futurecaregiver96

Thank all of your for your advice. I appreciate it! I have a pretty good idea of what I should do now. My priority is my mother and I will figure out the best way to take care of her and support her. Thanks once again. Best Wishes.

@Loriangel14, I know. I leave her unattended during high school classes but what can I do? Although Nursing School would be local. The good thing is that she works nights and while I am school she is asleep.

@sjalv I'm sorry! I really am, it was not my intention to offend nursing. Thank you for pointing out that i have wrong preconceptions about nursing. I'll be sure to do some research and sort them out.

@Mali_santizo my grades are good. Top 1%. Nd I rather be safe and take care of my moither through nursing and not risk doing Med school as well. Thank you! I appreciate your comment :)

*part time CNA

Thank you all for your replies! @SopranoKris If it is nearly impossible to do nursing and Med school then I think I will become a nurse. After all I want to go into healthcare field for caring for someone and not as a doctor, then a nurse is the next best thing, (no offense to nursing) Leaving my mother unattended and cared for is not an option and thank you for placing this situation in perspective. @LoriAngel4 Financial Aid, Grants Scholarships. CalState Bakersfield where I live, offers some great scholarships for nursing. I also planned to work part time as a

Hi, Ok, I was hoping someone could give me some advice on becoming a registered nurse and then going to medical school but let me give a little background on my personal situation. It's a little long, but I really appreciate it if you read through it. If not, my questions could be found where it read "QUESTION" I am a Senior in high school and I take care of my mother who is ill. Her hands do not function as well as they used to but she still does lightweight work at her jobs and she works because we need the money. While she can still manage personal hygiene, i do the things such as cooking, moving large things etc etc. I am there to translate for doctors, to do basically everything she can't because of her health. I thought about going to a CalState locally and becoming an RN by earning a bachelor's in nursing first and then applying to med school. I would be able to be by her side and hopefully she would quit her job and I would work as an RN for a few years while we stabilize our finances. Then go on the med school hopefully QUESTION My questions is the road to RN to Med school difficult? I know that the prereqs for med school don't correlate within nursing but I know it is not impossible. I just wanna know how practical it is. My dream is to be a doctor and help many but nursing for me could be an opportunity to help others earlier while providing financial support for my family. Please give me advice, Has anyone out there done this? Advice really appreciated! P.S. I'm sorry. I know it was long and I'm sorry if I came across as if I'm doing nursing only for the money or using it as a stepping stone for medical school. In a way I am, but I hope you can understand my reasons why.