MD going into BSN??

Trauma Columnist · Jan 19, 2005

I guess I need some clarification - are you now a US MD? Or a foreign-trained MD? I work with an excellent Pakistani MD who is now a psychiatric clinician - she is wonderful and extremely interesting. I think it would be possible to be an RN.

joshy · Jan 20, 2005

I guess I need some clarification - are you now a US MD? Or a foreign-trained MD? I work with an excellent Pakistani MD who is now a psychiatric clinician - she is wonderful and extremely interesting. I think it would be possible to be an RN.

foreign-trained MD

carvanaragon · Jan 20, 2005

are you now in the US? or outside US? where do you plan to take your nursing?

joshy · Jan 20, 2005

are you now in the US? or outside US? where do you plan to take your nursing?

in canada

carvanaragon · Jan 20, 2005

in canada

i dont have any idea really how they do it in canada. in the US, a lot of Phil MDs are now here as RN's. i met a lot already. 1 already an immigrant, just passed her step 1 mle.

perhaps the best thing for you to do is call the board of nursing counterpart there and inquire. if u plan to come to the US later, the board of nursing will still have to evaluate the nursing credentials you will submit and will make sure you finished the required nursing curriculum.

goodluck.

augigi, CNS · Sep 17, 2006

Medicine is not sufficient training or experience to be registered as an RN as far as I am aware. You still would not have had any NURSING training or experience. Having said that though, I am sure that it would be a help to the science-based classes and may give you an advantage in applying for nursing school.