Desire vs. Security

[Noir2011]

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My parents were going through tough times since my mom was laid off. Naturally, I wanted to help out so I took a sales job and enrolled in a practical nursing program at the same time, since my original goal anyway was to be an RN I thought I would just do an lpn-rn bridge and be content. NOT! I gained tremendous respect for doctors/residents during clinicals and became interested in medicine instead. Unusual, I know. I did well in nursing school 3.8 gpa (not that that indicates i'd do well in premed). I now have two options.
1) Go for a BSN and eventually do a postbacc = 5 to 6 years
2)Go traditional route of 4 years. Bachelor and premed requirements

I'm also 21 which means whatever I decide to do, I'd better do it fast😕

 

[dbeast]

My parents were going through tough times since my mom was laid off. Naturally, I wanted to help out so I took a sales job and enrolled in a practical nursing program at the same time, since my original goal anyway was to be an RN I thought I would just do an lpn-rn bridge and be content. NOT! I gained tremendous respect for doctors/residents during clinicals and became interested in medicine instead. Unusual, I know. I did well in nursing school 3.8 gpa (not that that indicates i'd do well in premed). I now have two options.
1) Go for a BSN and eventually do a postbacc = 5 to 6 years
2)Go traditional route of 4 years. Bachelor and premed requirements

I'm also 21 which means whatever I decide to do, I'd better do it fast😕

I vote traditional but *only* if your family can afford to have you not working. Why put off what you inevitably want to do?

Also, if you go BSN you may just keep putting off med school until you end up losing motivation to go back.

 

[loveoforganic]

You didn't really talk about what your present fiscal situation is. Hard to weigh in

 

[organdonor]

I don't see why you would want to go for your BSN if you want to be a doctor. Many on these forums recommend against a nursing degree for pre-meds as it contributes to the perceived nurse shortage and the whole not really finishing what you are starting type of thing in addition to the added time. But again it has been done successfully in the past.

Do you still need to work during school? I was a pre med and worked 20 hours/week during undergrad as a nursing assistant. It's not unusual.

If nursing is still something that interests you, consider a nurse practitioner. Level of autonomy varies by state but here they work under a physician that signs off on what they do and to whom they can refer.

It would require a BSN, working for ~1-2 years as an RN, then going to nurse practitioner school for either 1 or 2 years.