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Depends on many things, in california, specialized RNs like ICU or ER can make over $100/hr, plus they get 1.5x-2x hourly for overtime, holidays, on call, etc.  So full time RN who works a lot of extra shifts, or my just keeps doing travel assignments can end up making at least 1/2 - 2/3rds what a physician would and their educational debt would be a fraction of what it would be from med school.  Going thr administrative route probably means less pay that clinical shifts and probably less job stability, since it seems like nursing admin tend to be hires and fired every few years, but less stress of dealing with patients...unless of course you can get very high up like CNO.  Some hospitals might be better than others though at job security.   If you're in other states then I would go to med school, the pay for RNs just sucks everywhere else. 

Depends on many things, in california, specialized RNs like ICU or ER can make over $100/hr, plus they get 1.5x-2x hourly for overtime, holidays, on call, etc.  So full time RN who works a lot of extra shifts, or my just keeps doing travel assignments can end up making at least 1/2 - 2/3rds what a physician would and their educational debt would be a fraction of what it would be from med school.  Going thr administrative route probably means less pay that clinical shifts and probably less job stability, since it seems like nursing admin tend to be hires and fired every few years, but less stress of dealing with patients...unless of course you can get very high up like CNO.  Some hospitals might be better than others though at job security.   If you're in other states then I would go to med school, the pay for RNs just sucks everywhere else.