RN to MD

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Do any of the readers or posters here actually know of anyone that went from RN to MD. I wanted to see how many people actually did this. Most people I know that went medical followed the PA route.

Yes, i know a few doctors who were once nurses,

and one of my best pals has a doctorate in nursing, does that count?

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Specializes in ED, Telemetry,Hospice, ICU, Supervisor.
Yes, i know a few doctors who were once nurses,

and one of my best pals has a doctorate in nursing, does that count?

That's great to hear.

I was looking for RNs that became Physicians. Doctorate in nursing just isnt the same.

I am very surprised to see so many people working with Physicians and Surgeons that were once RNs

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I was looking for RNs that became Physicians. Doctorate in nursing just isnt the same.

Language counts. You are right, DNP/PhD/DNSc are not the same as MD/DO/DC ... but the people who earned them are all called "Doctor." You want physicians, ask for physicians. :)

Also, the word "just" is a minimizer. I am sure you did not intend to somehow imply that a nursing doctorate is in any way inferior to any other kind of doctorate...not on a nursing forum, surely. :)

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Specializes in Transitional Nursing.

I work with a doc that started out as an orderly...to CNA.... To RN....to PA...... To MD. He is awesome. :-). I believe this was over the course of about 20 years.

"No day but today"

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Specializes in Transitional Nursing.

Language counts. You are right, DNP/PhD/DNSc are not the same as MD/DO/DC ... but the people who earned them are all called "Doctor." You want physicians, ask for physicians. :)

Also, the word "just" is a minimizer. I am sure you did not intend to somehow imply that a nursing doctorate is in any way inferior to any other kind of doctorate...not on a nursing forum, surely. :)

Well she did say MD :-p

"No day but today"

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Specializes in Transitional Nursing.

And "just isn't the same". Is much different from "just a NP"

"No day but today"

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Specializes in Peds ED, Peds Stem Cell Transplant, Peds.

Yes I worked with a few

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Specializes in L&D.

I know an anesthesiologist who was an L&D nurse before she went to med school. She wasn't married and had no kids when she made the career change.

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If I were 10 years younger I would go to med school. My dad's best friend was an ER nurse first and went back and he is now a trauma surgeon. Super nice guy.

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Specializes in ICU, transport, CRNA.

I have 2 buddies I used to work with in the ICU who went to medical school (both D.O. programs). One is happy as a clam he did it (family practice) and the other one very much regrets it. (still a surgical resident) and wishes he had gone to anesthesia school instead.

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If I were 10 years younger I would go to med school. My dad's best friend was an ER nurse first and went back and he is now a trauma surgeon. Super nice guy.

Yeah, I've thought about it too. But I came to nursing late so haven't really established myself in one career or scratched the surface on all the student loans I have, plus the years of not contributing to retirement because I'm not working. It's definitely a long road....I don't think it really fits in with how I'd like my life to go at this point.

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Yeah, I've thought about it too. But I came to nursing late so haven't really established myself in one career or scratched the surface on all the student loans I have, plus the years of not contributing to retirement because I'm not working. It's definitely a long road....I don't think it really fits in with how I'd like my life to go at this point.

Me too unfortunately. I would be 50 after it's all said and done as far as actual med school, residency, pre-reqs. And by that age I want to be established and not have 100k or more in student loans. And I'm approaching that age at an alarming rate.

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