Pre-Nursing Question

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Hello! :)

I am a little confused and hoping someone can help me understand the following:

So, I want to become a RN and eventually get my BSN. I know after prereqs you can apply for the nursing program to get your AAS. Now the part I'm confused is Associates in Pre Nursing. I have read that it gets you ready for your BSN and that with this degree you can work as a LVN then I've read elsewhere you can work as a CNA OR MA only. What exactly can you do with this degree? Also, are you really able to go for your BSN without being a RN? Please help I'm so confused lol.

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It all depends on what the program prepares you for, you should be able to tell based on the curriculum. You really should to speak with an adviser about the program though... I would imagine it is just pre-requisites that are determined based on area BSN programs. Can you post the curriculum?

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Thanks for responding! This is the cirriculum:

-Communication

-Math

-Language, Philosophy, and Culture

-Creative Arts

-American History

-Government/Political Science

-Additional Communications

-Additional Language, Philosophy, and Culture

-Optional Elective

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Specializes in Mental Health.

That looks like just the gen ed requirements you'd need for a bachelor's. There's no science classes?

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Oh, yes! I missed a class. There is life an physical science (AP 1 and 2)

So, with these classes I could apply for my BSN in nursing? Or, would I need to go through the RN program first?

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Specializes in Mental Health.

I think you are confused, or maybe I am lol, but the BSN IS an RN program. Some people get an associate's degree RN first, but that's certainly not mandatory - you just need to finish your prerequisites, which you would with this, and then you can petition to get into the nursing courses.

I don't see how you would work as a LVN with that though, there is nothing to prepare you for that in this program.

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Specializes in Mental Health.

I forgot you'll also have to take the PAX test or whatever entrance test is required for the nursing program at your school in addition to the pre-reqs.

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Specializes in NICU, ICU, PICU, Academia.

To your other point OP: That degree you listed prepares you for nothing except further college studies. Not MA, not CNA, and certainly not any type of licensed nurse. Sounds like a semi-scammy general ed associate's degree that they plugged the word 'nursing' into in order to attract students like yourself.

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Specializes in Mental Health.
To your other point OP: That degree you listed prepares you for nothing except further college studies. Not MA, not CNA, and certainly not any type of licensed nurse. Sounds like a semi-scammy general ed associate's degree that they plugged the word 'nursing' into in order to attract students like yourself.

That's what I was trying to figure out - that "degree" sounds like typical freshman and sophomore year to me lol

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I was the one confused for sure! Lol. Now it all makes sense! Thank you so much. I figured you couldn't work as a LVN with these classes. I had read online that someone was going to take these classes and try to work as a LVN with this. That had threw me off completely

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Specializes in Mental Health.

You will probably have to get CNA certification before starting nursing courses, at which point you COULD work as a CNA. Just throwing that in there ;)

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Lol, thanks! I am a CNA and Medical Assistant already í ½í¸Š

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