<p>I really think I want to be a doctor, but the nursing courses appeal more to me. For the past year I've been teetering back and forth between them, and it'd be nice if I new what I want to major in to tell my advisor when I meet him/her this coming June. It's important because nursing has its own separate college. Any advice???</p>
<p>If you want to be a doctor you better be 100% sure. If your not and you want to do the same line of work but work a tad less then go for nursing, you cant always go to medical school after you become a nurse.</p>
<p>If you're unsure, nursing is probably for you.</p>
<p>Is it possible to go for the MD, not get into med school, then go into nursing? like going to one of those accelerated programs after getting your BA? </p>
<p>I'm in high school now, and I've known I wanted to be a doctor since as far back as I can remember. It's my goal, but the fact that 50% of people who apply to med school dont get in REALLY scares me. So, what do people who don't get into med school fall back on? is Nursing something u can do? or what else is there for those who get rejected</p>
<p>What I would recommend is to study as hard as possible in high school and worry about one step at a time.</p>
<p>After you pick a college, study as hard as possible and do well on the MCATs. Should you not make it at that step, then you can worry about a backup plan.</p>
<p>My mom strongly advices to her students who wants to go to med school, to do nursing first or pharmacy. Although she did education first and went to nursing, then medical school, then chemical engineering. She kept going back to school. I have a cousin who did nursing and got an interview to Columbia U. and another who's doing nursing right now.</p>
<p>Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants are just like doctors though limited in terms of duties, but with flexible schedule, satisfying salary, less liabilities, and lower insurance costs. If I dont get into medical school the first time around, I'd definitely pursue a Masters in Nursing as a Practitioner or Anesthesist, or became a Physician Assistant, either way you cant lose and still practice your passion.</p>
<p>You probably should rethink medicine then. If you are content to settle upon being a nurse don't take a spot from someone who is deeply passionate about being a full fledged doctor. Being a doctor is for those who are 110% sure they want to do it. If there is any hesitation many will tell you not to do it.</p>
<p>^agreed</p>
<p>if you are truly passionate about your decision, i don't think you would fail</p>
<p>setting up a plan b is setting yourself up for failure</p>
<p>I'm not saying an alternative to being a medical doctor, I'm merely suggesting an alternative plan to the traditional Biology/Science major. Traditional classes only teaches you the academics, but if you really want to become a part of the medical field, then study a medical profession that involves clinical training, like a nurse or pharmacist, which would be beneficial to you once you become a doctor or while in medical school. Let's face it, doctors don't even know how to put an IV or basic nursing skills, so they're very much dependent on nurses for most of the time. Doctors asks pharmacists for the appropriate medications. YOU IDIOTS</p>
<p>The whole point of medical school is to teach clinical knowledge and medical knowledge, hence you don't really need the nursing knowledge. If thats what you want to do then fine. Doctors don't know how to put in IV's eh? In the beginning of med school no, by the end of course they do, you practice on other med school students and cadavers. Most doctors also don't ask pharmacists for medications, and if they do then I don't know how they can practice medicine legally. By saying "YOU IDIOTS" you clealy show that you lack the social skills/maturity to deal with other people in a civil conversation if you can't hack it now how will you do it later. Pre-med is about being cutthroat if we can anger you here, then you might have some issues along the way.</p>
<p>marc: hold down the anger. I do not know any docs who haven't personally placed 100s of IVs, not to mention central lines, endotracheal tubes, chest tubes, etc. etc. etc., throughout their years of internship & residency. Putting in 4 central lines in a single patient in the trauma room was almost a nightly occurrence where I trained. These things we literally did in our sleep.
That most docs don't do it anymore is simply a matter of delegation.
Ask for pharmacy consultations, I'm not sure what you mean. Occasionally someone will ask the RPh about whether a drug can be suspended in a given solution or administered at the same time as another IV drug, but by and large, such questions are as rare as hen's teeth.</p>
<p>Actually, I'm a high school senior, preaccepted to the medical school, but according to many "new" medical doctors, they've told me that should've have majored in something other than Bio and Chem, which I think is logical in preparation for medicine.,</p>
<p>NYU undergrad is one of the few schools that I know of which will allow you to get a BS in nursing and fulfill your pre med requirements at the same time. It is a 5 year program either way.</p>
<p>Am a 2nd year collage student and am currently a Biology major...i was a nursing student. I plan to go to Med school......i dont know if i did the right dessicion by switchin majors....because....a friend of mines who is a doctor is telling me that i shouldnt major in Bio....that i should do something else....i was sure about my dessicion but now that she said that am confused...should i go back to nursing....and if i do...what would i have to do if i want to go to med skool after i do nursing????</p>
<p>HAHA...i guess i could go to NYU...</p>
<p>another question....If i graduate with a Bio degree and join the peace corps for two years...is it posible for me to take the Mcat during Junior year in collage...and go to med skool after the two years???</p>
<p>The issue isn't bio itself. It's whether you are majoring in bio simply b/c you think that's what you must do. </p>
<p>The national stats show that major doesn't matter. The proportions of majors matriculants have are the exact same proportions of those that applicants have (ie - 60% of applicants are bio majors, 60% of matriculants are bio majors). </p>
<p>So major in a subject you love - if that's bio, great. Nursing has a number of risks b/c of the current nursing situation, the difficulty of completing pre-med requirements while in nursing school, etc.</p>
<p>I am Ecuadorian and im studying medicine here, some colleges offered me scholarships because I also play squash but I couldnt take them because even with them it was to expensive for me. I have always wanted to study in the States but pre med is really expensive and I dont know if doing a cna program work for a while and then studying nursing school and working for a while so I can apply and if accepted pay for med school is a good idea, I know that if I study nursing i will not have all the credits I need for med school but do you think that is worth a shot?</p>