I'm in my first semester of an NP program. I am taking an advanced pathophysiology course now, and I think the instructor believes we are training to be biochemists. I'm resentful to be memorizing the Krebs cycle and learning nothing about pathology. Overall, I'm discouraged by the prospect of sweat, time, and money I'm putting into this program versus what will ultimately be derived from it. My hope is that my training will lead me to a world of new possibilities...opportunity to work as an entepreneur, etc. I have never been a follower, always a leader. (it's difficult for me to be an RN and let someone else decide what's best.)
My goal was to become an NP with a dermatology specialty, and to be able to choose my hours, perhaps work in my own small clinic, or contract to other medical professionals. Here are my questions: Is what lies at the other end worth jumping through all these hoops? Will I do all this just to slave under some Dermatology MD working 60 hours a week?
Is it really a different world of opportunity once you cross over to the other side, and become on NP?
Bless, and thank you for your opinions and experiences.
