on nursing theory, change of role and legal requirements of the state, rather than intensity of knowledge.

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Med School & PA school hire people off the street assuming they know basic sciences and general education. They TEACH them everything, especially clinical knowledge.

NP schools assume you have enough knowledge and experience as a nurse. Those programs, therefore, concentrate more on nursing theory, change of role and legal requirements of the state, rather than intensity of knowledge.

Felix, thank you for answering so quickly. Was this your experience in NP school? I have lots of suggestions for improving NP education, but I can't go as far as your last sentence. If that is what your program did, it's quite unfortunate.

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Well nothing like going back to school and redoing Calculus, Organic chem, physics, studying for the MCAT, doing eight more years of school and residency followed by crippling student loans.

Both parents are physicians, I was premed in 97 and one summer I went home and told dad that was my choice of degrees (was going to do biology or liberal arts (yea its possible). My dad asked me to come to his office, opened a check, told me he billed 700$ for services that cost him around 200$ in supplies and rest time, he got around 15$ for a two hours. He and my mom talked me out of it. Sadly I took it as no healthcare for me...till I figured out nursing 13 years later. There are more positives in the world of NP. I am probably one person that goes against the grain when it comes to autonomy (against it for the most part), but NP gives you much more flexibility when it comes to relocating and practicing. You can always be a nurse on the floor.

A PA will never have autonomy and when the doctor is having a bad day....well your not getting paid. You can't float around state to state if you want to move c/o a provider being attached to.

MD/DO you still have to go through credentialing which can take six months each state. Its never easy starting over.

Nursing...well you want to go somewhere...apply online go get a floor job till you find something in the NP world then go back at it.

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