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I'm 25 with a 2 year old. My financial situation is not so great but I'm making it by. My husband got laid off work so I'm the only one working. I'm a CNA at the hospital and I want to be a nurse. I've looked into many programs but they are al expensive. I have 22,000$ already in loans from the previous school I was in but I want to go back. In my condition should I suck it up and get my BSN right away or go for my LVN which is a lot cheaper, work as a LVN and do a LVN to BSN bridge later. I need advice ...,

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I'm 25 with a 2 year old. My financial situation is not so great but I'm making it by. My husband got laid off work so I'm the only one working. I'm a CNA at the hospital and I want to be a nurse. I've looked into many programs but they are al expensive. I have 22,000$ already in loans from the previous school I was in but I want to go back. In my condition should I suck it up and get my BSN right away or go for my LVN which is a lot cheaper, work as a LVN and do a LVN to BSN bridge later. I need advice ...,

*** Why not do an associates degree RN at a community college? You would get RN pay and usually the community college programs are very reasonable. About $6-7K total in my state. Then you would get RN pay and vastly more oppertunities available to RNs vs LVNs. You can do RN to BSN later, maybe online, while working full time. You might even be able to do as I did and get the hospital where you work to pay 100% of the cost.

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*** Why not do an associates degree RN at a community college? You would get RN pay and usually the community college programs are very reasonable. About $6-7K total in my state. Then you would get RN pay and vastly more oppertunities available to RNs vs LVNs. You can do RN to BSN later, maybe online, while working full time. You might even be able to do as I did and get the hospital where you work to pay 100% of the cost.

I was also going to recommend an ASN/ADN program. Have you looked at community colleges in your area to see if they are offered? Depending on what classes you already have done, you could be looking at about 3 years. Then you are an RN and, as PMFB-RN stated, can work making a good wage while working on your BSN or MSN. Good luck!

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I would go BSN. Depending where you live, theyre starting to phase out LPNs. If you work in a rural area, sometimes you can qualify to have your loans paid off, too.

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Thanks! As long as I'm able to get the loans for it, I'm gong I get my BSN

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