So, I'm a high school senior who is about to graduate, and I'm going to attend a community college for two years in nursing. Then I plan to take my NCLEX to become an RN. After getting my AA degree, I plan to move to Hawaii and continue my education at a 4year university to get my BSN. I plan to work as an RN in Hawaii while studying at a 4 year university, and I could maybe pay off my college expenses. Now here are my questions:
- What are some good nursing programs that I should apply to in Hawaii (4-year universities)?
- Is my educational/career path realistic? Any other nurses who have gone through my plan?
- What are the average salaries in Hawaii?
- Is is true that it may take longer than two years to get my BSN?
- Do hawaii students and out of state students get the same financial benefits and also job openings benefits?
***P.S. I'm from an island called Saipan (somewhere near Guam), so I'll be an out-of-state student for awhile.
But I spoke to a nursing student at my local community college who just graduated this year about how long it took him to get his ADN and he said 2 1/2 years because took all winter and summer classes durin those two years :)
Most schools have winter semesters. They don't normally in your area? We don't normally go once a year. There is fall, spring, and summer. Most RN programs go fall and spring. You will be in what's called a cohort. You will be with the same people for the two years of the program. You can't go faster than the others. You start together and finish together. So let's say you do your prereqs in 3 semester. Fall, spring, and summer. You would then enter the program in the fall of the following year and go 4 semesters after that. It would be fall, spring, fall spring. You would graduate in spring of 2017 provided everything is done. Most of the time summer is off in the RN program. At my school only those transitioning from a LPN to a RN. Those start in the summer to graduate the following spring. But they also have some prereqs that have to be completed first. You will not be done in 2 1/2 years. Even if you went in the summer with the RN program it won't be 2 1/2 years.
In the community college I'm going they have this thing called "intercession"/another term for winter semester. I think because the the nursing student I spoke to took three winter semesters maybe? He already has his ADN after 2 1/2 years. He graduated this month. I'm not joking So I'm just trying to follow his path, and he's helping me right now :)
So far, I just need help about transferring to a 4-year university so I can get my BSN. Maybe it might be different for some community colleges? All I know is that he did finish 2 1/2 years with his own batch....
So I'm just trying to follow his path, and he's helping me right now :)
leanteodoro
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But I spoke to a nursing student at my local community college who just graduated this year about how long it took him to get his ADN and he said 2 1/2 years because took all winter and summer classes durin those two years :)