I think i'm making a huge mistake

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First of all I would like to thank all of you for taking the time out to read this!:redbeathe I just recently graduated with my B.S. in health science this past friday! I've always thought about becoming a nurse and decided that the accelerated BSN or MSN route is the best way for me to achieve my goal. However, I've been doing my LVN course work for the past 2 months and just realized that with my degree, I do not want to go that route at all. What do you all suggest is the appropriate route that I should take? Thank you

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To be honest I would leave the LVN program. Apply for an accelerated BSN or MSN program and work, work, work to save up money for when you are in school for the BSN. I am at UW-Oshkosh Accelerated Online BSN program and love it. One year program for BS to BSN. $34,500 and all online, except clinicals which are done in your home town. Look into it. Do not spend anymore money for LVN if you hate it. Will just be a waste of money. Apply to schools, and work your butt off to save money and then go back to school. With the one year program I am in, we are not allowed to work. Which is so true because it is rigorous.

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This makes much more sense to me. I actually hate the program. It's so "spoon fed" to the point where the instructors give us questions along with the answers to study for when the test comes. I'm used to studying, studying, studying all night long for an exam passing with flying colors. I want to be challenged and the LVN program is not cutting it. I also feel like I have taken a step back doing the LVN program

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It sounds like you have your mind made up but IMHO it is very short sighted to leave the lvn program when you can easily do a a lpn to bsn program in as little as a year. Remember nursing education is not like other types of higher ed where you get kudos for analysis and creative arguments. It starts from the basics and in order to get through and pass nclex and after that keep your license, you will have to know protocol and procedure the way they are taught to you. You don't get to do things differently if you think you are "smarter" or because you have a college degree, etc.

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If your goal is to get a masters in nursing then I would start applying for those programs now. If you hate the program you are in I believe it is a waste of money and time spending a year doing something that you don't want to do anyway. The accelerated programs are 1-2 years. If you don't mind waiting (or not waiting depending on when you apply and get accepted) then do that if it makes you happier. You could also look into what coursework that you have already completed that will transfer into a BSN, ADN, etc and go that route. You might not have to many prereqs to take with your BS already. The sooner you apply to some places the sooner you will get the ball rolling in the direction you want to be moving in. Good luck

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