2006-07-10 14:43:48 · 10 answers · asked by Britt 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
If you don't have a bachelor's yet, counselors usually recommend a BS in Biology. Pediatricians are Phds in medicine, and not in nursing. If you want to be a pediatric nurse, I'd go for the nursing BS. More credentials= more opportunities, so go for the four-year degree, either way.
2006-07-10 14:49:32 · answer #1 · answered by Sci Nerd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to college. Major in a life science. Get good grades.
Go to nursing school if you want to be a nurse.
2006-07-10 14:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by Geoduck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are 2 different tracks tat you go down. First is a nursing school that turns out nurses.
Secondi s a doctor school that asks so much more of you. The two have no overlap anywhere..
2006-07-10 16:47:50 · answer #3 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a nursing instructor/nurse I must tell you that only medical school will pay off financially. Secondly, nurses often realize after they are in the field for a short time they are not appreciated or seen as professionals in the health industry. Medical school/pre med is defiantely the way to go.
2006-07-10 14:48:40 · answer #4 · answered by questionMD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make up your mind. Nurse or doctor. None of these two degree have anything in common. In fact, in California, there's a lighter version of General Chemistry (which is for premed students) for non-biology majors.
You're wasting your time thinking like this. Make a choice.
2006-07-12 11:01:20 · answer #5 · answered by Tony 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you check out some med schools and ask them if they accept students with nursing degrees? Obviously you would need a bachelor's, and I would think that someone from, say Penn's nursing school would be qualified for med school. But ask a med school.
2006-07-10 14:47:45 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're going to be need to go through a college medical program... Pediatrics is a medical degree.
Think about it... would you take your kid to the pediatrician that went through a college medical program or to nursing school?
2006-07-10 14:50:04 · answer #7 · answered by John H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why dont you be a nurse practitioner!?!?! go through nursing school and become an RN (registered Nurse) get your masters for nurse practitioner and specialize in pediatrics... while youre a nurse you will gain valuable experience that you would never get in medical school!
2006-07-10 14:49:21 · answer #8 · answered by mz.Tiza 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you go to nursing school to become a doctor? Go to college, preferably one with a premed program, and start.
2006-07-10 14:54:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably want to major in pre-med/bio. Then go to Med School, then residency, then a maybe a fellowship.
2006-07-10 14:50:15 · answer #10 · answered by underdunk75 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