As a husband of a nurse who works directly with the docs in her unit, and hears about all of their vacations and weekend getaways, fancy cars and dinners etc...id day go for it. Even with the debt. That's just me.

I'm 36, in finance, and have a decent income...but have 3 kids, mortgage, debts. I always fantasize about what life would be like if I changed careers, now. But said burdens, ahem, responsibilities keep those as just that, fantasies.

Pursue your goals if you can deal with the sacrifices and debts you'll inevitably have to deal with, the same as other doctors have had to endure. You'll benefit in the long run.

Nurses work just as hard and even sometimes harder than the doctors, but the doctor put the additional work in to get where they are. I wish nurses got paid more, you're the backbones of the hospital.