Meanderings; no Singapore
Last week I seriously thought about cashing out and getting my butt to Singapore given the easy uploads to approval for work permit and citizenship. However, realizing how many people are losing their jobs in banking, finance etc. w/ more credentials, experience on wallstreet etc. than myself (HSBC, UBS, Swiss bank layoff Wharton MBA school grads w/ trustfunds and connections), the fact that I don't want to live in a high rise 80 miles from the equator with trade propping everything in a nation state that doesn't grow/produce any commodities itself... well yeah... I give it a year employment there before being unemployed again and SOL w/ the state of the world these days. let alone, who in the hell am i going to marry over there let alone date? the prospects there were not good per the one it's just lunch franchise. em. reality setting in... though w/ the state of the country i'd really LOVE to escape ASAP w/ a few bucks en tow.
thinking things through, the best option since i'm working part-time in healthcare at a low level job anyway doing glorified CNA work, do the medical school program having investigated all the nursing, administrative et al options. i'm not interested in working as a lower end nurse though it would be quick. me w/ the MBA and biz doctoral classes working w/ people who can barely spell, nurses w/ non-rational emotional attitudes... yeah, that's sooo going to work. as told by other females in the pink profession 'they tend to eat their own'. ego aside, i can function and have the abilities to become the higher of the totem pole. further investigation also found that if i were to be a nurse practitioner (np) it is the same time requirements as medical school. ridiculous... a whole other bachelor's (BSN) master's (MSN) then practical rotations w/ work before even testing at the state level for an NP. screw that or being a P.A. given the trajectory... let alone waiting lists and pre-reqs for nursing programs. scholarships w/ loan forgiveness programs are more plentiful for family practice and other primary doctors, MD to DO.
so the last month has been putting together the puzzle pieces. i'm registered and starting pre-reqs now that the graduate degree reqs are done, minted, waiting for final posting of cum laude and i'm contacting D.O. programs. forget continuing the doctoral program in biz and go be a real doctor doctor. counselors are behind me, i'm shadowing a doctor later in the week w/ gerontology focus and holding conversations with a few other specialities to shadow; emergency, more family practice and internal medicine - all my primary interests. 20% of today's practitioners will not be practicing in another 10 years, retirement to disgust, market focus etc.
this fall holds at least 12 hours from chemistry to biology and a few behavioral sciences at the local CC to UNR for biochem. i'm switching to working overnights part-time. it will be a lengthy journey (particularly not having had science classes for almost 15 years but I did get all a's in high school in biology) but worthwhile and will come out w/ oh, an actual skill that is highly in demand, transferable almost anywhere in the world, well paid, aiding people and the market will not move as much out from under me. it will be painful i'm sure absorbing the information, regurgitating the stuff for tests etc. the D.O. practice also takes all my alternative health beliefs into consideration instead of just being a big pharma drug pusher. (funny from the gal who tried to open a pot shop - irony?*&^%!)
besides, if the former fam practice fiance' jewish doctor can handle it from what i've seen, i sure as hell can. it reminds me not quite of teaching and law w/ some finance thrown in - these people are working in the industry? that schmuck? really... then i can damn well do it and make it better.
flow of consciousness over.... back to our regularly scheduled final weeks of freedom this summer. and off to Denver by the end of the month - my top pick of programs so let the courting start NOW... along w/ MCAT studies. ;-p
thinking things through, the best option since i'm working part-time in healthcare at a low level job anyway doing glorified CNA work, do the medical school program having investigated all the nursing, administrative et al options. i'm not interested in working as a lower end nurse though it would be quick. me w/ the MBA and biz doctoral classes working w/ people who can barely spell, nurses w/ non-rational emotional attitudes... yeah, that's sooo going to work. as told by other females in the pink profession 'they tend to eat their own'. ego aside, i can function and have the abilities to become the higher of the totem pole. further investigation also found that if i were to be a nurse practitioner (np) it is the same time requirements as medical school. ridiculous... a whole other bachelor's (BSN) master's (MSN) then practical rotations w/ work before even testing at the state level for an NP. screw that or being a P.A. given the trajectory... let alone waiting lists and pre-reqs for nursing programs. scholarships w/ loan forgiveness programs are more plentiful for family practice and other primary doctors, MD to DO.
so the last month has been putting together the puzzle pieces. i'm registered and starting pre-reqs now that the graduate degree reqs are done, minted, waiting for final posting of cum laude and i'm contacting D.O. programs. forget continuing the doctoral program in biz and go be a real doctor doctor. counselors are behind me, i'm shadowing a doctor later in the week w/ gerontology focus and holding conversations with a few other specialities to shadow; emergency, more family practice and internal medicine - all my primary interests. 20% of today's practitioners will not be practicing in another 10 years, retirement to disgust, market focus etc.
this fall holds at least 12 hours from chemistry to biology and a few behavioral sciences at the local CC to UNR for biochem. i'm switching to working overnights part-time. it will be a lengthy journey (particularly not having had science classes for almost 15 years but I did get all a's in high school in biology) but worthwhile and will come out w/ oh, an actual skill that is highly in demand, transferable almost anywhere in the world, well paid, aiding people and the market will not move as much out from under me. it will be painful i'm sure absorbing the information, regurgitating the stuff for tests etc. the D.O. practice also takes all my alternative health beliefs into consideration instead of just being a big pharma drug pusher. (funny from the gal who tried to open a pot shop - irony?*&^%!)
besides, if the former fam practice fiance' jewish doctor can handle it from what i've seen, i sure as hell can. it reminds me not quite of teaching and law w/ some finance thrown in - these people are working in the industry? that schmuck? really... then i can damn well do it and make it better.
flow of consciousness over.... back to our regularly scheduled final weeks of freedom this summer. and off to Denver by the end of the month - my top pick of programs so let the courting start NOW... along w/ MCAT studies. ;-p