Abeg show us the way

chuksbogus2001:
It's disheartening when some one will ask for an advice and you know that u are not knowledgeable to answer but you still answer getting the individual confused.

Based on the OP question : looking at your background and your connection in Nigeria ,it will play a part in making a choice between these two professions .
PHARMACY and NURSING.are both a very difficult course to go through ,they both do internship at the end except if you go through the sch of nursing route which is not still bad.
If you have connection and long leg in Naija I will say go for pharmacy
If you know your parents no get long leg I will say go for Nursing.
YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING EMPLOYEMENT IF YOU ARE A NURSE COMPARED TO BEING A PHARMACY HERE IN NIGERIA except if you have a long leg.

International opportunity .
NURSING PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM IS SAME ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND WITH INFORMATION YOU CAN PRACTICE IN UK ,US , Australia ,CANNADA ,WITH YOUR CERTIFICATE FROM NIGERIA ONLY TO WRITE THEIR BOARD EXAM. DOR US U WRITE NCLEX which I did and I am in the US right now and I make x 2 what the highest paid Dr make in a month in 2 weeks.
Other profession have a tedious path of being able to practice abroad and NURSING SHORTAGE IS AFFECTING ALL THE CIVILIZED WORLD AND THEY ARE RECRUITING NURSES LIKE MAD.

I AM ONLY BEING HONEST WITH YOU. so after everything the decision is yours.

camobri:

of course, you are a Nigerian, you are expected to have reasonings of a zoo keeper. Get ur asss out and travel out, don't be misinformed.

Mr Nurse, did I hurt ur feeling

kowalsky:
What kind of nonsense question is this ;

Unsurprising tho, pharmacy has been bastardized to the levels of nursing in Nigeria

it's not a nonsense question.
stop being a rabid infested doggg

AoA777:


I won't tell you that either of them is better than the other but will advise you go for Nursing especially BNS. As of today, the chances of getting employed is higher with BNS. Forget about those who went to Nursing School and auxiliary nurses.

Nursing especially BNS is held in high esteem in Nigeria. Don't be deceived, there are lots of Pharmacists out there looking for jobs. In fact, health centres employ more of Pharmacy Technicians and only a few Pharmacists to coordinate their activities.

Go for Nursing.

BNSc or RN, a nurse is a nurse. Please. And without RN, ur BNSc is useless. We encourage all RN to get their BNSc doesn't mean they are less of a nurse.
meanwhile, better to go for BNSc straight, saves time..
and we don't have auxiliary nurses, we have quacks! d right name is quack! Or better call dem auxiliary doctors, cos doctors are d ones training those quacks

chuksbogus2001:
It's disheartening when some one will ask for an advice and you know that u are not knowledgeable to answer but you still answer getting the individual confused.

Based on the OP question : looking at your background and your connection in Nigeria ,it will play a part in making a choice between these two professions .
PHARMACY and NURSING.are both a very difficult course to go through ,they both do internship at the end except if you go through the sch of nursing route which is not still bad.
If you have connection and long leg in Naija I will say go for pharmacy
If you know your parents no get long leg I will say go for Nursing.
YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING EMPLOYEMENT IF YOU ARE A NURSE COMPARED TO BEING A PHARMACY HERE IN NIGERIA except if you have a long leg.

International opportunity .
NURSING PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM IS SAME ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND WITH INFORMATION YOU CAN PRACTICE IN UK ,US , Australia ,CANNADA ,WITH YOUR CERTIFICATE FROM NIGERIA ONLY TO WRITE THEIR BOARD EXAM. DOR US U WRITE NCLEX which I did and I am in the US right now and I make x 2 what the highest paid Dr make in a month in 2 weeks.
Other profession have a tedious path of being able to practice abroad and NURSING SHORTAGE IS AFFECTING ALL THE CIVILIZED WORLD AND THEY ARE RECRUITING NURSES LIKE MAD.

I AM ONLY BEING HONEST WITH YOU. so after everything the decision is yours.

I hope the shortage doesn't end anytime soon. so we in school can benefit. I wish I entered nursing on time but I those it was for gay guys, foolish me. I know better now.

FrankGiel:
Mr Nurse, did I hurt ur feeling

u wish

camobri:

it's not a nonsense question.
stop being a rabid infested doggg

Please expatiate what you mean by 'rabid infested dog'

camobri:

because your wife is a nurse abi? and ur riding on her back to abroad. if not, u and ur goons hate nurses. stupid medics. I will still slap one of u in d ward one day.

Interesting! Life is sweet, let hate not make it tough for us.

