different paths to the nursing career

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  1. in your opinion, which type of program prepares nurses in the most complete manner

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      associates, then RN to BSN
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      traditional 4 year BSN
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      accelerated BA-BSN
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      non-accelerated BA-BSN

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i'm a student in associate's degree program and i graduate at the end of may. a HS friend and my best friend just started an accelerated BSN program here in NJ and a third friend started in an accelerated BSN program in NY. they will be finished next may (2013).

the one thing i hear from them is the fact that all their classes over lap (informatics, fundamentals, health assessment, math for meds, med terms, and patho) and they are lost and confused. my first semester was fundamentals of nursing and math for meds. when my best friend needs help in her classes, she calls/texts/emails me for help even though i have never taken a course dedicated to math terms. i never took a class called med terms yet i know what she is talking about. i know it because of my 1.5 years in NS and reading books, charts, sitting in class etc.

i know there is a push for nurses to have baccalaureate degrees but are these programs really the best way for nurses to learn? to have EVERY THING from soup to nuts shoved and pushed into their heads in 15 months/4 semesters?

my question is this: which type of nursing program prepares nurses the best and which one gives the most hands on training. if possible, can you say why you believe that path prepares nurses in the most complete way?

choices:

1-associate's then RN-BSN

2-traditional 4 year BSN

3-accelerated BA-BSN

4-non-accelerated BA-BSN

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