abug621

A little information about me: I am a junior in high school and I LOVE the health care field. I have several health problems, including Pseudotumor Cerebri and recently "lived" in a hospital for 2 months undergoing 4 surgeries. I LOVED the hospital. Talking with the doctors, nurses, PA's, NP's, excited me. I love Biology in school, the human body and watch every medical show out there. With the guidance counselors calling us in their offices, they are reminding us to start looking for colleges and thinking about what we want to do in life. After A LOT of thought, I think being a nurse would be perfect for me. BUT, I'm scared out of my mind. Hearing about how hard school is, it's really freaking me. I get good grades, maybe not amazing but A's and B's float my boat. I do work hard and give it my all but is that sometimes not enough in nursing school? Any advice is very appreciated!

I'm a high school student who aspires to become a nurse and later on a nurse practitioner. Because of this, I want to get my Bachelor's first, (not ADN) and then move on from there. I obviously need to do my pre-reqs and all that but I'm confused about the path of becoming a RN. I'm confused on the meaning of RN-BSN. Does this mean that when you are a registered nurse, you go get your bachelors? That doesn't make sense to me because I thought you needed your Bachelor's to become an RN. I'm graduating high school this year and interested in becoming an RN(hopefully an NP later on in the future) but I'm confused on how to go about this. I hear some folks say that nursing school IS a 4-year college, but some say that you go to a 4-year school, complete your pre-reqs THEN apply to a nursing school. Which is it? I know my questions seem pretty simple to some but I really want to try to make the best decisions and take the best routes to help me in my future career. I went on several websites and they say that this program is for people who already are RN's. I don't understand this. I thought if you want your Bachelors, you go to a RN-BSN program?