help plz! LPN or Healthcare Admin.?

[busta0978]

hello all,

i am newe to this site and need all the input . i am 31 years old male with a beautiful wife and 2 kids (a year old and 6 year old). i currently work for the home depot and i am very unhappy there. this is my reason i decided to go back to school. my advisor told me to get my aa in healthcare admin. while i wait for my 2 year wait on the rn program. but a few rns told me to get my lpn to get the experience and once i work for the hospital . most hospitals will pay for some if not all your rn degree if you sign a 2 year contract. my question to you all is? what would you do if your unhappy with where you work, not able to provide the living you want for your family, and need something secure in your life? would you choose an aa degree in healthcare admin. or go get your lpn ? (i will be going for my rn after the wait it up) ..thank you in advance

[tfleuter, BSN, RN]

The LPN makes more sense to me. At least then you could do a LPN-RN bridge program which would take less time then a regular ASN/ADN program. The healthcare admin doesn't make any sense to me if RN is your final goal. I'm pretty sure few if any of your credits from the degree would transfer and it seems like a waste of time and money.

This advisor wouldn't happen to be working for a for-profit private college would s/he? These schools are notorious for trying to get students to sign up for as many things as possible. More credits/degrees = more money in their pockets. I looked into a local school and they wanted me to take a year's worth of healthcare career classes before starting with their nursing program so I could "be sure that I really wanted to get into nursing and not medical assisting or health administration." What a load of bs. I ended the conversation right there and didn't look into them any further after that little tid bit.

[elkpark]

The LPN makes more sense to me. At least then you could do a LPN-RN bridge program which would take less time then a regular ASN/ADN program. The healthcare admin doesn't make any sense to me if RN is your final goal. I'm pretty sure few if any of your credits from the degree would transfer and it seems like a waste of time and money.

This advisor wouldn't happen to be working for a for-profit private college would s/he? These schools are notorious for trying to get students to sign up for as many things as possible. More credits/degrees = more money in their pockets. I looked into a local school and they wanted me to take a year's worth of healthcare career classes before starting with their nursing program so I could "be sure that I really wanted to get into nursing and not medical assisting or health administration." What a load of bs. I ended the conversation right there and didn't look into them any further after that little tid bit.

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