Nursing or pharmacist?

[Shift_Mike]

Hey I'm new to this forum, thought i would ask all of your opinions on this. This is an interesting change for me lol. I'm 21 years old right now almost 22 I'm a male i use to be an Automotive Technician at a local Nissan Dealership, well due to tough times and not too many people really want to spend there money cuts were made and since i was the newest tech (i worked there for 2 1/2 years) i lost my job. Attempted applying other places, i did finally snag a job paying well unfortunately I have to travel a lot for this job and only plan on doing it for a short amount of time. I decided i want to go back to school and go for a job that is more in demand today.

I'm a very hands on kind of guy (i was a mechanic lol of course I am) but im not too much for the blood and gore type of stuff I'm kind of weighing these options here you guys are nurses so I'm sure your opinions might be biased here, but i just would like a little insight on this. Now don't get me wrong here or think I'm retarded for wanting to go into a field like this with having a weak stomach for stuff like that or knowing nothing but when i decided i wanted to become a mechanic i didn't even know how to change my oil, now i do custom work that literally blows peoples minds how I even did it lol so I know i can do anything if i put my mind to it. Be honest how are the job openings for these kinds of jobs, is the pay really worth it to you guys, if i were to be a pharmacist i know i wouldn't see the blood and gore but are the jobs there? I can see myself doing either or but before i get knee deep in some student loans i just want to know I'm going to come out with a job that I'm happy with.

[RhodyGirl, RN]

And you also have to have a really good GPA. Every school is different, but for example a college in my area has a pharm program and their minimum GPA requirement is a 3.8, and you aren't even guaranteed to get in with that. I'm not trying to scare you, I'm just trying to give you a heads-up. And I agree with everyone else, it seems like pharmacy would be more "your thing" than nursing.

Exactly. That's what I meant with the competitiveness thing.....a 3.0 or even 3.5 won't cut it when applying to pharmacy school in most cases.

[FA to CRNA2b]

My sister is a pharmacist. It is way harder (academically) than nursing. There are NO fluff classes.