Does this Path into Nursing sound Sensible?

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.

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

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.

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

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.

...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".

...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.

To really get it? Minimum 5 years.

:heartbeat I defer to your superior knowledge.

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

dishes

It's been my understanding throughout my BSN program that I'm being prepared to take NCLEX. After I'm licensed, my true education to be a nurse will begin.

With that understanding, I'm not sure your sister will learn what she needs to to be an effective advanced practice nurse. You can't be advanced without mastering the basics first, right? And you can't get the basics without working as a licensed nurse for at least a few years (5 to "get it" as one earlier poster said).