Bachelors in Biology/MSN Program

[Darius93]

Greetings everyone. So I just had a meeting with the new dean of the science department and we were talking about my nursing major. My original plan was to finish out my 2 years at community college getting my pre-nursing and then transfer to Clayton State and get my BSN and ultimately I want to become a Nurse Anesthetist. She told me that instead of getting my pre-nursing degree that I could get my bachelors degree in Biology and then transfer to Georgia Regents College for their accelerated nursing program. Upon completion I will have my MSN and many other career opportunities will be open to me. Also if i just so happen to decide I don't want to be a nurse(extremely unlikely) medical school is always a option. I'm thinking I might just major in Biology now and transfer to Georgia Regents for their accelerated nursing program. What do you guys think?

[angieperry]

You can't just transfer like that. Even with your first degree, you still need some more classes. Like A&P 1 and 2, microbiology, chemistry, some schools take nutrition. I would call the school you want to transfer to and ask for the classes you would need in addition to your biology degree in order to get into their accelerated program. Am a nursing student now, I had a previous degree, but I still took some more classes before starting the program. It's not as easy as your advisor told you. And upon completion of your accelerated nursing program, it still a bachelors degree in nursing not a masters degree. Good luck on your educational goals.

[loriangel14, RN]

You will graduate with a MSN and no nursing experience. I would go the BSN route.

[Darius93]

Thanks for the input guys!