How much education do you plan on receiving?

Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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What is your planned route to becoming a Registered Nurse? Are you going into an ADN plan, or going straight into a BSN degree? I'm thinking about going for the associate degree and getting my BSN while working as a nurse, but I've been reading that you pretty much have to have a BSN to get a job as an RN. Do you think it'll be easier to just go straight for the BSN before starting work or working as you get the BSN, maybe online?

I'm going from CNA (start 9-2-14) to LVN to ADN to BSN and hopefully someday MSN for my Nurse Practitioner, but I'm a late starter (35 yrs old) so we will see how far I can get. :)

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Specializes in mental health / psychiatic nursing.

Long term I want to get my MSN. Not sure which path I'll end up taking to get there as there are a lot of options where I live. I hope to get into a direct entry MSN program for non-nurses once I am done with my pre-reqs, but also plan on applying to a couple of BSN programs, and a couple of ADN programs as well. Once I know where I am accepted I'll make a decision that makes the most sense for me of those options.

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I am planning on getting my ADN first, then doing an online RN-to-BSN program right away through a state 4-yr school. No one really hires ADNs around here.

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I just got accepted to a community college program that partners with a university so I will do my ADN and BSN at the same time. I will graduate with my BSN one semester after my ADN for a total of 2.5 years from start to finish! :)

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I already had 2 associate's degrees (one in pre-nursing & one in psychology), so I went straight for the BSN & graduate next spring. I want to eventually become a NP.

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Specializes in ICU.

I will be starting an ADN program in the fall. I am planning to bridge to a MSN program once I am done with the ADN.

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