<p>I know of several nurses who went to medical school. You can have any major as long as you have the prerequisites and the grades/scores/ recs… to get accepted to medical school. This could be a good plan as not all applicants get accepted- and if you re-apply you will be employed. I also don’t know if you are male or female- as it would not matter really-but nursing can be more flexible in terms of family life-more adaptable to a new baby and so on. This is way in the future for you-- medicine could possibly be flexible too at that time, but if one parent wishes to be more at home with children- nursing is more adaptable to a part time schedule. Many doctors are expected to be “on call” at some times.
Apply to a standard university that offers a BSN program among many majors. A BSN is a bachelor level degree. Pay very close attention to all the pre med prerqs and take them. They can vary slightly from the BSN ones and be sure that you are taking the prereqs at the level of rigor as the pre-meds. It is not that nursing is not rigorous- but that the pre reqs are different at different schools- some require organic and some don’t- so be sure to take the organic one that the pre-meds would take. I don’t know if physics is required for nursing- but it is for med school… and so on. Many schools have a “pre-health” club so join it and be on top of what is required for you to enter nursing/med school.
As for doctors looking down on nurses- that is their own ego problem. Nursing has become more specialized and professional since the old days when they were subordinate and there are more men in nursing school now. There are many jobs for nurses and you can go on to be a nurse practitioner or remain in academics and get a PhD. The pay is not as large, but with the new changes in health care- it’s anyone’s guess as to what the difference would be. Nurse anesthetists are paid well. If nursing is your dream- you can certainly do it, and if you do well academically and get the prereqs, a BSN will not close any doors to medical school later if you wish.</p>