My daughter is a HS senior and we're exploring nursing as a career choice. I'm so confused about the education.
Does she pursue an associate's degree or Bachelor of Science in Nursing? Can she earn an associate's degree then transfer to get the BSN? What are the different degrees of nursing and what do they mean (we've heard of LPN, RN, etc.)? I'm not having very much luck finding the basic information online. What are the advantages, disadvantages of these different levels of nurses? What are their educational requirements?
I appreciate y'all steering me in the right direction if you don't have the time to type out all the answers to my inquiries. Thanks!
You cannot have an ADN and go straight for your MSN. )
This is not true. I am an ADN, RN, currently in the ADN-MSN program at Graceland University, Lamoni , Iowa. I was also accepted into other RN-MSN programs.
I don't see anything wrong with a parent trying to help their teenager decide what career they might want to go into and which schools to apply to. It's not like she's doing her school work for her.
I would suggest she do her own research (sorry, Mom). Just want to make sure this is what she wants to do.
I would also suggest going the BSN route as she is young, most likely without obligations, and has the time to do it. She needs to weigh the pros and cons of the ADN vs BSN route. I still strongly suggest the straight to BSN route.
There are many people on the site that have graduated with an ADN and are unable to find employment in a hospital, but this may depend on where you live.
I don't see anything wrong with a parent trying to help their teenager decide what career they might want to go into and which schools to apply to. It's not like she's doing her school work for her.
onemore4gsus, best wishes for your daughter!
too much input can overwhelm a reticent young adult.......the more a person has made their own way in the safety of the parents home, the safer they will be outside it, and the more confident of a proper decision
I see you have many years of experience, and I appreciate your input. I think you are right about my daughter making the inquiries. If she doesn't, we will know she's not interested. Nursing doesn't seem like a good career choice for someone who's pursuing it for someone else's satisfaction.
The input I've received so far from this forum has helped me to narrow things down and to give her a direction and focus for her questions to universities and hospitals.
I see you have many years of experience, and I appreciate your input. I think you are right about my daughter making the inquiries. If she doesn't, we will know she's not interested. Nursing doesn't seem like a good career choice for someone who's pursuing it for someone else's satisfaction.
The input I've received so far from this forum has helped me to narrow things down and to give her a direction and focus for her questions to universities and hospitals.
i am pleased you can see that we mean to be helpful and not else.
Diploma good to get her getting money coming in for herself. Then usually can get BSN on her own while she is working and sometimes her workplace will pay for it for her.
I would also suggest for her to maybe shadow a nurse, I know some hospitals will do this, for her to see if this is something she would even like doing. I know, when going through nursing school, that I had encountered a few students who, even though they had thought they wanted to be nurses, once they got into clinicals, for some reason it was a shock to them what was actually required of nurses. And decided it was not something that they weren't even be interested in. After all those years of pre-reqs for nursing, just to find out it was not the direction they were wanting to go....It is a terribly difficult decision to make about one's future at any age, let alone just out of high school, in my opinion! Best of luck to her!
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This is not true. I am an ADN, RN, currently in the ADN-MSN program at Graceland University, Lamoni , Iowa. I was also accepted into other RN-MSN programs.