Yea it's the safest route, but shadow a nurse before you dedicate yourself to it. It's a great paying job, minimal requirements and great upward mobility. But the job is not for most people.

Few other notes:

PAs are widely more respected in the medical world over NPs.

PAs are more common in East coast and NPs in West coast.

PA is national certification, NP is state certification

NP can only practice independently in 23 states.

If your in California, UC Davis offers a dual masters program, Masters in Nurse Practitioner. But it is extended by 8 months (?) to cover the PA side of medicine. At the end of the graduate program you take both the NP certification test AND the PA national certification test. Completion of the program allows you to practice as either/or.

This post was edited by Lancet_Jade on Aug 12 2016 11:08pm

My mum made $32/hour as a nurse that was 5-10 years ago idk how much she makes now tho

So many factors play into health care pay.
Education level
Experience
Settings
Night shift
Holiday
Overtime
Gender (murses make significantly more, due to low supply)

This post was edited by Lancet_Jade on Aug 12 2016 11:13pm

Yeah she makes a fuckton working OT all the time.

There's more male nurses in her ICU ward than female nurses

Out of all of those, CRNA easily.. Work 2-3 days a week and make upwards of 200k a year..

PA is a joke job unless you want to be a hospitalist your entire life, Cardiologist is a completely different path, and judging by your other options probably unrealistic.

Crnas are the happiest nurses I've ever met.. "here's some propofol, I'm going to read my book now."

Edit: you could achieve any of these before becoming a CRNA.. I think you need minimum of 4 years critical care experience and a dnp

This post was edited by ozzyarmy3 on Aug 13 2016 07:35am

firefighter.

Diamond V

cardiology. heart disease is #1 cause of death in the USA.

Depends on where you live and where you want to work. Some areas you'd need a bsn to get a hospital job and others an adn works. Best to just check your local listings.



Around 50-60k starting salary for bsn around me. Which is pretty good



Nurses who are males don't make more than females but it may be easier for them to get a job.

This post was edited by dark-soul on Aug 13 2016 03:50pm