Looking for advice please?

Anyone please?

the bill before the legislature is to require a bsn within ten years of graduating from a lesser program. it may push some people into getting the bsn at the git-go, and may push some people into doing it later that wouldn't otherwise. personally, i hope it passes, because ten years is a long time and can't be construed as being too onerous a requirement for an actual, like, profession. would you want your children taught by someone with an associate's degree, or your architect or vet to be only associate's degreed? no? why would you want to have a nurse with that level of preparation, then? what is a profession?

cna jobs are only going to get you the hands-on skills that you will start to pick up in nursing school in your first semester; you'll have very little more to learn of those and if you do, you'll do so very, very shortly after graduation. lpn experience is not rn experience, so don't expect that to make any difference in your career progression except to slow it down. lpn is a waste of your time.

if you want to be a nurse, be a nurse; save time and money and go to nursing school. bsn, if you can do it now, will take the least amount of time in the long run, and nobody expects new grads to have a lot of experience anyway-- why would you think otherwise? but doing an associate's degree is not "pointless," because it will be a stepping-stone to the bsn which you will need eventually anyway, for opportunities beyond your imagination and experience now (you'll just have to take my word for it). to save time and money, just do like all your other high school classmates and go to a 4-year college, get your bachelor's degree, and be done with it. if you can't start with the associate's program and plan to finish the bsn later. you can thank me later.:heartbeat

Did you see the part where I said I am currently in college, not high school? By state school I meant State University of New York. And I know it gives you ten years to get your BSN, but I really do not want to go back to school for an additional two years. By the time I graduate in May I will hold an associates degree and then with this nursing program I would hold an additional associates. And I am not sure being an RN is for me which is why I kind of want to "get my feet wet" and see how I like nursing.