Is it harder to become a nurse or physical therapist?

Hi Joetex12, I have been a physical therapist assistant for 14 years now. To become a physical therapist most programs are now at the doctorate level. When I applied to PTA school, PT's were only required to have a bachelors degree. Physical therapy's educational requirement has risen dramatically in the last 10 years. read more

And a BSN would be decidedly more difficult than the four-year degree that a physical therapist would have to get. So I think, just categorically, that becoming an RN would be"harder" than becoming a physical therapist. Physical therapists are no dummies, though. They REALLY know their stuff. read more