CAN A DOCTOR GET A NURSING DEGREE?
Iam foreign medical graduate preparing for my board exams in USA, its going to take some time , mean while i need to get some work just wanted to know that if you have a degree in medicine you can sit for RN exam and start working as RN with in a year.. anyone has any idea about that?
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Um... why would you? I know quite a few doctors who had to repeat some studies, but I don't think I've ever met one who became an RN. RN training is so different - I don't think you could work within a year. If I were you, I would get just any job to live on and really cram and work hard for that MD. It will take less time. Good luck.
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You can take the RN Board Exam providing that you meet the education criteria.
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Even if you have met all of the coursework requirements for an RN program, it is not likely that you will have met the necessary clinical rotation requirements. So before you could take your board exams and go to work as a nurse, you would have to complete those rotations. The clinical rotations that you did in medical school is most likely not going to suffice because the material covered is very different for medical students than it is for nursing students. If you think that you will not be able to pass your USMLE on the first attempt and are looking for a back up plan so that you can have some income while waiting, then I would suggest looking into laboratory work. With an MD you still have a post graduate degree in a life science, so you should be able to find work in a research lab or a clinical lab or even a lab in commercial industry. There are many of these jobs in the US because science has become a booming industry. Also, if you get in with a good pharma or biotech company then you would most likely make a higher salary as an R&D or formulations scientist than you would by being an RN. Good luck in your medical career and good luck with the USMLE.
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You could not get licensure as a nurse unless you had completed a nursing program
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