A Freshman in College, Confused

[Jli]

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Im a freshman in college going towards sophmore in fall 09, still deciding my major, already made up my mind into nursing. The question is would Nursing be a bad choice and would it be benefit or not if i want to go to medical school? I thought Nursing would give me the experience and a head start as a doctor, but some of my pre-med friends told me it would kind of be bad cause nurse and doctor is two different thing, or something like that. So please help and give me some advice. Also if i get i become a rn and get my cna and lpn would this benefit me? Another question, is nursing courses counted toward in science gpa?

 

[Kaustikos]

Im a freshman in college going towards sophmore in fall 09, still deciding my major, already made up my mind into nursing. The question is would Nursing be a bad choice and would it be benefit or not if i want to go to medical school? I thought Nursing would give me the experience and a head start as a doctor, but some of my pre-med friends told me it would kind of be bad cause nurse and doctor is two different thing, or something like that. So please help and give me some advice. Also if i get i become a rn and get my cna and lpn would this benefit me? Another question, is nursing courses counted toward in science gpa?

why would you get an cna/lpn when you're an RN? That's beyond stupid since LPN's graduate from worse programs and cna's are pretty much secretaries for nurses.

Nursing as a way to get into medical school is 50/50 in my books. Some schools would frown upon it while others would look at it as a good experience. The thing you have to remember is that you may be too tired to pursue medicine after going into nursing. That and you really have to think about the answer of why medicine and why did you choose nursing/opt out of nursing? Also, nurses eat their own, meaning nurses who train other new nurses/student nurses will try to **** you over in training/while working and will probably try even harder when/if they find out you want to go into medicine.

 

[mvenus929]

Why would you take away a position to study as a nurse when becoming a doctor is your ultimate goal? We are in a nursing shortage too...

 

[Kaustikos]

Why would you take away a position to study as a nurse when becoming a doctor is your ultimate goal? We are in a nursing shortage too...

So? It doesn't matter. It's not that they're being filled with people who want to go into medicine, this person is an exception for sure. The problem lies in that people aren't graduating/succeeding in becoming RNs. That coupled with people not really desiring to go into nursing brings about the fact that people going into nursing and then medicine accounts for a small margin that they have no effect on that statement.

 

[mvenus929]

So? It doesn't matter. It's not that they're being filled with people who want to go into medicine, this person is an exception for sure. The problem lies in that people aren't graduating/succeeding in becoming RNs. That coupled with people not really desiring to go into nursing brings about the fact that people going into nursing and then medicine accounts for a small margin that they have no effect on that statement.

My impression is that part of the reason we're in the nursing shortage in the first place is that no nurses want to go into teaching when they can make more money... being a nurse.

And the nursing schools where I live have 2-3 year waiting lists to get in, so I don't think it's the lack of desire for going into nursing...

 

[Kaustikos]

My impression is that part of the reason we're in the nursing shortage in the first place is that no nurses want to go into teaching when they can make more money... being a nurse.

And the nursing schools where I live have 2-3 year waiting lists to get in, so I don't think it's the lack of desire for going into nursing...

http://media.www.wkuherald.com/medi...Nursing.Waiting.List.Grows.Long-1545347.shtml
Interesting read because it talks about the "waitlist" and the several factors playing into the waiting game. 2.75 gpa cutoff coupled with need of extracurriculars that people are probably lacking brings about what I said - the cutoff is too low and people with subpar stats are applying and being rejected. Also, I'm not saying that the major factor is people not wanting to go into nursing, I am saying that of all the reasons, people going into nursing to go into medicine is insignificant compared to other reasons.

Jenkins applied for the associate nursing program twice and the bachelor of nursing program three times before being accepted. Jenkins said she had a low GPA when she originally tried to get into the program, but still sees the program as being extremely competitive.

She said several talks with Blackburn and Syliva Gaiko, associate dean for the College of Health and Human Services, was the only way she was accepted to the program.

Bowling Green senior Chris Thompson got into the program on his first try. He said he was accepted so easily because male students apply less frequently than female students and his GPA was 3.8

The large range shown here (3.8 vs below 2.75) makes me think that we're having people that aren't really qualified trying to pursue nursing and not getting in.