Want to be a nurse in Doctor's Office...which degree? ASN or BSN RN?

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I have ruled out hospital RN jobs due to many factors. I am interested in working in a doctor's office as a nurse. Which degree should I go for? What are the majority looking for?

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I would recommend that you seek out a STNA (State Tested Nursing Assistant) program to get you started. Here in Ohio its a 475.00-500.00 program with 60 hours of classroom training and 16 hours of clinical training. The classes are very flexible with 2 week offerings during the day, 5 week offerings on just weekends and 4 week/ 4 days a week during the week offerings.

I have done a ton of research and have countless family members, friends, and old classmates from HS in the nursing field and they have been given many opportunities to work flexible shifts around their families needs. I just got accepted into Kent State Universities BSN program - the accelerated program being I have a non-nursing bachelors degree already and I too asked the same questions what degree should I seek? what environment should I focus on? yada yada yada...and I was told the same things your not going to get the ideal environment right out of school but if you work from the bottom and work your way up its more rewarding.

By looking at the available opportunities that are listed online I found that I have to be open to anything in this field because like any field your not going to get exactly what you want right out of school. I am doing the STNA because it can at least get me a nursing assistant job to start gaining experience and then by the time I have my RN in a year and a half/two years I should have the experience to obtain a job in a hospital or other facility.

I too want to work in pediatrics but I know that will be something that will come in time. i admire your passion to learn more and feel you shouldn't get discouraged with what you read on the internet. I have heard horror stories of understaffed hospitals and long hours but unfortunately that is part of the nursing field. I would recommend you volunteer at a facility and/or shadow a nurse for a day and see if that is something you like. I choose to the BSN for myself because of many reasons one it can lead to a Nurse Practitioner concentration which definitely results to greater opportunities, two most of the listings that I've looked at are looking for BSN/RN nurses and lastly I figured just get it done now rather than wait because life will throw anything at you and if you wait you may not get that opportunity again. I wish you much luck on your endeavors and take a look past the forums for information. You will be surprised on what you find :).

Specializes in Pediatric Home Care, Dr Office/Clinic.

Depends on where you live. In california, LVN's work mostly work in drs offices, urgent care, clinics, LTC. RN's are 98.9% based out of hospitals. The only advanced nurses in LA area that work in Drs offices are Nurse practitioners.

You really have to do an extensive job search at your local hospitals and medical groups/offices to see what degree nurses they are hiring it really puts things into perspctive and will help you go in the right direction.

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