Does this Path into Nursing sound Sensible?

nyteshade, BSN · Oct 30, 2009

It sounds like she wants the leadership position right out of school...for the time spent, I think it's great. However...I've never seen a new grad nurse placed in a leadership role.

Angela.CRNA2B · Oct 30, 2009

No She says she wants to be able to have the skills of Administrators for the future, just in case she decided to expand.

nohika · Oct 30, 2009

I definitely recommend taking a few years off to get some experience before going to a MSN degree. ...and why doesn't she go straight for the BSN? She'd be an RN sooner and able to get some experience if she goes back for a BS in Healthcare administration.

O'Ryan · Oct 30, 2009

hmmm you just gave me an idea to ponder

I'm currently a college student with about 40 liberal arts credits. I'm finding it hard to transfer into a traditional 4 year nursing program, there are not many.

it almost seems as if there are more accelerated BSN programs for degree holders.

Maybe i should earn my bachelors in something else....then get a second degree BSN. This would allow me to have two degrees with only a year or two wasted..

it never hurts to have an extra degree

loriangel14, RN · Oct 30, 2009

Speed is not always a good thing. She will end up like my manager, a nurse with her MSN that has no clue of what being a nurse is like because she went straight into management. She makes decisions about how care should be delivered without ever having walked in a nurses shoes. I hope your sister plans on doing some nursing before heading into management. Best of luck to her.

Angela.CRNA2B · Oct 30, 2009

I definitely recommend taking a few years off to get some experience before going to a MSN degree. ...and why doesn't she go straight for the BSN? She'd be an RN sooner and able to get some experience if she goes back for a BS in Healthcare administration.

She says your going to have to be wait listed until there is a open seat in the traditional BSN program where she can go for the HealthCare Management Degree, have the extra degree and then slide right into a Accelerated BSN and have two degrees, she can move faster through her BS degree by going year round she says the Traditional way is always hard to get the classes cause there are soo many Nursing to be students and they are all going for a limited number of seats. I makes better sense to me when she explains it. She can go directly into a MSN and she says instead of working as a NP right away she may go for a MHA.

nohika · Oct 30, 2009

...she does realize that Accelerated programs have JUST as many people applying to them, right? Again, if she goes directly into an NP, she will NOT get hired easily due to lack of /experience/. Experience is KEY. She needs to work as a floor nurse for a few years to really "get it".

PostOpPrincess, BSN, RN · Oct 30, 2009

...she does realize that Accelerated programs have JUST as many people applying to them, right? Again, if she goes directly into an NP, she will NOT get hired easily due to lack of /experience/. Experience is KEY. She needs to work as a floor nurse for a few years to really "get it".

To really get it? Minimum 5 years.

nohika · Oct 30, 2009

To really get it? Minimum 5 years.

:heartbeat I defer to your superior knowledge.

dishes, BSN, RN · Oct 30, 2009

So essentially the BSN is just a stepping stone for your sister... hope she doesn't expect supportive comments from staff nurses.

dishes

loriangel14, RN · Oct 31, 2009

Does she really expect to a effective NP with no nursing experience? Experience is very crucial and she needs to walk the walk before she can talk the talk. Nursing education is about more than what they teach you in school.