tnewman

I hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and another degree in Chemical Engineering. Just last year, I applied to various accerelerated nursing programs and medical schools across the nation. I have completed the pre-requisites for medical (year of...biology, english, physics, calculus, general chem, and o chem) and nursing school (chem, micro, physio, and anatomy). In addition, I have taken the TEA's and MCAT. As I grew up, I have garnered a significant interest in the sciences, particularly involving and dealing with the human body itself. It fascinates me to extreme levels and makes me closer to life than itself. I don't know much about the medical field, but I'm prepared to learn and give it all I got. With this being said... I have been volunteering at my local hospital and the staff was curious to discover where I was headed in life. I informed them that I was deciding between nursing or medical school. However, something really attracted my attention. The majority of the staff ranging from physicians, nurses, pharmacists, security guards, receptionists, and resources department have all encouraged and strongly advised me to become a physician instead of an RN. I wanted to know why, but most of them were very busy with work. Until I stopped by the labor and delivery, an RN who had experience in the field of nursing for 45 years (20 in the military and 25 in the civilian sector). She stated to me that "if your ever going to get any job in the hospital, you go into medicine." As she proceeded to speak, she began speaking of how nobody takes nurses seriously, politics behind the field, and that they are overworked. That's all she said because she was becoming very busy. Another RN told me "become a leader, not a follower" Other than that, my parents, professors, mentors, peers, friends, and others have advised me to take the medical route and they bat another eye when it comes to nursing. Why is this? I come to notice that many of the respondents or repliers here are nurses and I welcome any biased/nonbiased judgments, criticism, advocates, or any other comments. Anybody have any ideas/suggestions/notes?