<p>Could Tell me the difference other than one has is a MD and the other is a nurse.</p>
<p>How long is College?
How are the work hours?
Which has more job security?
Vacation time?
More likely to get a job out of college?
More likely to actually get out of college?
Is there anyway to do both?
Could I work as a certified nurse or Medical doctor and pursue my specialty?
How are the classes during college?</p>
<p>Who does what exactly?</p>
<p>One (anesthetist) is actually a Registered Nurse (RN) with a BSN (4 year degree in nursing) followed by some experience and then a two year graduate degree as a Nurse Anesthetist.</p>
<p>The other (anesthesiologist) requires a 4 year college degree followed by four years of medical school and another 3-5 years of internship / residency. </p>
<p>Neither are easy. Both require you to gain admittance to some very competitive schools / programs. Obviously becoming a Anesthesiologist is a longer (and IMHO more difficult) proposition.</p>
<p>Based on your current GPA (3.03) and SAT scores (960 M/CR), I think you should concentrate on finding a direct entry BSN nursing program that will accept you. After you graduate with a BSN and pass your RN test (NCLEX) you can go to work immediately after college and then decide if you want to continue on and become a Nurse Anesthetist or Anesthesiologist.</p>
<p>Who’s hours are more flexible and will actually allow me to go to college and work?</p>
<p>Thanks by the way, I thought this was just gonna get ignored like many of my other threads and you even looked at my GPA and SAT scores.</p>
<p>I don’t think I understand exactly what you’re asking. Are you asking about which job will provide the most flexibility once you have achieved it, or which direction you should go after you’ve completed your undergraduate degree?</p>
<p>Both really because I’m gonna need money to go back and specialize and I need to know which of the two is more flexible.</p>
<p>So which is more flexible after I’ve gotten my BS?
Which is more flexible after I’ve actually completed my residency or training?</p>
<p>Nursing is way more flexible. </p>
<p>In order to switch specialties, unless you’re going to be an NP (Nurse Practitioner), CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist), Psychiatric nurse, CNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist) or something of the like, you don’t need extra schooling. So for example, if you ended up as a CRNA and then decided that pediatrics was for you, you could switch over. Or if you decided that you wanted to be an ER nurse, or an administrator to get away from the bedside, you could do that as well.</p>
<p>As an anesthesiologist, if you decided that another specialty was for you, you would have to complete pretty much another residency.</p>
<p>Well I mean hrs I have that are Nurses(an AS in Nursing) and they say I can do 3 days overtime and take the rest of the week off and then repeat and they have some good Vacation time(Went to three countries in the last three months).</p>
<p>I heard Doctors have to work at all hrs of the day and unless they own private practice they are always on call but get good Vacation time.</p>
<p>So who has more flexible hrs? I don’t want to be a resident doctor being called all hrs of the day when I should be studying for a test unless the residency is the test. </p>
<p>I think I lost the concept do I specialize in Med school then do a residency or do I do a specialized residency for my career choice?</p>
<p>This may help with the steps to becoming a doctor.
[How</a> to Become a Doctor - wikiHow](<a href=“http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Doctor]How”>10 Ways to Become a Doctor - wikiHow)</p>
<p>Experienced nurses can have a lot of flexibility in their schedules. However, the more experience and the more education you have will increase the likelihood of a hospital (or employer) to hire you and work with your schedule. That said, it is VERY common for BSN nurses to go to grad school within a year or two of graduation while still working either FT or PT.</p>