If you graduate with a BSN..

[KiddKev]

If you graduate with a BSN.., how soon can you go back to graduate schools to get MSN? especially in the New York area..

Ive researched schools here in NY with MSN programs requiring at least 1 or 2 years or experience, is that the minimum to get in? Like is it competitive to get into these programs because im thinking there are other nurses who have much more experience trying to get into these programs.

Thanks a lot!

Help is greatly appreciated

[caliotter3]

I knew a student who was accepted to our school's MSN program before the end of our final semester. Obviously no experience was required for that particular program because she had never worked a day in healthcare.

[KiddKev]

I knew a student who was accepted to our school's MSN program before the end of our final semester. Obviously no experience was required for that particular program because she had never worked a day in healthcare.

interesting

thanks!!!

[JustEnuff2BDangerous, BSN, RN]

I think requiring one or two years experience is a very prudent recommendation on behalf of these schools. Going straight into your MSN after nursing school deprives you of a critical one or two years of "discovering" who you are as a nurse... You run the very high risk of not only not knowing anything about the real world of nursing, but also not knowing what kind of nurse you want to be (ER? NICU? ICU? Med-surg? OR? L&D? Peds?) and therefore maybe not knowing what you want your MSN degree to be. Suppose you want to get your MSN to be a nursing instructor. But what if you become a preceptor at your hospital and decide you totally hate taking newbies under your wing and teaching them stuff? Or, if you want to get your MSN in Nursing Administration, how are you going to know how to manage floor nurses if you've never been one yourself?

Don't look at it as a limitation, look at it as opportunity to discover who you are as a nurse and what you want to do as nurse!

[SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN]

i think it depends on the program. so long as you are not specializing in something that very few universities offer or are trying to attend a school that everyone wants to attend, then you should find a program that meets your needs. gl!

[SummerGarden, BSN, MSN, RN]

i think requiring one or two years experience is a very prudent recommendation on behalf of these schools. going straight into your msn after nursing school deprives you of a critical one or two years of "discovering" who you are as a nurse... you run the very high risk of not only not knowing anything about the real world of nursing, .... what if you become a preceptor at your hospital and decide you totally hate taking newbies under your wing and teaching them stuff? or, if you want to get your msn in nursing administration, how are you going to know how to manage floor nurses if you've never been one yourself?

do not worry. unless the op gains work experience by the bedside while attending graduate school, most employers will not hire the op in the capacity you have listed. the op can have every nursing specialty cert, an advanced nursing degree, etc. in the book and it will not matter in the end. a qualified candidate for the positions you listed are those with degrees and work experience. if an employer hired the op without work experience into any advanced position, it will probably be someone who is desperate because experienced nurses have turned that facility down (and rightly so)!

[KiddKev]

thanks for all the quick replys!

help is appreciated thanks

anyone else have any ideas?

What are the ideal stats of those admitted into MSN programs?

[StayLost, BSN, RN]

My school admits new grads not only into MSN program, but their DNP program as well which is offered 95% online. Also it's rated in the top 6% of graduate programs by US New & World Report.