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| *Ostroff, Fair and Company>>>Health Care |
A doctor...? |
I sit possible to be a doctor that specializes in maternal/child health...how long will it take me...What exactly would I do.....give me any extra details...i wanted to be a pediatrician but 12 years studying...with no social life...is too hard for me... Is it possible i can get a masters while being a doctor that specializes in maternal/child health...how long will it take to have my masters...any other information you wanna add...could help me ALOT!!!!! thank you BYE!!! Medical school is generally 4 years long. Afterwards you enter residency, and depending on your specialty it could be anywhere from 2-10 years. I'm not sure exactly but an OB/GYN is more than 2, but probably less than 10 in residency. I doubt this is just something you can with just a masters. Ask someone with authority over that topic. Not this site. Other doctors perhaps? Or schools. It's possible to be a nurse who specializes in maternal child...I realize it is not as prestigious as being a doctor, but many of the OB/Gyns I work with say being a physician isn't all it's cracked up to be either. Here's a gentle comparison: - As a maternal child nurse you can work in the hospital, specializing in labor and delivery, NICU, peds, post-partum. You can work part-time (one 12 shift/week), full-time (three 12s/week) and still work extra (and make a lot of money). You attend deliveries, stabilize the babies, care for the mommies. Circulate in surgery (we do our own C/sections). You spend a lot of time with your patient, because you will typically be with them your whole shift. - After some experience, you may decide to get your Master's degree and become a nurse practitioner. You can specialize in Maternal Health, Midwifery, Peds...whatever your experience is in. You are managing your patient's care, you write the orders. You work "normal" hours (unless you're a midwife, then the baby helps decide your hours). You will be able to spend time with your patient, but not as much as bedside nursing. - MD - OB/GYN. After years and years of school and residency they finally start their practice and get to make the really big bucks, right? Well, after the student loans, overhead of having your own practice, unbelievably high malpractice insurance maybe. And the hours these poor docs work: office hours, scheduled C/S before office hours and at lunch, more office hours, deliveries, calls from nurses. Then they finally get to go home and enjoy family time? No... more calls from the nurses taking care of the patient who will deliver in the middle of their REM sleep at 0200. Or a whole night at the hospital with a critical patient. Then there is always the possibility of a lawsuit. And finally: managed care - Is it really worth it? I can't answer for them, but I can tell you I'm glad I went to nursing school instead of med school! |
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