I am kind of confused on how the process works to become a CRNA. I graduated from a 4 year University with a degree other than Nursing. I am now on my last semester of pre requisites for the nursing major at a community college and will be applying to nursing schools at the end of this semester. I OWE A LOT OF MONEY from the University that that I attended, and I am unsure of my financial aid status since I have already graduated with a bachelors. I was thinking of applying to Associates Degree RN programs to get my licensure and then apply to a Masters program to become a CRNA. But I am not sure if I would need to get a BSN first. My question is:
1] Should I go straight to an Entry Level BSN-MSN program that will cost about $50,000 per year to get my RN license or should I do a Associates Degree for 2 years and pay about $5,000 then apply to a CRNA program [if there are any].
2] Are there any good direct ASN-CRNA programs or ASN-NP programs in California?? [NP is also one of the options that I was looking at].
3] How long will all of this schooling take me if i do ASN-BSN/MSN to BSN/MSN-CRNA?
4] Are online programs reliable in finding a job after graduation?
I am tryingn to weigh out all of the options before I apply to schools. I would like to know what is the most inexpensive route, and which route is the fastest?
