Confused on RN or BSN?

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I've decided to go back to school to become a RN. Although initially I would like to gain some clinical experience my long term goals are to get involved in possibly wellness education or diabetes education. I have a BS in Nutrition and I'm a registered dietitian. Do you think that an RN would help me achieve my goals or do I need to go for the BSN RN?

What are some of the advantages to the BSN RN versus the RN without BSN?

Also, I was wondering if I decide for the RN through a diploma school, is it easy to get the BSN?

Thanks,

Confused

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Welcome to Allnurses.com.

There are already many, many threads on this topic, if you go thru search on the gold-bar at the top of this site. You already have a BS, getting a BSN will not make any difference in your career, unless you want to go into nursing management. You would be better off going into a bridge program where you get your MSN, in about the same time that it would take you to get the BSN, since you already have a BS, and in a health science.

Hope that this helps.............. :balloons:

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I believe that you can be a certified diabetes educator as a dietician -- at least that's true here in OK.

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My sister is a clinical nutritionist/dietician and is a C.D.E. :balloons:

She has her own practice in NY on Long Island.

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