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Nursing Students Pre-Nursing

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Hello everyone,

I looking to do a full 360 in my career.. I'm looking to go back to school to become an RN, RT or Cvt. More so thinking of heading in the RN direction. I currently have an Associates in Applied Science from 2001. I have been in the construction business for years but needed to shut my company down a few years back do to the economy, then went into a cooperate fabrication business making trophies but recently got laid off..

I have been looking at a bunch of schools in nj for a BSN but most schools require you to have a RN license to apply and be accepted into their program. I also looked into my community college where I graduated from and they do offer and associates degree in nursing but I already have an associates and would like to get a BSN. Can anyone give me some insight or direction on what would be the best career choice to go with or schools?

Thanks,

MC

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If money isn't an issue to you, you can go to those private BSN schools, most of them cost around $40k+. If money is an issue to you, I would recommend going to a community college (about $4k), get your ADN, work for a hospital for a while, then go back and upgrade your ADN to BSN. Some hospitals will pay for you to go back to school again, to get your BSN, so check on that.

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Hi

Since you already have an Associates degree, you may want to look into State universities, they often offer generic BSN programs for those who are not RNs, and they are not so expensive.

Best of luck

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