How many years would it take of college for me to become a nurse and what classes would i need to take?

Question

i also want to be a pediatrician also, does nursing have the same classes it would take to become a pediatrician?

Answer 1

Nursing has 2 years of pre-reqs and MD is 4 years of pre med, so you are looking at possibly 1 1/2 to 2 years of similar pre reqs. To get your RN it will take 4 years for an associate or BSN and to become a MD you are looking at 8 years of college work then a few more years to specailize in pediatrics. Go with whatever one you want most and never look back, for me nursing school is the hardest thing i have ever done

Answer 2

That totally depends on what type of nurse you want to be. I'm going starting in September to become an LPN. I'll go to school from September 2007 through October 2008 and get a certificate as an LPN. This program has a full-time and part-time schedule. Full time is 13 months; part time is 17 months. If you want to be a registered nurse, you'll have to go to school a lot longer. First you have 2 years of the nursing prerequisites which consist of English, math, biology, anatomy, physiology, computers, chemistry, speech, and a few others. After all those are completed you'll have another 2 years of the nursing courses. As for a pediatrician, I'm pretty sure it's 4 years at a college, 4 years in med school, then another 2 years of residency. The prerequisites will be the same, but there will be a lot of extra classes that will be needed.

Answer 3

Pediatrician ( a doctor) or a pediatric nursing? It's one of the other! Make up your mind. Doctor or nurse! Nurses don't have all the premed reqs a nurse has. In short, you're taking too many courses and spending so much money!!

Listen, if you focus on nursing. You can contribute into the workforce already with an excellent salary and save for the future. At this day and age, it's all about retirment. Don't you know nurses have excellent wages now?!?! Save for a house!

As a doctor, man, you got undergrad, med school, residency, and then pay off your student loan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nurse? 3 to 4 years. Make 80 thousand a year, at least, in CA. Up to 100 thousand if your work more. Why kill yourself!

I know it sounds very prestigious to be a doc, but they are literally a dime a dozen! You think I'm kidding?!?!? I work in a teaching hospital. I'm smarter than these docs and they're already burnt out in their 2nd year of residency.

Go to nursing. And if it's doctor you want, you better be a surgeon or some specialized field. General practice don't make squat!!!!

Put it this way, it takes about 16 years to actually make the comeback in pay. This is after school loans.

Man, just email me, I'll tell you how it is!!! Everyday I hear, "If I could just go back, I'd do something else". But, they've already invested too much time to quit.


Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

Tthe answer to your question is in education...see answers already given NP's are trained to treat the WHOLE patient. We do a thorough ..hands on ...history and physical to define the problem. Then the Patient and the NP can make an informed judgement on the diagnosis & treatment options. We spend more time. M.D's are trained look for a 'medical problem' in the quickest possible time, give PT's a prescription, and toss them out the door.
Several studies have shown NP care to be equal to or significantly better than an M.D.

I started as a CNA=6 week course/then LPN= 12 months course/then + 1 more year for my 2yr RN degree/then those previous 2 plus another two =4 yrs college for a BSN, then 3 yrs in a Masters degree program for NP's. I worked PT as a well paid nurse through every year. So no big school debt at the end.No 'medical school involved.

In my state in NewEngland we spend 24 months after graduation working with supervision. After that we can practice completely autonomously and prescribe any meds necessary and refer you to appropriate help when you need additional expertise. You can even open your own pediatric clinic if your a Family or Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
Last ....but not least....there is the salary...we get 1/2 what an M.D. makes...between $30 and $45 bucks an hour. We also pay a lot less for malpractice insurance and are NOT $150,000 in debt upon graduation. Go for it...Be a NP , It's great !

Answer 5

Being a nurse and a pediatrician are two totally different things. To start you would need a math pre req and an english pre-req. Then depending on what kind of nurse you want to become, it takes a LVN about a year. A LVN is a licensed vocational nurse. A RN takes about 2 to 3 year. And theres another type of nurse who can write prescriptions but not diagnose illness and that takes about four years. To be a doctor of pediatrics you would need at least 4 or more years of higher education. Good luck.