jaywaker

Well I've finally done it. I've been putting off this decision for years and now I have no choice but to make it. I have been an RN/BSN for all of 19 months and I applied to a DNP program and got accepted, but I also applied to medical school and after the interviews it seems I've been accepted to two different medical schools as well. So I have to decide if I want to spend the next three (or 4 actually) years becoming a DNP (Family Practice its an RN/BSN to DNP program) or if I want to spend the next 4 years in Medical school followed by at least three more in the hell that is residency followed by an underpaid fellowship while incuring massive debt. I know I would enjoy both jobs. . .I also know I wouldn't hate med school, and I'm pretty confident that I would make it, but I don't know if I want to sacrifice the next 7-8 years of my life to medicine. Anyway is there any advise from some FNPs and or some MDs/DOs (I was accepted to Med College of Georgia and the Philidelphea School of Osteopathic Medicine GA campus so either MD or DO is another choice I have to make.) Are you DNPs out there satisfied, or do you wish you had gone to med school instead? What kind of limitations are you facing in your practice? I don't work with any DNPs so are you facing predjudice from doctors who think you "overstepped your bounds for calling yourself a doctor of anything" or something equally ridiculous? MDs/DOs is it possible to have a life and go to med school at the same time or should I just break up with my girlfriend and sever all ties with anyone not also in medical school now? Is residency really as bad as everyone says? Is it worth it?