Should I Become a Nurse Practitioner?

[RevolverOcelot]

I've always wanted to work in the medical field. Specifically, I'd like to be able to treat gunshot and explosion wounds. After I become an RN I was going to jump for becoming licensed as a Nurse Practitioner, and I was thinking of joining the military or something similar.

Would a NP be able to treat or perhaps even save someone who had suffered a gunshot or grenade explosion? Or is that out of their skill set? Do you think training for ER work would prepare me for such things? What specialty should I go in?

I'm also male, is it normal for a male to become a Nurse Practitioner?

[RevolverOcelot]

I would actually like to delete this thread I started, I don't like the way I worded the OP at all. I can't figure out how to close it though :/

My apologies for sounding so odd, in hindsight I could have worded it better.

[Stephalump]

I would actually like to delete this thread I started, I don't like the way I worded the OP at all. I can't figure out how to close it though :/

My apologies for sounding so odd, in hindsight I could have worded it better.

Oh, it's ok! No one is going to declare you a witch and throw you in a river. You're interested in trauma and there's nothing wrong with that. How realistic are your expectations? I don't know. But I do know that as you progress through school, you'll gain more information to help you decide realistically where you fit in the grand scheme of things.

I'm a massive planner aheader, but I've found that, when it comes to nursing, that tomorrow will have to worry about itself.

[Esme12, ASN, BSN, RN]

I would actually like to delete this thread I started, I don't like the way I worded the OP at all. I can't figure out how to close it though :/

My apologies for sounding so odd, in hindsight I could have worded it better.

Revolver........No need, you clarified. We get that you want to go where you would be most needed......but that varies from the acute street stage all the way to mentally repairing after disfiguring accidents.

You can request it to be removed by using the triangle report button in the corner.

But, Stepalump is right no one's going to throw you in the river.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

No problems. Hope you got some of your questions answered. Will close per your request.