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.
I'd think it a waste of time to get an associate's degree in "pre-nursing." You can get an associate's in NURSING (which allows you to sit for the licensure exam) and do an RN-BSN bridge program later, or you can go straight for the BSN like the traditional college student often does.
That's exactly what I was thinking too. I am not to sure which route to take.
Couldn't you just get the degree in "pre-nursing" then apply to a BSN program with that to pursure your RN? Because I'm pretty sure you can. So, make a list of all the BSN programs you would like to apply for then look up the needed requirements and prerequisites you would need to apply to that specific program.
Once you figure all that out, try to add on extra classes to the pre-nursing degree of whatever you may need for different programs such as microbiology, statistics, nutrition, medical terminology, etc.
Also be broad and apply to both ADN and BSN programs, you can be a RN with both and if you choose to you can go back for your BSN as a bridge program or check whether the community college has a ADN-BSN concurrent enrollment program.
I've never heard of an associates degree in pre-nursing, perhaps that is an actual thing somewhere? I've known of several people getting an associates in science/arts as they finish off their pre-reqs, but never an associates in pre-nursing.
At the school I'm looking at, the AAS degree was to obtain an associates degree towards CMA. The. The ASN for RN then they have the bridge later.
When I was first looking into it, I thought the ASN automatically meant LPN and that BSN only meant RN HAHA I felt dumb hearing back from the advisor that I certainly could get the ASN for RN - which is my long term goal- instead of the AAS for CMA which is where I tried to start to be "getting my foot in the door"
Why would you get an associate's in "pre-nursing" when in the same amount of time you could get an associate's in nursing, sit the NCLEX, start working as an RN pulling a decent salary, and then get your BSN online or through an RN-BSN bridge?
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I'd think it a waste of time to get an associate's degree in "pre-nursing." You can get an associate's in NURSING (which allows you to sit for the licensure exam) and do an RN-BSN bridge program later, or you can go straight for the BSN like the traditional college student often does.