Advice for wanna be NP w/2 yrs college done?

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Hi!!

I want to be an np with interest in women's health and a more holistic aproach to medicine and nutrition. I have two yrs of college done and I am trying to decide on which path to take to go from point a to point b. Does anyone know of any programs that accept lpn's without a bachelor's into an accelerated BSN with direct entry into a masters for an np? Cause maybe I will get my lpn if that is a good plan. Do most of the Accelerated BSN programs with the direct entry into the np give you your np, or do you have to do more post masters work?

Thanks, Thanks!!!

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Get your BSN, get your BSN, get your BSN. You can't get into a graduate program without an undergraduate degree. If you have your BSN then it's just another year to two years for the FNP. If you have a bachelor's in another (non-nursing) field you can apply to an accelerated MSN program that will spend the first 15 months getting your RN and then another year or two gettign the NP. Usually you have to work as an RN before continuing on with the NP portion of the program.

However, the accelerated masters programs are VERY competitive and unless you have top grades and lots of money it's better to get your BSN first and then apply to different masters programs. It's cheaper this way as well. You can work part time as a nurse while becoming an NP.

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I agree, get your BSN. However, I have another perspective on accelerated programs, having just finished one. Yes, it did cost a ton of money, BUT it has come full circle. I chose to go to a rather expensive but very reputable accelerated program. I paid out the nose through loans, for the BSN, but now I am getting my MSN based almost entirely on scholarship as a result of my performance in the BSN program. It can be done, especially since you know already what you want your focus to be.

Good luck!

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Get your BSN, get your BSN, get your BSN. You can't get into a graduate program without an undergraduate degree.

*** Not true. Several schools allow RNs to go directly from ADN to MSN without ever getting a BSN. Try U. North Carolina at Chappel Hill, MUSC, Vanderbilt in TN among others. They require some bridge credits, usually 6-18 then direct entry into the MSN. No BSN is awarded in the program.

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