Hi guys and gals,
I see this is an active old thread and an interesting topic. I came here for some advice. I am 31 years old. I almost have a bachelors...have an associates in science...could get a bachelor's within the year. However, as I kept debating between OT, HIM ( Health Information. ), and nurse practitioner. I know Ot ( Occupational therapy ). would be rewarding seeing patients and how they do long term. Let me fast fwd....I am looking into N.P school nurse practitioner. However first you have to become a nurse. It would take this year to finish reqs...plus knock out every single science within the r.n program ...so it would just he nursing courses. However nursing school would be 2 years, so that's 1 year now plus 2 rn...totalling 3 years. Plus give a month or two for the boards. Then Np schools are getting faster in length. About an average of 20 months. So lets say 5 years total or 5 1/2. There is so much debate about entry salary for np ( in my case family np and psych )...I have hear 8ok to start to my former professor( who was an endocrinologist )I took Ap1 and 2 the same semester and was the only non nursing major in thst profs class. They combined Ap1 and Ap12 in one class...one semester. Two labs a week. My former prof said 125k he seen for starting N.P. Idk if this is true.
Not to make this long...but I have had my doubts...am I too old. Is this the right road? The thing is I thought about medical sales as per the topic, salaries of N.P. However I like A&P to the point I am taking an advance physiology course at the Junior level. I am horrid at chemistry. A&P easy bc I like it. I like learning new things of the human body. When I see athletes with a fwd deposition and can tell they lack thoracic extension bc the they have to much internal rotation of the head of the humerous...I can just feel someone's back and know. If some on has a C5, you know that their hands can be effected, unless R. Syndrome...and if paralyzed all the nerves that go to each vertebrae below that injury, those systems effected. I remember walking out no class and nurse students would pick my brain on T and B cells. Idk what it is I like A&P. Never thought that heading into the classes. However I have no kids, I am not married, and 5 years maybe 6 seem so long...for my chances to have one. I also had people say I do not think like a nurse by the way I talk and analyze and want to know a reason behind everything. Between thinking I am to old for NP, to salary, to my situation. I just wanted to gather your huys thoughts.
I should also add I was into weight training...6 days a week, 5 meals a day....and was a top H.S athlete for baseball...was in the paper and announced a minor league field. Many asked if I wanted to play for a semi pro football team and walk on to possibly get a scholarship for athletics. However I got hit by an opponent I never seen coming. I was doing an exercise called a preacher curl..of all exercises. A one arm dumbbell....and the weight fell from my hands. I was literally a man child and I modeled. This was rare for me to lose strength. ..and all of a sudden I knew something was wrong. I ended up w an ileostomy. It is reversible...have had it for 11 years now. So that sucked lol. However I was an to go back into the gym and went from 129lbs to 207 in 3 years. I stopped training for awhile so now 180. But thought I'd give a brief bistory. So I do love business as a caveat. Just wanted your guys thoughts on NP...salary, my age, and medical sales. I know I could do stormy supplies lol. In all seriousness...thoughts on those. I am taking microbiology now. So I got to stop writing. Grades got all A and B.s. I medical term, Ap, physics etc. Chemistry and micro seem to be a week point thus far.
Advice Much appreciated.