Future RN wanting to be an Anesthesiologist

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Okay so I'm a future RN (currently waiting on my nursing school interview) and I wanted to pursue a career as a CRNA. But lately I've been asking myself why stop there? I've been doing a lot of research and currently establishing a position to shadow an anesthesiologist. However, I haven't found any good information regarding a new nurse trying to get into med school. I mean is it unheard of? Would it be a waste of time getting this BSN degree? Will the med school interview committee see the BSN as more of a disadvantage?

I think your plan sounds good and I wish you the best of luck!

My sister was a premed major for her first degree and did not get into medical school. She eventually went to a local college and did a year of Nursing prerequisites and got into a 2-year Generic BSN program and graduated. Worked for a year in an ICU and got into a 30-month CRNA program.

There are many premed students majoring in Finance, Engineering, Accounting, music, etc. I remember seeing a video of a large (~300+) Freshman Chemistry class and the Professor asking the students to raise the hands if they are premed major. About 75% of the student raise their hands. He then told a sections of the students to lower their hands, leaving about 20% of the students with the hands still raised. He then said that this represents the number of students that would eventually get into Medical School. I was told that Medical Schools looks favorably on students that have non-biology majors in undergrad.

lol oh be quiet guyman123!

If you don't get accepted into med school, then you figure out a different path. But using nursing as a backup plan to med school is like a an aspiring plumber deciding that he'll be an electrician just in case it doesn't work out. Medicine and nursing are vastly different. You'll be learning the nursing model first and then expected to totally switch gears and go into medicine. It's not impossible, but it's not terribly practical, either.

Surely there's a major that will allow you to do your pre-reqs in 4 years and won't put you on the path to a different career only to have you change course before you've really even begun. That's my only point.

I see what you're saying but, I also see it differently. Yes I agree medicine & nursing are different. But it's not impossible nor unheard of to start from the bottom and work your way up. It doesn't matter if you have a Bach. in music as long as you have that degree and have the pre-reqs for med school then you are eligible.

Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.

Check with your academic advisor again to be clear.

Medical school pre-reqs will take you far more than just a semester unless you are taking atypical classes for a nursing major.

Check with your academic advisor again to be clear.

Medical school pre-reqs will take you far more than just a semester unless you are taking atypical classes for a nursing major.

She was clear and I also spoke with a med school advisor from FSU earlier today. I went over my previous classes and he informed me of the ones that I needed for that particular program.

Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
She was clear and I also spoke with a med school advisor from FSU earlier today. I went over my previous classes and he informed me of the ones that I needed for that particular program.

Are you planning on applying to a single medical school?

So you have a year of chemistry, a year of organic chemistry, general bio, genetics, physics, calculus/statistics, and biochem? These are the core classes required of most medical schools and essential for the MCAT.

Are you planning on applying to a single medical school?

So you have a year of chemistry, a year of organic chemistry, general bio, genetics, physics, calculus/statistics, and biochem? These are the core classes required of most medical schools and essential for the MCAT.

No. I'm going to apply to others. FSU is just my first pick. I have everything except for a semester of physics, biochem & genetics.

Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
No. I'm going to apply to others. FSU is just my first pick. I have everything except for a semester of physics, biochem & genetics.

That's great. Most nursing majors don't have that much chemistry done. Best if luck with your MCATs and applications.

That's great. Most nursing majors don't have that much chemistry done. Best if luck with your MCATs and applications.

I took the wrong chemistry my first semester and they wouldn't accept it b/c it was a lower level but now that I look back I guess it was a good thing. =)

That's great. Most nursing majors don't have that much chemistry done. Best if luck with your MCATs and applications.

Thank you! =)

I see what you're saying but, I also see it differently. Yes I agree medicine & nursing are different. But it's not impossible nor unheard of to start from the bottom and work your way up.

And I understand what you're saying. Just be careful referring to nursing as "the bottom".

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