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Hi Winry, At first I was thinking about going the ADN route and two shcools at came to my mind were LAGCC and Cayuga Community College. I'm from Lenox Hill, Upper East Side so was inclining more towards LAGCC. I'm gonna take a look at Genesee Comm. College. Thank You for your valuable insight. I will surely look into what you've talked about. I hope you do great! Good Luck to you!

​Hi La_chica, Thank You for the detailed input. I really appreciate your help. Yes, I concur the traditional route would surely make me thing over and over which would lead to insanity! Therefore, considering the accelerated program over ADN. You're spot on with what was worrying me -> the clinical aspect in the accelerated area. That's the only reason which makes me at times to incline towards pursuing ADN over the accelerated program. Thank You for your advice on the networking bit, it gives me some rare insight on which I had not pondered upon.

Hi Verene, Thanks for the detailed input. Its really helpful. The only reason I was considering Masters was to that it could give me some advantage over the ADN's when it comes to hiring. The idea is to basically finish Masters attain a position as a nurse, get some clinical experience then move on to finish the coursework for Nurse Practitioner . The end goal is to join the army after pursuing Nurse Practitioner. Some may ask why even think about becoming a Nurse Practitioner, one can just join the army as an RN. But its after certain point lets say years from now on an honorable discharge, one can still pursue this passion. At that being an NP would have its own advantage over just being an RN.

Hi Simplistic, Thank You for encouragement and helping me out of this dilemma. I appreciate your help! :) Aye Aye, Sir! Thank You!

Hi N. Maren, Thank You so very much for the detailed answer. It really helps! Wow when you right that most students without any nursing related backgrounds(majors) outperformed there peers that surely encourages me! :) Yes I absolutely understand about the workload especially in the accelerated program. Few things that I think would be helpful to me is that I have taken plenty of Science courses whilst I was a pre-med major, eg. Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Intro to Pathology etc. Then as I go on Wall street I worked at an IB, tracking stocks for Biotechnology and Medical related companies for which I had to delve more into understanding the intricacies of how the drugs work and how are patients evaluated. Its just a small thing but it surely drove me more and more towards the field of nursing! Surely now I'm pretty certain to take the accelerated route. PS. Once a trader always a trader. LOL

Hi N. Maren, Thank You so very much for the detailed answer. It really helps! Wow when you right that most students without any nursing related backgrounds(majors) outperformed there peers that surely encourages me! :) Yes, I absolutely understand about the workload especially in the accelerated program. Few things that I think would be helpful to me is that I have taken plenty of Science courses whilst I was a pre-med major, eg. Microbiology, Organic Chemistry, Intro to Pathology etc. Then as I go on Wall street I worked at an IB, tracking stocks for Biotechnology and Medical related companies for which I had to delve more into understanding the intricacies of how the drugs work and how are patients evaluated. Its just a small thing but it surely drove me more and more towards the field of nursing! Surely now I'm pretty certain to take the accelerated route. PS. Once a trader always a trader. LOL

A very warm greetings to all on this forum. I recently came across this forum whilst searching about RN as a career option. The medical field has always intrigued me, and I even started off with a pre-med major back in school days. But then got 2 years in dropped out and change to Business major and then went on to pursue a career in Wall Street. I have my ups and downs as a Derivatives Trader, but in the end the life that I got into has never been appealing to me. I thought it was for me, but I'm pretty sure its not anymore, the feeling was like that from the get-go, so I wouldn't like to call it a mid-life crisis, if you will. Now I strongly am thinking about pursuing a career as an RN. But I would like to attain some valuable advice from members of this forum. I just recently turned 29, have an undergraduate degree in Finance (GPA 3.92), and a Masters in Risk Management(GPA 3.97) from a state university in NY. I have yet to complete maybe 5-6 pre-requisite to get into any nursing program. The biggest dilemma that I'm facing is what route should i choose to become an RN. Should I get into a community college where I could get an Associate Degree in Nursing, for which I'd have to study for 2 years and then be eligible to take the state license exam OR should I apply to Master program (accelerated program for people with Undergraduate in non-nursing program). The latter is a 16-18 month program and after 11 months of study I'm eligible to take the state license exam. I'd really appreciate if you could please guide me towards the right option for me. Any insights on what schools would be best with your answer would help helpful, and every bit of information would be highly appreciated. Thank You all and God Bless!