undecided13

Thank you guys so much for your perspectives. Lots to think about. Do you ever get bothered by the fact that you don't get to make the ultimate decisions in terms of the patient's management or care? I'm a bit of a control freak and I wonder if it would bother me to have someone tell me what to do even when I disagree...does that ever bug you? Do you feel like the profession is really respected as well? Thanks again for your insight! I do love the idea of being with the patient 24/7...

Hey guys, new to this site! I'm wondering how y'all made the decision to go to nursing school instead of med school (or if you ever considered it?). I've been considering my options lately as I'm looking for a career change and I definitely want to go into one of the healthcare fields. I definitely plan to shadow both but I also imagine there are a lot of differences among specialties and practice models so it's hard to just generalize a couple of shadowing experiences to the whole job itself. So I'm mainly looking for advice here- did you ever consider med school instead of nursing school, and if not, why not? And if you specifically liked nursing school better, why? Thanks everyone!