bsn waste without license?

[burtonmarg]

Hello everyone ........ I have BSN but I'm not willing to practice as a nurse( do not have a license)..... Does it mean my bsc is waste or I can do something like master in other discipline.... How sure am I going to get a work with Masters degree......

I'm thinking about doing msc environmental health- or occupational safety... Any advise

Regards

[BostonFNP, APRN]

I agree with others; even if you don't plan to work in a traditional nursing role, you should take the exam and get your RN license, even if you never plan to use it. It makes you a much more competitive job candidate and there are lots of non-traditional roles.

If there is something standing in the way of that, prohibiting you from getting authorization to test or having exceeded the number of attempts, you may want to either think about another state or consider graduate school. If you are thinking about the latter than make sure you know what you want to do prior to making an investment in grad school.

[RNrhythm, BSN, RN]

you're telling me you wasted 4 years of your life for a BSN degree, and you don't wanna take a 5 hour test to get your RN license? No way this is real life, you must be trolling

I wonder if there is a reason he cannot register for the exam, like a fresh, new DUI or something, which would explain the one-off, throwaway account.

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

Unless there is a compelling reason for you not to at least take the exam you should, even if you never use your license to practice. The degree itself could be useful depending on where you want to be professionally. First step is to decide what you want to do, then determine how the degree you already have will help you to get there.