Are you getting a ADN or going straight to BSN ?

I'm hoping I get into a BSN program, but I won't complain if I end up in an ADN program..at this point, I just want to get started somewhere! I have a previous degree in another unrelated field, which is why the BSN is more appealing to me. It'd take the same amount of time for me to get my BSN as it would my ADN, and I eventually would like to go on to grad school as well. Otherwise, if I were fresh out of high school or didn't have any college credits I'd go ADN first and then do the BSN bridge thing, just cause I'd be able to start working as an RN sooner that way.

I'm going for my ADN. Not much of a pay difference and as others have pointed out, you can work & go to school. I'm ready to make nowwwwww.

Good luck with your decision!!

I'm going into an Accelerated BSN (15 months) program, because I received my B.A. in another field. It made more sense to go that route instead of an ADN route, simply because I plan to progress further to a Nurse Practitioner, so I won't be losing ground on that track.

I'm going for my ADN first and once I have an established job I hope to continue to me BSN and then my MSN. I am married and have 2 small children. Financially I can't afford not to work for more that 2 years. Not like I can really afford that either but I figure I can't afford to sit back and do nothing!

i'm getting ADN. getting married and work for a year. Then go for BSN.

good luck and best wishes everyone

Yo Zrod, which path you gonna do? BSN or ADN and why?

I'm going for my BSN since I already have a bachelors in another field and the university here accepted my degree to meet all my core requirements. An ADN would actually take me just as long as getting my BSN.

I will start at community college and transfer for my bsn..

Both.

I'm in a dual degree program so, after 3 years I'll have my ADN (1 year of prereqs and 2 of nursing, like most ADN programs), and then the fourth year I'll finish up my requirements for a BSN.

I think that this is the best plan because:

1) Most ADN programs take 3 years anyway due to the prereqs.
2) I would have no motivation to go back to school if I did an ADN program. I would think that I had a degree and that would be that.
3) Many hospitals only want Bachelor's prepared nurses. Some even say that the ADN nurses must go back to school if they want to keep their job.
4) I can work and gain experience before my college graduation and have a better chance of getting a job.
5) I'm getting the whole normal college experience.
5) I want to be a nurse practitioner.

CNA-LPN-ADN-BSN-MSN-DNP --Just Kidding!!

I am going to get my AA (Associate of Arts) degree in pre-nursing (kind of like libreal arts). Then a Upper-division BSN program, and get my RN. Then MSN to be a faily nurse practitioner. Then DNP.