Do any of you think about going to med school?

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No, hint I'm on allnurses.com. I always wanted to be a nurse. If you want to be a MD go do that and stay off of nursing fourms. Stop stirring the pot by asking this trolling question that is asked time and time again on this site.I'm sick of it. This website is call all nurses not all doctors. Nurses Rock!!!!!

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Stop stirring the pot by asking this trolling question that is asked time and time again on this site.I'm sick of it.

It's not trolling. Go take a zofran if you're sick.

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No, hint I'm on allnurses.com. I always wanted to be a nurse. If you want to be a MD go do that and stay off of nursing fourms. Stop stirring the pot by asking this trolling question that is asked time and time again on this site.I'm sick of it. This website is call all nurses not all doctors. Nurses Rock!!!!!

I'm in nursing program. If you are sick of it then just block me and don't read my posts. Have a nice day.

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Long story short. A life incident inspired me to study to become someone in a medical field and I thought about becoming a surgeon but I underestimated myself too much and I chose nursing. I know that doing well with nursing school doesn't mean I will do well with med too school but becoming a surgeon has been on my mind all the time and I just can't help stop thinking about going to a med school.

OP I can understand where you're coming from.

I absolutely hated nursing whilst doing my degree. My highschool grades were perfect and I could have gone straight into a Bachelor Medicine/Surgery. At the time of high school graduation I had my heart set on moving to Ireland and buying a bar though. I fell into nursing, originally applying for a midwifery only degree because I had read a midwifery textbook and thought it looked interesting (Australian universities offer it), then switching to the dual degree before opting for the straight nursing degree after finishing 2nd year nursing so that I could start working sooner. Up until the final semester of my final year I was pretty dead set on going on to a medical degree after graduation. The final placement was 10 weeks on a general medical ward and, for the first time, I had the chance to really work with my patients, day-in-day-out, and actually provide some continuity of care. All of a sudden I developed a passion for nursing (which rather took me by surprise).

Now that I have been a registered nurse for over 4 years, I have come to realise that a nursing degree can take you so many places (I have now worked in 3 different countries) but still allows you to have a life. I am passionate about providing high quality, safe etc etc patient care... but I also love that, at the end of my shift, I can walk away from the hospital and that's pretty much the end of the story.

In my nursing experience, I have learnt that nursing care is 'around the clock' and if you perform your job effectively (and nothing untoward has gone wrong and you haven't forgotten anything etc) then you can handover to the following shift and your responsibilities have effectively ended. I know that the doctors I work with do not have that luxury!

There are so many different places you can take your nursing degree. But, if you do decide to move on to medicine, you may also find the knowledge very useful. It's also helpful to know what the patient experience is like so that, as a doctor, you will be aware of a lot more things earlier (I.e. what to do so that the nurses don't have to page you every 5 minutes) :-)

Also, nursing and medicine/surgery are completely different jobs. There's a reason that multidisciplinary teams exist - so that different sides of the professions have input. *As you said* Just because you are successful in nursing does not mean you will be successful in medicine.

TLDR: go with your heart, but give nursing a shot if you have already started - you might be surprised and find your passion.

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My whole life before college I wanted to be an OB/GYN. I went to college for premed and I couldn't pass calculus to save my life. Back then we didn't have YouTube and khan academy to help us out, so I dropped my dream. Now I'm in my late 30s in nursing school to eventually become a midwife. I love midwifery with a passion. I cannot wait to be at the finish line!

But I do often think of my dream to be a dr. Even more so now that I'm almost done with nursing school. Could I do it? Sure. I'm sure at my age I can accomplish anything I set my heart to. But do I want to spend God knows how long suffering with school-induced anxiety? Put my family through even more years of living hell while I strive for my old dream? Probably not. Lol! But I can't lie, I think of it a lot and I think if I was single and childless I probably would be insane enough to go for it. I would give nursing a chance if I were you, but if you cannot get it out of your mind and heart, and you know you will push through to the end, then I say go for it.

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No, hint I'm on allnurses.com. I always wanted to be a nurse. If you want to be a MD go do that and stay off of nursing fourms. Stop stirring the pot by asking this trolling question that is asked time and time again on this site.I'm sick of it. This website is call all nurses not all doctors. Nurses Rock!!!!!

Wow, really? It's obvious that some people can relate to the OP by some of the responses. Maybe someone's story can help him decide which direction to lean towards. If he went to an MD forum, he may not get advice from a nursing perspective.

OP, I've thought about it but I already have children. By the time I reap the benefits, they will be grown and I would have missed their entire childhood. If I was more serious about school when I was younger, I probably would have gone the MD route. One of the great things about nursing is the ability to change specialties, unlike an MD who would have to go back to residency if they decided they wanted to do something different.

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You can go back anytime you want! The school i go to just got approved for a Nurse Practitioners program. I think thats also a great option to further education

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Specializes in Critical Care Nurse.

I've thought about it. However I'm married with children. I wouldn't want to put my family through any more stress. Nursing school keeps me a little busy and detached from my family (I hate it). I'm ready to get done with school..... Anyway, no I doubt I'll pursue med school. I've chosen to become a NP instead. Good luck OP. It's your life do what's in your heart. You don't want to be an old man regretting that you didn't attempt to pursue your long life dream.

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I plan on going to Med School after. Nursing is one of the few options that will allow you to make a fairly decent wage even if you reduce your weekly hours to study for the MCAT. And when you make it to Med school you can take PRN shifts (very seldomly of course).

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Specializes in Ambulatory Care, Clinical Care Coordination, LTC.
The doctor treats the disease, the nurse treats the person. Two completely separate jobs that work together as part of a team.

^100% sums up the conclusion I came to for myself.

I had considered changing to premed (disease pathology is SUPER exciting to me!), even took a couple of pre-requisites more geared towards pre-med, and researched schools- but after much soul searching I realized that it wasn't what I wanted.

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I did for a while - it was what I wanted to do since a kid (cliche but the truth) . I went to multiple medical camps. Enjoyed the heck out of everything but I noticed something: I would never get to "touch" a life the way in which I wanted to. Not to mention seeing the way the health care system will be shifting in advance.

I found nursing my senior year of high school through volunteer work at my local hospital & never looked back. I plan on pursuing my MSN or DO for NP.

Currently a PCT & very happy with my choice.

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I would have loved to be a MD, but when I was in high school, I didn't really think I could because it would be so expensive. Growing up poor, I knew I couldn't afford to be a doctor. Now that I'm older, I wish I did. However I'm also glad I didn't because I have a wonderful life with three children and that might not have happened had I become a doctor. Now I'm just too old to go back to school to be a doctor, and I don't want to spend my children's whole lives studying. I'd rather be there for them and be a nurse mom. I will make enough money as a mom. But yes, being a surgeon or a doctor, I wish some school would make a realistic RN-MD program because I'm sure there'd be tons of applicants.

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