I need some advice on my future!

ganpatiji · Jan 13, 2008

Hi,

Either you do ADN or BSN ,you can both ways give RN examination and become Nurse but when you go for Jobs after Graduation then defintely your other friends who did BSN will get upper hand in salary. Besides this if you do BSN ,you can always do MSN and become nurse practitoner whose salaries are very good. If your mind is set on going towards medical field,then don't waste your time and start doing some science prerequisite courses which are always needed for going for these kind of jobs.

All the best!

Knorremeisje · Jan 13, 2008

About the ADN-BSN situation, I would personally go for the ADN, graduate, get my RN licence and then have my employer pay for the one year of college you need for your BNS. You'll get paid very decently while in school and I'm positive your employer will work around your schedule and reimburse all tuition and books. After a year you get your BSN and your pay will increase. If you'd go for you BSN right away it would take you another year as well, why not get paid while doing it?

Scottydk · Jan 13, 2008

Thank you for your help. I was thinking of taking some science courses on the side just in case no harm in extra education right? and the reason I ask about the two different courses is because I have found programs that let you go from an LVN straight to a BSN, I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything along the way.

Ehope · Jan 16, 2008

I think that if you really want to go to medical school you should not waste your time getting your BSN. A lot of the upper division nursing classes are nursing theory and are geared towards nurses who would like to go into managerial type positions. These classes are not easy and can be time consuming which would not leave a lot of time for the core science classes you would need for medical school.

If I were you I would do an LPN to RN bridge program and start working as an RN while finishing your pre-reqs for medical school. In case you don't know what they are here goes:

1 year of Biology (with lab)

1 year of Inorganic Chemistry (with lab)

1 year of Organic Chemistry (with lab)

1 year of Physics (with lab)

Keep in mind that in order to even be able to take the chem or physics classes you have to be at least at the pre-calculus math level. Some medical schools only accept calculus based Chem and Physics which means you would have to at least take calculus I.

Medical schools do not care what your undergrad degree is in as long as your GPA is good. I would look into a degree that incorporates the med school pre-reqs. If you bridge to RN you will probably already have to take chem and all the other classes such as A&P and Micro will help you even though they are not requirements. Try to do very well in your math and science classes because they are what your Science GPA is based on.

I think it is very good to have an idea of where you would like to end up and strt working towards that goal. Becoming an LVN and possibly RN will expose you to the healthcare field and help you decide if being a doctor is what you want to do. Additionally you would not have to volunteer to get the healthcare experience for med school since you would already be working as a nurse. You could volunteer for a different cause (animal shelter, homeless shelter, etc...) that would make you an even better (more "rounded") med school candidate.

Good luck in all your endeavors.:redpinkhe