Do they really look down on you...

[Hey There Elizah]

...if you go to med. school?

as of now I plan on applying to osteopathic med. schools when I am 25 (I am 20 now). I have heard from a few people that other nurses and medical professionals look down on you if you go to med. school after becoming a nurse.

Is this true?

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

I can see it happening, as another poster said that the crabs try to bring those that leave the barrel back down with them. I also think it would be nicer to have an MD that comprehends the situations of nurses...in fact, I can probably get a more accurate order transcribed. Go for it, and then, please come work at my hospital!

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

Do you care?

Lot's of people think I'm an abomination because I'm gay. I've long given up caring what people think of me. It's none of my business what they think.

How dare they...!!!! I love you and have never met you:heartbeat:nurse:

[pagandeva2000, LPN]

I've seen 2 people that got looked down on but that was their own fault. When they came through on their residency they treated the nursing staff like crap. They expected to be waited on hand and foot. They wanted everything done IMMEDIATELY even if someone else was dying. They got mad when you paged them. They seemed to have totally forgotten what it was like to be a nurse and wanted the staff to be their handmaidens.

As long as you treat everyone with respect once you leave nursing you should probably be ok.

That is probably the other aspect that some of the nurses are anticipating...former nurses who forget where they came from. And, it would make me wonder if these nurses decided to become physicians in order to give the abuse that they received. If that is why they got into medicine, then, I REALLY feel sorry for their patients.