Peace, Love and Blessings be multiplied to you

camobri:

you are a big pig. I am a king nurse even as a student, never ever sub ro any empty head doctor. if u a doctor, pray to not work with me, they shake when they work with me, I dont take bullshit, I protect my patients like egg. u wanna make any mistake, u end up crying by the time I'm done correcting your stupid assss

this is very wrong.

sassysure:


I live in developed world o.
A pharm can only dispense drug here unless u have a written prescription. All other drugs that can be bought over the counter can be sold by anybody.
What do Nigerian pharmacists do?
They are Dr, they are pharmacist, they are nurse, they even do d and c, they are medical lab specialists, name them
I hit a nerve.
In fact they are everywhere.

Most of the death we witness in Nigeria are when pharmacists decide to play the role of Dr etc.
I am not a novice in the field so shut up.

Aside paracetamol and orange vitamin c, what else can u produce in school lab?
The active ingredients for the so called paracetamol is imported. What can a Nigerian pharmacist do?
All the drugs in Nigerian market are imported. That's how pathetic u guys are.
The only thing they are good at is liaising with drug importers so they will use their certificates to import drugs for them. Pay them as agreed.
Let me not open your nyash.
The most useless profession in Nigeria.os pharmacy.


The only hospital I have seen where pharmacists do their work is shell hospital and guess what?
It operates on international standard.

I can bet anything to the fact that you don't live in a developed country! Even Ghana doesn't allow quacks to sell drugs in their country!

Nigerian system created what they term "patent medicine dealers" who have bastardized the Nigerian drug market and you're blaming pharmacists for it. Pharmacists are very honest professionals and it is just unfortunate that Nigerian government have refused to grant them the full legal and political backing they need to regulate the drug market.
No pharmacy owned and ran by a pharmacist would engage in D&C or operate outside their scope of training. But because the government have refused to regulate our drug market, anybody can just open drug store and start doing all sort of quack medical practices just to make money and FOOLS like you would turn around and blame pharmacists! How I wish we have a listening government!

Take for instance, the drug TRAMADOL which was supposedly banned by Nigerian government is still being sold in patent medicine stores today because the guys at Onitsha bridge head still distribute trams to to the patent medicine dealers. I know a guy who was addicted to tramadol and do you know where he goes to get the drug? To the patent medicine stores! Each time he tries to buy the drug from pharmacies, they refuse to sell to him unless there's a prescription from a doctor. What he did was to stop going to pharmacies to ask for the drug but go straight to the "chemist" guys!
Now, your type will blame pharmacists for still having the drug in circulation but you will not blame government for refusing to give the pharmacists the legal support to ensure proper regulations.

How I wish you know what pharmacists go through in school! How I wish you know how rigorous the training is! Pharmacists go through a lot in school and that is why they come out REFINED! They are truly men of honor! So, stop accusing them of crimes committed by quacks with government approval! Respect those guys! It is not easy to be a pharmacist!!

amaniro:
In Nigeria, Nurses are doctors slaves. I've seen instances where a nurse runs Erands completely out of work for a doctor

Really?! .. Private or gov't owned hospital?.Qualified or non-qualified nurse?

amaniro:
In Nigeria, Nurses are doctors slaves. I've seen instances where a nurse runs Erands completely out of work for a doctor

You're talking about "auxiliary nurses", aka fake nurses

Agugbadin:


But they don't want you in those foreign countries, those who went to South Africa are running back, America does not want you to come in, were else, Afghanistan Goodluck

UK bro..
Have couple of friends there

sassysure:


I live in developed world o.
A pharm can only dispense drug here unless u have a written prescription. All other drugs that can be bought over the counter can be sold by anybody.
What do Nigerian pharmacists do?
They are Dr, they are pharmacist, they are nurse, they even do d and c, they are medical lab specialists, name them
I hit a nerve.
In fact they are everywhere.

Most of the death we witness in Nigeria are when pharmacists decide to play the role of Dr etc.
I am not a novice in the field so shut up.

Aside paracetamol and orange vitamin c, what else can u produce in school lab?
The active ingredients for the so called paracetamol is imported. What can a Nigerian pharmacist do?
All the drugs in Nigerian market are imported. That's how pathetic u guys are.
The only thing they are good at is liaising with drug importers so they will use their certificates to import drugs for them. Pay them as agreed.
Let me not open your nyash.
The most useless profession in Nigeria.os pharmacy.


The only hospital I have seen where pharmacists do their work is shell hospital and guess what?
It operates on international standard.

I'm sure that you won't get away with this hogwash you posted about pharmacy.

