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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its too late for me to be an MD (I'm 31)

would being a PA be too embarrassing?[/quote]

An annual salry of $100,000 is not blue collar.  I will say, however, that I find PA's even more arrogant that doctors and refuse to see them
 I do not feel the same about nurse practitioners as their undergrad degree has to be a  BS.
A PA can have an undergrad degree in tiddlywinks.

Sadly, I agree with this post. I've had very good experiences with NPs. PA's not so much. To be an NP, you must have a BSN and then you go for the extra certifications and master's degree. There are significant educational requirements and clinical experiences that NPs must go through to be certified. Also, many programs are now DNP (Doctor of Nurse Practitioner). PAs do two years of education/training in a medical school and yes, they can have an undergraduate degree in tiddlywinks. I'd like to see PAs have more of a science/medical background prior to going to PA school.

weeinks.[/quote][/quote]
you do NOT need to have a BSN to become a nurse practitioner. My niece couldn't get into the BSN program at her university so she majored in "human development and family studies", graduated, applied to an NP program through one of those for-profit schools (walden university, I think?) a lot of which was online..and voila. Nurse Practitioner.

Direct entry MSN programs are actually a big and controversial issue within the profession, a lot of people with no bedside experience entering these programs and it often does not end well...[/quote]

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