MKG2018

I am currently enrolled in an accelerated BSN post-bac program... essentially a BSN in 12 months. I am in my second term and I catch myself questioning if this was the right thing. I would not consider myself to be extremely empathetic, not touchy-feely at all, and I don't really enjoy (nor am I good at) small talking to patients. I thought maybe nurse anesthetist would be good, but I completed my clinical rotation in surgery and was bored out of my mind. I just keep having these waves of "should I have gone to PA school". I can tell regardless of what our instructors have told us regarding the "hierarchy" and that NP and PAs are the same thing and have a very similar scope of practice.... the NPs seem to be treated like a really great nurse, not a primary care provider (maybe it's just the hospital we are at). I enjoy emergency medicine, trauma, etc. I love being challenged learning new things, how things work, how to fix things (I worked in pharmaceutical research before I started this program), and I always have to be moving. I have heard its hard to break into those more "medicine based" areas as an NP and that family medicine is an easier place to get a job as an NP. I know things are changing so much in medicine in the past few years. Has anyone felt this way and went down the PA or the NP/DNP or maybe a completely different route? Or any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!