Jman06, ignorant folks full here, just do ur best to enlighten them perhaps their ignorance might be led astray

Both

Jman06:
I can bet anything to the fact that you don't live in a developed country! Even Ghana doesn't allow quacks to sell drugs in their country!

Nigerian system created what they term "patent medicine dealers" who have bastardized the Nigerian drug market and you're blaming pharmacists for it. Pharmacists are very honest professionals and it is just unfortunate that Nigerian government have refused to grant them the full legal and political backing they need to regulate the drug market.
No pharmacy owned and ran by a pharmacist would engage in D&C or operate outside their scope of training. But because the government have refused to regulate our drug market, anybody can just open drug store and start doing all sort of quack medical practices just to make money and FOOLS like you would turn around and blame pharmacists! How I wish we have a listening government!

Take for instance, the drug TRAMADOL which was supposedly banned by Nigerian government is still being sold in patent medicine stores today because the guys at Onitsha bridge head still distribute trams to to the patent medicine dealers. I know a guy who was addicted to tramadol and do you know where he goes to get the drug? To the patent medicine stores! Each time he tries to buy the drug from pharmacies, they refuse to sell to him unless there's a prescription from a doctor. What he did was to stop going to pharmacies to ask for the drug but go straight to the "chemist" guys!
Now, your type will blame pharmacists for still having the drug in circulation but you will not blame government for refusing to give the pharmacists the legal support to ensure proper regulations.

How I wish you know what pharmacists go through in school! How I wish you know how rigorous the training is! Pharmacists go through a lot in school and that is why they come out REFINED! They are truly men of honor! So, stop accusing them of crimes committed by quacks with government approval! Respect those guys! It is not easy to be a pharmacist!!

U are very emotional.
Tramadol is still in the market bc pharmacist like u import them into the country.
Nobody imports drug into Nigerian without the backing of a licenced pharmacist.

Pharmacists don't go through any shit.
They don't pass through rigourous training like veterinary Drs yet they don't make noise.
They don't pass through what those that studied agric did.
Let me not talk about medicine and surgery.
Men of honour ke
U are very funny.
Seems u are still in school.

Female pharmacists are hot cake in igboland. Not because they will work but bc their certificates are in huge demand for drug importation. Marry them and everything becomes easier. Then open one big drug store with supermarket for her

Check all the big drug stores u know, am I lying?


As per where I live, never mind. I might be in my village

Emzor owner tried bc late dora marketed her. The importers almost ran her out of market even though what she does is mixing up imported active ingredients and they are of low qualities.
I will tell u the deep secrets of pharmacy in Nigeria.
Stop arguing with me.

U need to see these guys feeling on top of the world
Empty brains. Their lecturers mostly advice them to go and learn about the 101 of drugs from the big chemist shops. U guys don't know anything.
Some doing industrial attachments or whatever it's called use medical terms to attend to ordinary people thinking that speaking big grammar makes them special.
U ask them simple question they will start fumbling.
Mtcheew.
I'm not responding to u again

The level of ignorance about nursing profession in this thread is appalling and it's as a result of lack of sufficient information and misrepresentation of the profession especially by the media.....

Nursing has gone far beyond the 19th and 20th century.This is the 21st century, things have changed and are still changing..I'm not going to compare any profession to the other but op, just get the right information and choose wisely cos when the chips are down,it will be you and your choice that will be left

To all those spilling trash about nursing, get the right information before coming to spill trash. I bet most of those nurses you see are quacks cos no professional nurse will run errand for a doctor, we are autonomous and please y'all should patronize standard hospitals and not all these one-room hospitals around.

Op no waste your time and money, go one babalawo or gbogbo nise go learn boat if them within 3 months

ABUPHARM:


I'm sure that you won't get away with this hogwash you posted about pharmacy.

Jman06, ignorant folks full here, just do ur best to enlighten them perhaps their ignorance might be led astray

Nothing to enlighten me on dear.
That is the fate of pharmacy in Nigeria.
When the status quo changes, we will know but right now, pharmacy in Nigeria is dead.

Na una colleagues dey talk am for seminars , no be me
How to revive pharm in Nigeria, bla bla bla.

, I WILL SAY NURSING IF YOU HAVE PLANS OF RELOCATING ABROAD. IF YOU DONT THEN PHARMACY

I suggest you take pharmacy.
Pharmacists are paid better, less stressful jobs, you can employ yourself too after graduation.

Teddiie:


Really?! .. Private or gov't owned hospital?.Qualified or non-qualified nurse?

