Medical career question; Is it smart to be come a nurse or a pharmacist, then a doctor?

Is it smart? No. It will take you 2-5 years to become a nurse. Then, assuming you want to work in that field for awhile... I'm guessing you'd move on to pharmacy school when you're about 25. Then, you'd spend about 6-8 years becoming a pharmacist. So, now you're 34. So, then you spend so many years being a pharmacist and want to go to medical school... well, you're 37 going in, 41 coming out... then spending around 4 years as a resident... you're looking at around $250,000-300,000+ in student loans, plus whatever debt you accrue from just living and going to school all the time, with a few off years in which you're able to make money. You would be finished with school and such until you're about, 45. You'd be superiorly trained, but I don't think it's worth it... unless you don't want to have kids, get married, or have a life besides your career in general. And, good luck getting into all those schools... :)

You'll be in debt for the rest of your life. Nurse, pharmacist, and doctor are all separate fields, though related. If you want to be a doctor, major in pre-med and then go to med school. Even if you became a nurse or pharmacist first, you could not expect to find time for employment while in med school.

Choose either doctor OR pharmacist, not this than that. If you are going to be either one of those, then skip nursing and go right to pre-med/pre-pharm.