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I went to school in puerto Rico and learned everything in Spanish and a few of my classmates spoke English as a second language...learningext was enough for all of us!

Hey hey hey! what about female doctors? Does some handsome, burly, caring "murse" wanna marry one of them???

I truly don't remember how I did my personal statement but I'm currently writing one to apply for residencies. The advice I was given was to approach it in a chronological way. I would start with an introduction, how you got interested in medicine, a...

I feel like a few people in this discussion do not realize that MDs and DOs get literally 1000s of hours of training before they become independent practitioners. It's called residency and it consists of at least 80hrs per week, 49 weeks per year for...

I preferred to pursue medicine rather than NP mainly because I wanted more options in what I could do after completing school. It ended up being the best decision for me because I've decided to become a surgeon and, of course, I can't do that as a nu...

I have ADD, and ER was the perfect fit for me.

I think that it is very unsafe for a NP to have had no previous acute care work experience. If doctors and PAs need experience before practicing, how much more does a NP need it?! OP, please please please do not become an NP before getting at least 2...

I guess I would since it was just a stepping stone on my way to medicine. But if I wasn't going to do medicine then no way would I stay in nursing! So many others have stated what I would say now but I just wanted to add my vote to the 'hell no' corn...

most med schools don't require calculus so i wouldnt recommend taking it and possibly dropping your gpa. as long as you have 2 college level math courses you should be alright. take inorganic and physics w/o calc 1 next semester then take the second ...

Definitely. As long as its a 4yr college. Good luck!

There is a small advantage to having been a nurse first but not much of one. if anything, the real advantage comes into play during the clinical years (3rd and 4th year) when you are having actual patient interaction and as a nurse, you will be more ...

nurses can be just as rude...it's not doctors who are rude, it's rude people who are rude!

i always wonder if there are two other professions that have as much competition and contention as nursing and medicine. can't we all just get along?! for the record, most people do not enter medicine to make money. as mentioned before, its almost a ...

My heart goes out to her family...

I did both...so did many others...so can you!! It's not an either or problem. Finish your nursing degree then take two years to finish your premeds and MCAT then apply to med school. I can tell you from experience that it's great to be able to make n...

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There is still a major nursing shortage in America. The problem is that the big cities don't have as much need since many experienced nurses re-entered the work force when the recession hit. It costs hospitals 50K+ to train a new nurse so that's why ...

The OP's post is too funny! Yeah, I've had a crush different doctors and nurses but I learned the hard way to never date anyone you work with!!!

To the OP, keep focused and while it is important to listen to advise from those with more experience, it is also important that you not allow anyone to dissuade you from pursuing your goals! While being a nurse is not a true stepping stone...I can s...

No. I basically did the classes separately. I mean, some of our nursing sciences count as pre-med classes...specifically anatomy, physio, and microbiology. But nursing school is hard so it is best to focus on doing well with that since those grades w...

I was a pre-med nursing major and so were a few of my other friends. It is definitely possible! The anatomy, physio, and micro required by many nursing programs do count as pre-med classes as well. That being said, I finished my nursing degree first ...

It's definitely a possibility. I did it and so did another guy in my class and a couple of my friends from nursing school. As SummitAP said, going MD is not going all the way because nursing and medicine are COMPLETELY different professions that fall...

I agree with a lot of what was said above however it is important for you to have a sense of what you want to do in life. Personally, I wanted to be a surgeon and there is no advanced nursing degree that will allow me to do that. If you enjoy what yo...

one of the popular questions posed during the med school interview is 'what will you do if you do not make it into med school this year?'. they like to see that the student applying is mature and practical with a plan B or C. besides, the op is youn...

that is an amazing idea! of course i'm a bit biased because that is almost exactly what i did. i did two years of biology/pre-med before i changed and got my BSN. then, over the next 3 yrs, i worked as a med/surg then ER nurse while i completed my p...