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Hey guys, I've been doing a lot of thinking lately and have been pondering the though of getting back into pharmacy school to finish a pharmD to supplement my current degree/practice.
Here's my situation: A while back right after graduating with my bachelors, I had enrolled in a top 5 pharmacy school (received my bachelors from same university too) and due to a lot of personal issues, I sunk into a massive depression and failed out of pharmacy school for academic reasons. For two years, I withdrew into a massive depressive phase, but with help and family support, pulled myself out of my depression and decided to enroll into an accelerated BSN program, worked and attend a DNP (all from the same university with the same pharmacy school I had failed from). My original Bachelors (Biology) and 2nd Bachelors (Nursing) GPA are all decent >3.5., was on full scholarship as an undergraduate due to grades and URM status. I am now a psych NP (DNP degree), also attended with full scholarship and would like to supplement my pharmaceutical knowledge through a formal pharmD program or something more. I also feel like, going back to finish a pharmD degree would bring about closure to something that has always been weighing on my mind. I have done all of my education at this state university and the chances of being readmitted to the pharmD program is probably zero, but there might be a program out there who may give me a 2nd chance?
How beneficial do you guys think having a pharmD, DNP is to being a psycho-pharmacologist/practitioner? Or should I go to DO/MD school and become a psychiatrist? I'm currently in my early 30's, single, make about 66 dollars an hour with full benefit as a Psych NP with only minimal loans.
HighlandMinority
Here's my situation: A while back right after graduating with my bachelors, I had enrolled in a top 5 pharmacy school (received my bachelors from same university too) and due to a lot of personal issues, I sunk into a massive depression and failed out of pharmacy school for academic reasons. For two years, I withdrew into a massive depressive phase, but with help and family support, pulled myself out of my depression and decided to enroll into an accelerated BSN program, worked and attend a DNP (all from the same university with the same pharmacy school I had failed from). My original Bachelors (Biology) and 2nd Bachelors (Nursing) GPA are all decent >3.5., was on full scholarship as an undergraduate due to grades and URM status. I am now a psych NP (DNP degree), also attended with full scholarship and would like to supplement my pharmaceutical knowledge through a formal pharmD program or something more. I also feel like, going back to finish a pharmD degree would bring about closure to something that has always been weighing on my mind. I have done all of my education at this state university and the chances of being readmitted to the pharmD program is probably zero, but there might be a program out there who may give me a 2nd chance?
How beneficial do you guys think having a pharmD, DNP is to being a psycho-pharmacologist/practitioner? Or should I go to DO/MD school and become a psychiatrist? I'm currently in my early 30's, single, make about 66 dollars an hour with full benefit as a Psych NP with only minimal loans.
HighlandMinority