Help with the best route to nursing?

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Starting in January I will be starting classes to become a patient care technician. I was going to do that and then work on getting into the LPN program. Then I thought I would eventually bridge to RN. Well now i'm thinking maybe I should work on my pre-reqs and skip LPN and go straight for RN. If I bridge I will still need all those pre-reqs so its seems like it might be a waste of time to go through LPN first. I need some major advice. I have never been to college. To be honest it confuses me quite a bit. So What do you think would be better? Thanks!

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Specializes in LTC, Med-surg.

I think you should go straight for your BSN. Because it will be better for you when you look for jobs. Some places want atleast a bachelor's degree. Also, if you plan on being an RN why would you want to waste your time to get your LPN? Just go to school to be an RN, the extra step seems stupid. I think people get their LPN because they want to work and support themselves while going to nursing school. If you don't have any obligations or want to be an RN in the end , then go for your BSN.

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I would say just work on your pre-reqs to get the RN and don't waste time with the LPN. If you are able and have your significant other to financially support you, go straight for the BSN if you can. I have to work so personally I am getting my ADN and then doing an RN-to-BSN program, but I would definitely skip that extra step if I could.

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Yeah it seems to me that LPN would be a waste of time. I think I will work on my pre reqs for RN. When I graduate I will have an associate in science degree. I do have 2 small children to think about also. I have no clue about whats needed in order to go for BSN? I really am clueless when it comes to this stuff. I will be going to a local community college but I guess I will have to tranfer to a university if I want to go further after RN. Excuse my ignorance but like I said I am very new to all this :) Thank you for the responses so far!

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Yeah it seems to me that LPN would be a waste of time. I think I will work on my pre reqs for RN. When I graduate I will have an associate in science degree. I do have 2 small children to think about also. I have no clue about whats needed in order to go for BSN? I really am clueless when it comes to this stuff. I will be going to a local community college but I guess I will have to tranfer to a university if I want to go further after RN. Excuse my ignorance but like I said I am very new to all this :) Thank you for the responses so far!

check our your local universities, most of them will have BSN programs and some even offer the option of getting your BSN online after you are a RN. usually to get your BSN it just means a lot of extra classes, more math, more science ect...as far as I know the actual nursing part is pretty much the same as a community college.

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After RN about how long does it take to get to BSN?

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After RN about how long does it take to get to BSN?

the program i've looked at thru KU *online* says with full time study it can be completed in a year, with part time study 3yrs.

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well what i'm going to do is get all my RN pre-req's done, once i'm done with those then i will attempt to take the RN entrance exam for the program, HOWEVER if i do not pass that then i will go to the LVN program then to the LVN to RN program. but i'm going to try to go straight into the RN program

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Specializes in Critical Care, Postpartum.

OP, is your end goal to receive the BSN or the MSN?

If you want the BSN, yeah I would skip the LPN program and go for BSN RN. I would apply to both BSN and ADN programs, with the hopes of geting in your BSN program. If you can't, but get accepted to the ADN, you can later do RN-BSN. Any of these routes gets you to your final goal.

If you want the MSN, you have also a few options. Get the BSN first then MSN later. Or, ADN first then do a RN-MSN route (skipping the BSN). Both get you to your final goal.

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I'm doing an online BSN program at my college once I finish my ASN in May. It can be fast tracked in 3 semesters. But once you get your ASN, there are more prereqs or coreqs for BSN as well.

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