The likes of nurse Titi and nurse Abigail of clinic matters

amaniro:


The likes of nurse Titi and nurse Abigail of clinic matters

I thought as much cos no nurse in his/her right senses will run errands for a doctor and no doctor with a well-formed brain will send a qualified nurse on errand..
Mind you, they are not nurses but quacks

sassysure:


U are very emotional.
Tramadol is still in the market bc pharmacist like u import them into the country.
Nobody imports drug into Nigerian without the backing of a licenced pharmacist.

Pharmacists don't go through any shit.
They don't pass through rigourous training like veterinary Drs yet they don't make noise.
They don't pass through what those that studied agric did.
Let me not talk about medicine and surgery.
Men of honour ke
U are very funny.
Seems u are still in school.

Female pharmacists are hot cake in igboland. Not because they will work but bc their certificates are in huge demand for drug importation. Marry them and everything becomes easier. Then open one big drug store with supermarket for her

Check all the big drug stores u know, am I lying?


As per where I live, never mind. I might be in my village

Emzor owner tried bc late dora marketed her. The importers almost ran her out of market even though what she does is mixing up imported active ingredients and they are of low qualities.
I will tell u the deep secrets of pharmacy in Nigeria.
Stop arguing with me.

U need to see these guys feeling on top of the world
Empty brains. Their lecturers mostly advice them to go and learn about the 101 of drugs from the big chemist shops. U guys don't know anything.
Some doing industrial attachments or whatever it's called use medical terms to attend to ordinary people thinking that speaking big grammar makes them special.
U ask them simple question they will start fumbling.
Mtcheew.
I'm not responding to u again

You're either a withdrawn pharmacy student or perhaps someone who was denied admission into pharmacy.

Why am I even arguing with you? Continue in your ignorance, it'll not change anything! I only pity those who might be misled by your ignorance!


Even before going into pharmacy school, I met many pharmacists who are big shots in the industry and these guys are among the few professionals in the country who are very knowledgeable in their fields and are equally doing well financially.

FYI, before going to study pharmacy, I was already into "chemist" business and I know very well that those guys know next to nothing about drugs! Most are doing trial and error with people's lives while the government watches them.

No pharmacy lecturer tells students to go and learn from the "chemist" stores! Stop lying!!!

Emzor paracetamol was already making waves in the market before Dora Akwunyili became NAFDAC DG. Stop lying again.

ABUPHARM:


I'm sure that you won't get away with this hogwash you posted about pharmacy.

Jman06, ignorant folks full here, just do ur best to enlighten them perhaps their ignorance might be led astray

Don't mind them!

Let people read whatever they want las las we go know how far

Please nairaland get an editor to edit your news items.The caption should be '7pharmacy or nursing ,which is better'.Note that your readership is diverse.

Jman06:
You're either a withdrawn pharmacy student or perhaps someone who was denied admission into pharmacy.

Why am I even arguing with you? Continue in your ignorance, it'll not change anything! I only pity those who might be misled by your ignorance!


Even before going into pharmacy school, I met many pharmacists who are big shots in the industry and these guys are among the few professionals in the country who are very knowledgeable in their fields and are equally doing well financially.

FYI, before going to study pharmacy, I was already into "chemist" business and I know very well that those guys know next to nothing about drugs! Most are doing trial and error with people's lives while the government watches them.

No pharmacy lecturer tells students to go and learn from the "chemist" stores! Stop lying!!!

Emzor paracetamol was already making waves in the market before Dora Akwunyili became NAFDAC DG. Stop lying again.

Emzor didn't make wave befor Dora came to the rescue.
Emzor president is a friend and classmate of Dora.
Dora insisted all govt hospitals use emzor products and was backed by obasanjo. Stop arguing with me.
Dora took emzor to west African countries.
That was was how that lady was able to sustain.
Without Dora , which the lady always acknowledge, she wouldn't have been where she is now.
Orange drugs was her major contender then and Dora successfully used her weight to keep her on top and afloat.
U should know that if I can go this deep, I might know what u don't know in that industry
As for the rest, I'm tired of going in circle.

Samsung004:
Good day Nl. Please which is the best profession to take.
Nurse practitioner (B.nursing) or Pharmacy?.

Please give a point while one is better than the other?

Firstly, passion. Which one do you desire.

Assuming you'd have equal desire/interest in both, then i would say NURSING (Bsn, not RN)

If you were my sibling, i would insist you do NURSING.

Nursing is one of the few vocations in healthcare that would incressingly be in high demand, both locally and internationally, because of innovations in healthcare technology and demographic change globally.

Internationally, i can't even begin to talk about it; It's rewarding and lifestyle is good even for those in clinical nursing in comparison with other healthcare profession.

