I too have been bitten by this bug. I am a new grad, just recently employed at a top facility, and my non quenching desire for higher learning keeps me torn between working and getting the experience first, or combine the two (school and work experience). I know I would like to achieve that PhD status (SOMEDAY), and I know that I am not one for giving up on anything. So maybe if I go to it directly, I would have a greater chance of achieving it b/c of my resilient nature. If I do the MBA/MSN to NP cert to PhD/DNP, I may stop on the way, and never pick it back up. So , I am considering it