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Is there a huge difference in having a BSN or a MSN as to finding a job wise?

And since you can't go for your NCLEX license until MSN, what licensures or certificates can you obtain after you get your bachelors?

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Is there a huge difference in having a BSN or a MSN as to finding a job wise?

And since you can't go for your NCLEX license until MSN, what licensures or certificates can you obtain after you get your bachelors?

Um, I think you do not have a clear picture of the two degrees. A BSN is (usually) an entry level to practice. A BSN grad takes NCLEX. A BSN grad looks for an entry level position.

An MSN is typically an advanced-practice degree (Nurse Practitioner or Midwife, for example) OR an Educator or a Manager/ Leader. In order to get into an MSN program you must already be a practicing, licensed RN.

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Is there a huge difference in having a BSN or a MSN as to finding a job wise?

And since you can't go for your NCLEX license until MSN, what licensures or certificates can you obtain after you get your bachelors?

You seem to be confused. An MSN is not required to take NCLEX. Nursing school graduates of BSN, Diploma and ADN programs all take NCLEX-RN. I have a BSN- no MSN- and am a licensed RN.

The difference is that MSN is a degree for advanced level practice. MSN prepared nurses are Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Certified Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives, etc.

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Even of you attend a direct-entry MSN program, you take the NCLEX at some point during the middle of the program, as you need your RN license to progress in the MSN portion.

And there may or may not be a big difference between a BSN and a MSN depending on how you are using the MSN.

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