2 year vs 4 year nursing school?

[Maggie28]

I can't make up my mind on whether I should enroll in a two year nursing program or a four year.

I was originally thinking of getting my AAS first, get a job and then go back to school. So many people have been saying that I shouls do the four year straight. I know I will have my BSN at the end of the four years but I also wanted to gain some work experience with my AAS.

What do you guys think or rather what would you guys do?

[NICU Guy, BSN, RN]

Depends on your location and demand for ASN RNs. Many ASN RNs have a hard time finding jobs in many areas of the US because of the large supply of new grad BSN RNs.

[Buyer beware, BSN]

Let's cut to the chase.

Go to potential venues of employment and find out who they hire. In most instances last time I looked they hire RNs.

So not AD nurses or BSN nurses just RNs.

I think your plan and the one I advocate is to get to be an RN as inexpensively as possible.

Later on if you desire the BSN, have your hospital pay for it.

I have worked with many RNs with every academic degree from diploma to DNPs.

Guess what? Makes no difference.

In fact some of the so-called advance degree nurses might be gangbusters in academia but lamo in the clinical area.

So the heck with others telling you what to do.

I think your instincts are good.

The decision to obtain a BSN has to make economic sense and because of the added expense in doing so it has to make dollars and cents and not just appeal to someone else's sense of vanity and what they "think" might bring you increased value in the marketplace.

Stay your course, it a good one.