Help! So confused and frustrated! To nurse or not to nurse?

[Raven1994]

Hello,

I will keep this short and simple. I will graduate university next month (BA) with a good GPA. Throughout university I've wanted to get an MPH (Masters Public Health) afterwards. So I have been gearing all of my extra-curriculars towards that. I have worked in various roles (volunteer) in 5 units at 2 hospitals. I focused a lot of my time outside of school on research. I worked on 3 projects at a teaching hospital and 2 other projects with a couple of professors at the government. These professors know that my goal is an MPH and have awesome connections to get me into an MPH. However, over the past couple of months I have been seriously considering going to an accelerated program for a BSN. My ultimate goal is to get a masters to become an NP now. I have A LOT of interest in medicine and learning about diseases and different conditions which has lead me to seriously consider becoming an RN. I have done epidemiological projects which were interesting, and I love research and will always pursue research, but I can't imagine doing only that forever. If I choose nursing, I almost feel like all this research I worked so hard towards as an undergrad is now useless (except for giving me great references) and I almost feel like slightly disappointing my supervisors (even though they are super nice!). I just love learning about medicine, diseases, and pathology. What should I do???!! I am so frustrated at the moment, I'm torn.

[cleback]

First get your RN and work. Then decide if you want to go back for your NP or MPH. You can use your RN to qualify you for many community/public health jobs, if that's what route you decide to do.