The career prospects for postgraduate nurses looks bright locally. There are a few nurses pursuing a career in academics in Nigeria at the moment. But if you dont desire to go further, or you don't have a passion to care, the career options are also good; from NGOs to financial sector to business/administration, the possibilities are limitless, and mostly untapped locally.

Inspite of this you must determine, by yourself, what would give you FULFILLMENT. At the end that's what counts.


PS: I'm not a nurse

Teddiie:
The level of ignorance about nursing profession in this thread is appalling and it's as a result of lack of sufficient information and misrepresentation of the profession especially by the media.....

Nursing has gone far beyond the 19th and 20th century.This is the 21st century, things have changed and are still changing..I'm not going to compare any profession to the other but op, just get the right information and choose wisely cos when the chips are down,it will be you and your choice that will be left

To all those spilling trash about nursing, get the right information before coming to spill trash. I bet most of those nurses you see are quacks cos no professional nurse will run errand for a doctor, we are autonomous and please y'all should patronize standard hospitals and not all these one-room hospitals around.

Sadly, when people hear 'nursing' they think it's only about working in the hospital.

Nursing has long evolved and has become a full fledged professional field deeper than most people know.

However nurse education development in Nigeria (as with most stuff) is stagnated or progressing VERY slowly, while arguably, pharmacy has been long DEAD and decayed!

Teddiie:


I thought as much cos no nurse in his/her right senses will run errands for a doctor and no doctor with a well-formed brain will send a qualified nurse on errand..
Mind you, they are not nurses but quacks

That nurse titi and Abigail was a joke but this stuff actually happens.. You've not been to suburbs or rural areas then

sassysure:

Emzor didn't make wave befor Dora came to the rescue.
Emzor president is a friend and classmate of Dora.
Dora insisted all govt hospitals use emzor products and was backed by obasanjo. Stop arguing with me.
Dora took emzor to west African countries.
That was was how that lady was able to sustain.
Without Dora , which the lady always acknowledge, she wouldn't have been where she is now.
Orange drugs was her major contender then and Dora successfully used her weight to keep her on top and afloat.
U should know that if I can go this deep, I might know what u don't know in that industry
As for the rest, I'm tired of going in circle.

Bro, you know nothing about the Nigerian pharmaceutical industry!
You claim to know but everything you post here point to the fact that you're totally ignorant of the industry.

To start with, Emzor MD; Dr(Mrs) Stella Chinyelum Okoli studied at Bradford University and Chelsea university (MSc) both in the UK and not in Nigeria, so she couldn't have been Dora's classmate.

Emzor paracetamol got into Nigerian drug market as far back as 1987/1988 while Dora became NAFDAC boss around
1999/2000. Emzor paracetamol gained popularity through massive radio and TV advertorials by the marketing team of the company!

chuksbogus2001:
It's disheartening when some one will ask for an advice and you know that u are not knowledgeable to answer but you still answer getting the individual confused.

Based on the OP question : looking at your background and your connection in Nigeria ,it will play a part in making a choice between these two professions .
PHARMACY and NURSING.are both a very difficult course to go through ,they both do internship at the end except if you go through the sch of nursing route which is not still bad.
If you have connection and long leg in Naija I will say go for pharmacy
If you know your parents no get long leg I will say go for Nursing.
YOU HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF GETTING EMPLOYEMENT IF YOU ARE A NURSE COMPARED TO BEING A PHARMACY HERE IN NIGERIA except if you have a long leg.

International opportunity .
NURSING PROFESSIONAL CURRICULUM IS SAME ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND WITH INFORMATION YOU CAN PRACTICE IN UK ,US , Australia ,CANNADA ,WITH YOUR CERTIFICATE FROM NIGERIA ONLY TO WRITE THEIR BOARD EXAM. DOR US U WRITE NCLEX which I did and I am in the US right now and I make x 2 what the highest paid Dr make in a month in 2 weeks.
Other profession have a tedious path of being able to practice abroad and NURSING SHORTAGE IS AFFECTING ALL THE CIVILIZED WORLD AND THEY ARE RECRUITING NURSES LIKE MAD.

I AM ONLY BEING HONEST WITH YOU. so after everything the decision is yours.

Couple of point:
1. Admission into nursing education in Nigeria is as competitive as pharmacy (not talking about diploma RN education).

2. Whether you are a nurse or pharmacist, you can always have a 'porting advantage' albeit better for nurses cos of dynamics of supply and demand in a FEW developed countries, which makes obtaining licensure relatively easier.

3. The bolded is inaccurate or knowingly misleading. I'm an 'insider' (not a nurse).

4. Choosing nursing cos you want to travel abroad, is the ultimate recipe to unfulfillment. Should not be encouraged.