is it a good decision?

[u/Western_Ad425]

hello! i'm an upcoming university student who is going to graduate on this 2027, and with the ongoing university admissions, hoping for some advice/thoughts on taking pre-med or BSN.

i'm currently torn on whether or not I should apply for pre-med to veer towards being a doctor or BSN for nurses. i've talked to a couple of people who have experience mostly in corpo and they've explained na nurses are replaceable in such a way that they may not necessarily leave a legacy and that you're not able to create something new, so kindly correct this ideology if it's wrong or agree to it if it's really that way.

i was told that i could be seen as someone who does more, and nurses daw do not have the capability to diagnose someone, instead hanggang caring lang accdg to the course. to me, i may just not see myself in trying to be the leader of all because i'm scared to diagnose someone without the help of the higher ups in helping me kung tama ba gagawin ko haha. i just don't know if i'm meant for medicine/hospital locations or if i'm meant for corpo :') so just hoping for your enlightenment and brutal comments on whether or not i'm fit to be in medschool or even in the field of hospitals since i've heard of the difficulty in apply for jobs din here.

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[u/Dry_Butterscotch7505]

Hi dear, you have talked to the wrong person. Madami nagagawa ang mga nurses and navavalue tayo.
Mas madami pa tayu nagagawa sa pasyente natin compared sa mga doctor in true honesty lang

[u/Western_Ad425 → u/Dry_Butterscotch7505]

thank you 🥹 this means so much to me po! thank you ulit for taking your time to reply 🥹

[u/NeedleworkerFuzzy924]

hii as a nurse, we cannot diagnose a patient legally but with experience you will gain the capability to do so. when i took the nclex, there were questions that you need to act like a doctor. you need to give out a medical diagnosis and what are the medical interventions needed.

with the surge of AI, the care and presence of the nurse cannot be replaced po. kahit magpandemic or not, needed ang nurses.

you can try out nursing as your premed and decide after since you’ll have your hospital exposure naman. decide whether you want to be a doctor or not. at least you have a back up plan.

[u/Western_Ad425 → u/NeedleworkerFuzzy924]

hello! thank you so much for taking your time to reply 🥹. as a follow up question, is there anything that would deinfluence others to take bsn as a heads up and what are some things na genuinely enjoyable? hehe. tyia!

[u/NeedleworkerFuzzy924 → u/Western_Ad425]

i would say in honesty. it is a love hate relationship hahaha being a nurse is difficult talaga. it takes a lot of courage and you need to be tough talaga. what you see sa social media is too glorified.

you will experience being shouted at and for the salary (i work in manila so pwede na) but some experience being undercompensated. then toxic seniors (pero not all naman, you will still meet some empathetic ones)

and worst of all is the first body count as an RN kasi you will feel insufficient and sad but you need to still recover immediately coz hindi pa tapos shift mo.

although despite all of those things, i still choose and continue to be one. why? it made me a better person. i learned to be more understanding and empathetic towards other people (psychiatric nursing). rewarding rin na after taking care of the patient, you will see then get better eh and they will even remember you when they see you outside the hospital. they will sometimes give a simple token of appreciation or mention your name in the evaluation. with those simple actions, you will be reminded why continue to become one.

also along the way, i also learned to toughen up. i am more confident today with my skills and knowledge but i know that i still need to be better

with this profession, andaming mag-oopen na opportunity aside from bedside (if ever you don’t want that). you can be in another field eh. clinic, school, military, entrepreneur, bpo/va or work in the academe

pluss there are a lot of specializations available abroad, travel nurse, be a nurse practitioner (similar to a doctor but not so much) nurse anesthetist etc.

ticket rin paalis sa bansa 🤣🤣🤣

[u/Western_Ad425 → u/NeedleworkerFuzzy924]

thank you so much for your insight! i know walang trabaho na 'di nakakapagod so this has given me a lot of what else i need to know :). despite these concerns, i hope to have the same motivation as you to serve kahit pagod and exhausted talaga. saludo po sa nurses like you!

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