From MD (from outside the US) to RN (in the US)

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Please help me out there.I am a physician in my home country just moved into states on the green card.In addition to prepare for Usmle,i also want to get involve into nursing.My aim is to do Nurse practitioner or CRNA.Plz tell me whether Exclesior college is right for me and what about bachelors in nursing?i have already read medical subjects in my medical schools.Will i get advantage of that or will i have to do bachelors again?

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Specializes in NICU, Trauma, Oncology.
Please help me out there.I am a physician in my home country just moved into states on the green card.In addition to prepare for Usmle,i also want to get involve into nursing.My aim is to do Nurse practitioner or CRNA.Plz tell me whether Exclesior college is right for me and what about bachelors in nursing?i have already read medical subjects in my medical schools.Will i get advantage of that or will i have to do bachelors again?

No your medical background is not the same as nursing. You would have to get a nursing degree ADN or BSN first. Then CRNA and NP, MSN or DNP. This will take you at least 5 years to get from where you are at now.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Closing this as there is already an existing thread here https://allnurses.com/nurse-practitioners-np/foreign-medical-graduate-1022160.html#post8774362

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