Samrock, Go for it!!!! I strongly reccomend. Who gives a hoot about what people will say if youre a nurse? You can pull up beside your new car and a 300,000 dollar house you just morgaged and laugh at their faces instead. Its very important samrock to break that wall, that wall of perception that nursing is only for women. You can be assured that the involvement of women in the nursing field, here in the US only started booming due to necessity created by war, the input of women in the workforce was extremely necessary as all the men were out fighting battles. It was not initially designed to be a job of any specific gender. Its a great paying job with HALF the stress of being a doctor. Heck, i'm been thinking about this a lot too. I might be joining you as a nurse in the next 4 years. :) If the social scrutiny of "what will people think of me, if i become a nurse" is the only reason thats bothering you, then you should pack that scrutiny in a piece of paper, make it into a ball, and toss it into the green dumpster outside your apartment while you go to nursing classes. I see green all the way. :) good luck shamrock.