doctors becoming nurses

P_RN, ADN, RN · Dec 27, 2003

Welcome to allnurses Sanchai. I'm not sure of what you are referring to. Are you a foreign doctor working as a nurse?

Are you a foreign educated nurse working in the US?

Anyway welcome to the boards.

P

BarbPick · Dec 27, 2003

I was just told about a program at Florida International University, here in Miami that does a one year transition for Foreign Doctors to become Nurses. They just graduated a class of 30.

Sanchai · Dec 29, 2003

Hi! I'm an MD and currently enrolled in a nursing school for doctors (2 year course) here in my country. I'm working as a general physician and the salary is really pathetic. I feel lucky that I had realized this early (I'm only 28) because my classmates are already in their 30s and 40s. I didnt get into any residency training, I dont think it's worth it. I can use much of what I learned in medicine in nursing practice at lleast I will earn more in US than an MD here. Thanks. :crying2: :bluecry1:

Havin' A Party!, ASN, RN · Dec 29, 2003

Sanchai -- May I ask what country you live in? Thanks.

Along a different line: A neighbor (MD for around 10 years) had her salary lowered and vacation reduced this year at the clinic she practices in (in PA). She's an employee there, not a partner.

Went ahead and searched for other nearby opportunities, and found herself competing against NPs for positions. Mentioned that they'd be hired before her, due to their lower salaries (than hers).

TiffyRN, BSN, PhD · Dec 29, 2003

Hey if they want to be nurses, let them. I think I've heard sometimes they have difficult attitudes. Geez, so do some traditionally trained American nurses. I'd liek to believe we could learn something from each other. I've never worked with a foreign trained doctor now an RN but I'd think it would be interesting. I have worked with many nurses who were foreign born, some trained there, some trained here. I like trading ideas with them. Helps me understand other nations views.

BarbPick · Dec 29, 2003

Many displaced Doctors have come to Miami, many on rafts. No way to verify their medical education.

In the past they got house physician positions where they would come and start IV's that were difficult. Many would work as First assists in the OR, come to find out they make less money than Nursing Assistants.

The Doctors who become Nurses have gained humility from the promise of working for a decent wage and applying their knowledge to more than holding retractors.

Good for them.

sigpro · Dec 30, 2003

My dear friend was a physician from S.E. Asia, she is now a nurse. She doesn't really need to work. Her family is very, very rich.

ilynn · Dec 30, 2003

Sanchai - bet i know which country u are...the land where the best nurses are (!)

well, i think the issue sprung from the fact that in our country, most doctors treat nurses as lower than they are - and now that they (MD's) are shifting to be nurses for the gold - some nurses are just rejoicing that finally those big bullies are getting a dose of their own medicine...

so now - u know how frustrating it is when you cant understand a doctor's handwriting (!)

you see?

theres a joke going that to be a nurse, you have to be a doctor first....

hehe...

ps.

i would have wanted to be a doctor....

Sanchai · Dec 30, 2003

Great thanks to all who wrote and supported frustrated souls like me. The feeling I get when saving lives (especially in the ER) is very much rewarding, but I have to save myself too!... haha from starvation.

I LOVE NURSES!!!