MF42 0 #26 June 13, 2006 QuoteOK, first off, there is absolutely nothing wrong with becoming a nurse as long as that's what you want to do. But, if med school is really where your heart is, and nursing school is more like something you thought you would have to "settle" for, I think you owe it to yourself to go for it and sign up for the premed classes. And I think you already know that too! Good luck! My SO was in the hospital all last week, so obviously, I spent an awful lot of time there too. I can tell you that good nurses are an underappreciated treasure, and a caring sensitive doctor with decent communication skills is even more rare! You'll help a lot of people no matter which path you choose! I absolutely whole-heartedly agree with Tigra. I recently got to spend a couple days in the hospital. The entire nursing staff was polite, skilled, caring, helpful, professional, and generally went out of their way to make me feel better. The doctor was the opposite in every way. He seemed to be bored with me and my mundane run-of-the-mill back fracture. He avoided answering questions unless I got a little bit rude. I truly believe that since I didn't need surgery, in his mind I was totally undeserving of his attention. If you're gonna be a doctor, be a good one, not like that asshole. Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,439 #27 June 13, 2006 Yup. Many moons ago when I was young, I WAS going to be a doctor. Unfortunately, I don't memorize well, and many med school prerequisites require strong memorization skills (organic chemistry got me). I would have been a kickass nurse. You get to do stuff; there are many professional directions, and you can pick up your skills and move a little more easily from what I understand. There are nurse practitioners who do a lot of GP-type care. What do you want from the medical field? That's what should drive your decision. What kind of job, what kind of experience. Both are good, but they are different. Wendy W.There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos340 1 #28 June 13, 2006 This is really an easy one!! Nursing School. The Outfits are much cuter.. Beside if you go to Med School and I ever talk you into letting me play Doctor with you, You would be like all correcting me a stuff and that would not be as much fun!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #29 June 13, 2006 I want to be (right now) a pediatric cardiologist. I say "right now", because I know med school is the place where you truly learn what you enjoy/are challenged by. I already have an appointment to shadow a pediatric cardiologist (my sister's), which I'm really looking forward to. Now I need a nurse to shadow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #30 June 13, 2006 QuoteNow I really want to, and I want to right now. Then do it. Doctor would be a cool title. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dancergirl 0 #31 June 13, 2006 QuoteI want to be (right now) a pediatric cardiologist. I say "right now", because I know med school is the place where you truly learn what you enjoy/are challenged by. I already have an appointment to shadow a pediatric cardiologist (my sister's), which I'm really looking forward to. Now I need a nurse to shadow. feet don't have hearts in them? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #32 June 13, 2006 You know, we really should put more money into the troll education system. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #33 June 13, 2006 QuoteYou know, we really should put more money into the troll education system. But then they might sound just intelligent enough to fool us. "There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #34 June 13, 2006 Not bloody likely. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tigra 0 #35 June 13, 2006 QuoteYou know, we really should put more money into the troll education system. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #36 June 13, 2006 Close your eyes and picture yourself 10 years from now being blissfully happy with your decision. Do you picture yourself as a doctor or a nurse? Whatever the answer is, follow your heart even if it is the tougher path. You'll be amazed at how fast that decade will go by and you'll feel silly for stressing out about this so much. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dancergirl 0 #37 June 13, 2006 QuoteClose your eyes and picture yourself 10 years from now being blissfully happy with your decision. Do you picture yourself as a doctor or a nurse? Whatever the answer is, follow your heart even if it is the tougher path. You'll be amazed at how fast that decade will go by and you'll feel silly for stressing out about this so much. did you read that on the back of a cerial packet? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #38 June 13, 2006 Quotedid you read that on the back of a cerial packet? Nope, I've just lived it. Don't be such a cynic...and poor speller. She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man, because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #39 June 13, 2006 Quote You know, we really should put more money into the troll education system. We could buy them dictionaries, but it would be a waste of money.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybeergodd 0 #40 June 13, 2006 First of all you should date a Paramedic for awhile...to get the emergency side of medicine then get your butt over to registration and sign up for Nursing school.....the higher the education in medicine means more $$$ but less hands on skill work(unless your a surgeon).....Look at it this way...a typical very busy ER has 4 or 5 doctors and 12 or more RN's, LPN's or EMTP's...so a doctor sees 3 times as many patients...they basically spend 15 to 20 mins. with each patient the nursing staff will spend hours....So if you want to feel like you made a difference in some persons life or to actually make a connection with patients then nursing school is the only way to go........Oh Yeah and the first sentence is a shameless advertisement for myself... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #41 June 13, 2006 QuoteAnd sadly, I'm very immediate gratification-ish. So are most jumpers. What is the decision?Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doaster 0 #43 June 13, 2006 Well I should think this one is easy. I assume that the medical courses i.e med school would be applicable to nursing school and learn valueable information toward a nursing career, Whereas the nursing ciriculum would not be sufficient to meet med school requirements. Go with med school and if needed you can later go toward nursing. Remember the person in last place in med school still gets called Doctor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doaster 0 #44 June 13, 2006 Oh and added bonus for being paged on a DZ by, "Paging Dr. ........" Double bonus for being the sexy, skydiving doctor. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #45 June 13, 2006 Last place my ass. I can do better than that. And to answer Andrea, what I see myself as ideally is definitely a doctor. I just got to this point where I kept thinking, "Oh, it's too late." That began about 3 years into college, when I was a business major. Plus, I was just having too much damn fun to have to study for good grades. I'm over that now . . . pretty much all of it. I mean, I'm ready to study (and have been for a while now), and I (cognitively) know it's not too late. I just have this little voice in the back of my head constantly reminding me how old I'll be when I get done. But fuck it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #46 June 13, 2006 Quote I just have this little voice in the back of my head constantly reminding me how old I'll be when I get done. But fuck it! Exactly. Because you were going to be old anyway! We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nanook 1 #48 June 14, 2006 think of it this way. . .You are making a decision about the future of someone that may be a total stranger at graduation. Make the decision like its for someone else that you care for. Also. . .What's a few extra years compared to a whole lifetime? I know. totally Cheezy. DOOO IT!_____________________________ "The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never know if they are genuine" - Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conundrum 1 #49 June 14, 2006 gotta go with your gut Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JUDYJ 0 #50 June 14, 2006 QuoteWhat's your gut telling you? DITTO!!! The hardest one...is usually the "right" one. And sometimes..time takes care of it for us. IF you are going to be Stupid - you better be tough! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
